Fresh harvested strawberries and lettuce from the garden become a delicious salad.
Summer has arrived! The strawberries are ripe and ready for the plucking. Strawberries can be grown in ground, raised beds or containers. They only require about a square foot of quality soil for every plant to produce. Mulching the bed with straw helps conserve water and keep your berries off of the dirt. We have a constant disagreement with the local slug and snail population that believe the strawberries are planted for them. This year we have sprinkled diatomaceous earth around the strawberry bed and it is working!
Strawberries are an excellent source of vitamin C, magnesium, phosphorus and manganese. While also containing folate and potassium.