Hanging baskets, strawberries

Fill a hanging basket with strawberry plants, hang it somewhere sheltered and sunny, and enjoy pretty white flowers in early summer followed by lots of juicy red fruits. A hanging basket is an ideal way of growing strawberries, as it keeps the fruit off the ground and so is much less likely to suffer from pests (such as slugs) and diseases. 

If you are not a fan of strawberries, try growing cherry tomatoes instead. Varieties such as the red Tumbler or the yellow Tumbling Tom Yellow are ideal for hanging baskets. 

If you have space for another basket, you could propagate another batch of strawberry plants and get more berries the following year. Strawberries make new plantlets at the end of runners. Hang the second basket right next to the first one. In early fall lift up several of the runners from the main basket and lay the plantlets onto the soil of the second one. Pin down each runner with some galvanized wire. 

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