Here at the UGP Test Garden Summer is officially here and I don’t say that based on what the calendar tells us……I know that summer is here because we just had our first harvest of our 2×8 raised strawberry bed and we harvested over 20 oz of ping pong to golf ball sized berries. (See the pictures below) 
This is my favorite site to see as it ushers in the harvest that is to come all season long. After picking these sweet treats we washed them up and sliced them for one of my favorite deserts, not to mention one of the easiest! Our strawberries grow in straight composted horse manure and the plants themselves were cast offs from a friends garden walkways! How do you grow your strawberries? Traditionally? In Raised Beds? In Containers? Leave a comment and let us know!
I also found a great link to some easy and tasty recipes using your new harvest! Check them out by clicking HERE.
Filed under: From The Garden, Urban Garden Project Test Garden | Tagged: Edible Landscape, Edible Landscaping, Growing Strawberries, Square Foot Gardening, Strawberries, Urban Garden Project
I’m so jealous! Strawberries are already done at my local pick-your-own farm. The strawberries I tried to grow myself shriveled up and died. I guess I’ll have to try again next year.
Pinch off blooms for first two months on everbearing strawberries to promote larger harvest. Garden
I grow my strawberries in old car tires, full of soil and much composted llama manure. I pick enough strawberries from three tires every couple of days to feed two of us dessert for a couple of days.
Aren’t you concerned about all the chemicals used to make tires leaching into your soil and food?
Hey!
I have my own Urban Garden Project here in Winston-Salem, NC. This is the 4th season of my garden and I have doubled the area in the last year. I “re-purposed” the adjoining lot of my woodworking shop. I now have 14 raised beds and grow …enough to now be supplying the local farmer’s market here in town.
Check it out
http://www.vergelimbo.com