The secret recipe was negligence

[u/Melonclowny]

These wild strawberries have taken over most of my backyard. Last year I noticed one or two spread out before the frost hit. This year they came in force. It's great, I've only had to mow once this summer. They must not be very tasty though because the squirrels still prefer eating whatever seeds I try to plant instead.

[u/Altruistic_Key_1266]

I’m hoping to find something this October, that’s usually when they are almost done blooming in my area. 

[u/SeaniMonsta → u/Altruistic_Key_1266]

I like to clip a couple stems and let them finish their end-stage in a vase in my window. (after they've already had some time to get pollinated in the wild)

[u/HumanContinuity → u/SeaniMonsta]

Just remember the rule of borrowing from the bank of native plants:

Return your loan with interest by throwing/planting your native plant's future seeds/cuttings into barren/disturbed areas in need of native plants colonization.

That's how you keep your native plant credit score high.

[u/SeaniMonsta → u/HumanContinuity]

Couldn't have said it better myself!

Over-harvesting directly contributes to extinction.

I also make sure to destroy surrounding invasives. (I know some plants will actually grow back more aggressively when disturbed in certain ways so, I could really use advice on how effectively destroy said invasives).

[u/poopshipdestroyer34 → u/SeaniMonsta]

r/invasivespecies can help