More and more gardeners have decided to grow their own strawberries. Each has their own reasons. Some want to have control of what is sprayed on the strawberries their family eats. They have seen the dirty dozen list that lists a dozen crops that have the highest residues of pesticides on fruit randomly collected and tested from produce markets and grocery stores. Strawberries easily made the list.

Others are looking for outdoor activities that they can share with their children. It is important to introduce the next generation of gardeners to gardening and what child does not like strawberries?

Still others are looking for crops that they can grow and adapt to their areas. They want to save seeds. And, what better crop to learn with. Of course, the crop must be an open pollinated non hybrid crop to be able to do this successfully.