One of the coolest plants to grow as far as berries go and also the easiest in my

humble opinion would be strawberries. It's a decent time to plant them in some areas of America right now, but in general,

this is a little quick guide on the different types of strawberries. I may have talked about this in the past,

but I think even for my own self-education,

it's good to go over it again,

because despite being relatively simple to grow,

it can be somewhat confusing to understand and

select the right variety. So first of all, we're going to start off with your classic. It's going to be

June-bearing strawberries. The name again will give away what's going on with these strawberries. They produce the largest actual sized strawberry and that's why they're very popular.

But they also produce over about two to three weeks in around June, hence the name.

Now, these can be divided into early, mid, and late season.

You can extend your June bearing strawberries over roughly six weeks or so, depending on how you map out that early mid and late season.

So you only get 10 to 14 days. I would say

maybe a month-ish at best. I'm going to revise my initial six week

suggestion that I just made. It's about a month or so you can get it for about a whole month now why would you grow those if you want a nice consistent

productive harvest in one period of year and then perhaps you're going to freeze or preserve them in some way so that you get them throughout the year.

Then June bearing could be a great variety or style for you.

Next you have what's called everbearing. They aren't truly

everbearing as in they produce every single week of the year. They'll produce

roughly two harvests per year. One will be in the spring and another will be in the late summer or the fall.

Sometimes you can get three harvests, but you need absolutely perfect strawberry conditions to do that.

With everbearing varieties,

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