Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Gloria Anderson Haswell" <gloria@aquaponicfarm.com>]

Does any one have recommendations on varieties of strawberries that will do
well in zone 8 south of San Antonio Texas.
Gloria

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Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 5:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] flavorful strawberries

In my experience, *any* homegrown strawberry tastes better. I never 
knew strawberries were juicy until I started growing my own! The 
flavor is intense (helped by not fertilizing). I often taste the ones 
at the farmers' market, and only once were those strawberries even 
comparable to mine.

I'm growing several varieties; the one that's producing best this 
year is Sequoia. I haven't been able to keep a couple plants of 
alpine strawberries alive.

Growing my own food has made me unable to eat most store-bought varieties.