Strawberries are a ‘gateway plant’ for getting kids to garden. If you plant them, they will come, and snack, and snack and snack. So having just a basket of strawberry plants is not enough. How can you avoid the ‘dirty dozen’ woes of supermarket strawberries and get your own harvestable crop fast, cheap and easily?

Cardinal Climber, Ipomoea sloteri, is an annual climber with red trumpet shaped flowers that attract hummingbirds.

By making use of items already on your property, such as upcycling pruned branches, you can create a funtional and cost-effective garden.