My husband and I have been in our home over 10 years and among all of the things that I have meant to do is to put in a permanent bed for some strawberry plants, which got put on the back burner. I ...
Dale Skaggs discusses uncommon magnolias, and Mr. D. plants bare-root strawberries. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, Dixon Gallery and Gardens Director of Horticulture Dale ...
I was spoiled rotten as a child. No, we didn't have extravagant toys or fancy clothes. We never had a color television set. I didn't have a car until I left for college with an old used American ...
Growing strawberries in pots is a simple way to get delicious homegrown fruit all summer long. Any variety of strawberry can be grown in pots and there is a wide range of containers to choose from.
Q: I’d like to try growing strawberries this year. What size plant should I look for? (I think the younger the better, budget-wise.) A: Bare-root bundles of strawberry plants might be the best option ...
I enjoy browsing the produce departments of grocery stores, especially when vegetables and fruits aren’t ready yet in our own backyard gardens. But I must admit I’m disappointed in the quality of ...
Happy New Year! My New Year’s wish is for nice, slow, soaking rainfalls to help our new plants establish and our established plants thrive. What’s your garden wish for 2025? Bare root fruit trees, ...
Plucking summer strawberry fruits might be a gardener’s reverie on a December rainy day, but this time of year it is time to get started with planting. Bare root strawberries are available this month ...
It doesn’t matter that it’s going to get cold again or it could freeze a few more times. At some point you just have to pull the gardening trigger or you’re going to miss out! I’m not sure how one ...
Knowing when to plant strawberries lets you maximize growing time so you can harvest plenty of sweet, juicy fruit. And you'll want to grow as many as possible because the best strawberries you will ...
When it comes to popular fruits, strawberries are often at the top of the list. Growing strawberries isn’t quite as easy here in Central Florida because we don’t receive many chilling hours each ...
Q: We live in the fog belt in San Francisco (in the Ingleside neighborhood south of Ocean). Are we able to grow strawberries? A: Strawberries, like many gardeners living in the path of our cold summer ...