So Berry Glad You Visited This Blog...

Hello loyal readership!  We are cranking the old blogger back up after a hiatus and we must apologize for our absence.  The awakening of spring has our creative juices flowing here at Vertical Gardening Systems and we'd love to share what has us smiling today on this stormy Friday.

I simply love strawberries.  I mean, sure, they taste great!  A super sweet juicy treat that's not even candy?  Who wouldn't adore them?  But not only are strawberries simply delish.... they are super great for you!  Full of antioxidants and packed with much-needed nutrients such as folate, potassium, magnesium (my Facebook timeline is full of articles about how our diets lack needed magnesium!) and dietary fiber.  Plus-- they are loaded with Vitamin C!  A strawberry has about 4 calories!  In other words-- strawberries need to be in your daily diet!

That's the upside of strawberries. The down side?  They can be expensive!  Wait... how much do you want me to pay for a pint?  So what I am about to tell you totally makes sense!

GROW your own!  Yes... strawberries are NOT hard to grow!  This is coming from someone who hasn't always been known for their green thumb.  So if I can do it, I bet you can too!

I found a great chart that breaks all the ins and outs of strawberry planting down.  Take a look:

I love charts; I love info broke down in bite-able sizes. 

So that's a break down of strawberry know-how.  Now, let me tell you about some products that I believe are must-haves to get started with this strawberry garden.

We recently started carrying Strawberry Plugs (Herb Plugs too!).  These are 6-10 week old starter plants that save money.  No purchasing seed packets.. wasting seeds and all that mess.  These are ready for immediate transplant... ready to start producing some strawberries for you and your family!  My favorite variety of strawberries are the Alpine.  And that's what these plugs are.  They are shipped in a blister pack and handled with great care.  These are what you need to get started today.

We also sell quite a few different planters that would be great for strawberries.  We have the Polanter, the Flower Tower... and my very favorite-- the 3 Tier Strawberry Planter.  The latter one is made of cedar and holds up to 28 strawberry plants.  It's simply beautiful. 

Just for our loyal bloggers, we've put this item on sale 15% off.  Check it out! 

We hope you've found this Strawberry tutorial informative and showed you a bit of what we carry here.  Follow our blog, check out our website and have a wonderful growing season!