Fethiye Times
Featured photograph: Strawberries growing in Ovacık by Nicola Chapman (April 2020).
Strawberry Fields Forever
Most of us who have lived in the UK, associate strawberries with English summer or Wimbledon, but there are several varieties that fruit at different times of the year, especially in the warm climate of Turkey.
If you’re looking for a variety that fruits in the cooler months as well as the summer months, choose plants at the markets that are already with flowers – or look like they are about to produce flowers.
There are a wide variety of shapes and sizes of strawberries – even white ones – pineberries/alpine strawberries, also known as Fraises Des Bois, regarded by many as wild strawberries. White strawberries have a slight pineapple taste (hence their name) with a punchy flavour. They are easy-going plants that do well in some shade. They are a smaller variety and don’t produce as much fruit as other varieties, which is why they’re not