Wow - this spring I am finding red currant seedlings everywhere. The
birds didn't get many last year, so these must be from the prior year,
when the birds took my entire crop. I had a strawberry pot - the
strawberries all died over the cold winter (not the ones in the ground,
but the ones in the pot) No strawberries, but a couple of tiny currant
plants. In the garden, under the oak trees, pretty much anywhere there
is a little open soil.
Most will succumb to the lawn mower, I suppose, but I'm moving a few
into the edge of the woods. Who knows, maybe they will grow. So I
guess I am conducting a mini-experiment in breeding for shade-bearing
red currants. :)