At the beginning of the 19th century musk strawberries were the most common garden strawberry in Germany.

Mark Diacono likes to combine an almond orchard with a carpet of musk strawberries.

The musk strawberry (Fragaria moschata), is a species of strawberry native to Europe.

The musk strawberry is found growing along the edges of forests and requires moist and sheltered sites since they do not tolerate temperature fluctuations.

Musk strawberries grow wild to a limited extent in the forests of Central Europe, north into Scandinavia, and east into Russia.

Cultivation of musk strawberries is not very different from that of garden strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) or alpine strawberry (Fragaria vesca); the plants thrive in nutrient-rich soils.

Our first grape harvest has just been bottled as sparkling wine, the Szechuan pepper bushes are loaded with young peppercorns, the young almond orchard promises the first harvest in autumn, and the carpet of musk strawberries that grows through much of the perennial garden is a sea of fruit that will last through the summer.