This year I remembered to put straw down on the berries in November.   Last year I waited way too long and the berry plants did fine, but...

A few years ago I planted a little edging of  these alpine strawberries , Fragaria vesca .   They're dainty - less juicy and about ha...

Jam and bread are two of my favorite things in the whole world. Right up there with old barns. And cemeteries. And gardens. Yep. ...

The weather cooperated and we were able to finish putting in the paths around the new strawberry beds.  Then we filled the beds themselve...

Our strawberry bed needs to be redone.  It's too hard to pick them from the inside of the bed, so Lily requested that we make new beds...