Can't find my notes, but I seem to remember that strawberries don't like wet feet.

Yeah, strawberries need good drainage.

I used to grow nothing but strawberries and tomatoes. Now, I only grow tomatoes. See a trend here?

Strawberries definitely DO NOT like wet feet.

Seriously, if you're new at this, start with ANYTHING but strawberries. I've never seen a more-finicky plant in my life!

I'll be starting some bare-root stock in DWT soon, but won't have any growing results until next fall; sorry. All I really know about them (other than they're a pain in the drain to grow) is on my Web page (see profile).