Same dilemma for me too... so I dug mine up last Wednesday and potted them in some square-foot-garden soil mix I made-up into old pots. They are starting to look lively again. The SFG soil mix seems to retaining moisture pretty good to bring these plants back to their livelihood, but in pots so I reclaim some garden space for fall cool weather plants.

Here is a very good link to growing strawberries. They are perennial, and to pull them up would mean starting all over again in the spring.

I have mine in its own dedicated raised bed using SFG soil mix. I will cover it with straw once the temps go down in the 30's, and in the spring, remove straw and fertilize with 10-10-10.

Earlier in the year, I saw a post on the SFG thread from a guy who had a dedicated bed, and what he does is keep all the runners clipped to give energy to the plant. He claimed he had had those plants for years and that they were prolific bearers.

http://gardening.about.com/od/fruitsberriesnuts/a/Strawberries.htm

I don't know what your link stated, but don't cover until the ground freezes hard. It's not recommended to fertilize until after you harvest. Too much fertilizer will soften the berries. Strawberries require about 4 times the nitrogen as it does for corn. That's about 500 #'s of nitrogen per acre. Do some math to figure out your spot. As for storage now in the fridge, It's not cold enough to keep your plants. They need just the right humidity and temp for storage.

Thanks, Paul. This is my first year to have a dedicated bed of strawberries. They did well in the spring and gave me lots of berries. The tag said they were Everbearing. If so, I'm supposed to have fall berries, but I don't believe it. We'll see. The link said 20's, 30's before covering with straw. I'll remember to fertilize after the harvest.

The reason for waiting to cover the berries is after a cold period the temperature may go back up to the 60's or higher. You don't want to bake the plants under the mulch.

If you have an old fridge that does not defrost, it might work for your storage.