The first bite of real, locally grown strawberries has to be one of the best sensations of spring. Now, when they’re coming in like gangbusters, the abundant harvest is a luxury. If you don’t have a couple dozen plants tucked into your landscape as an edible groundcover or potted up in containers, plan on changing that next year. A bundle of 25 plants will yield a daily handful for cereal or smoothies through the season. A local favorite, Earliglo, is usually producing by the beginning of the month. Be sure to pick regularly as rotting berries will attract slugs and diseases. At the end of the month, when your June-bearing strawberries are finished producing, it will be time to rejuvenate the bed for next year by thinning the beds and fertilizing. After a few years, remove the mother plants and select strong runners to create the next harvest.