I've got a few types of strawberries, but never get to eat but one.

1) Some type of June bearing that my sister gave me. She lives in coastal village, no chipmunks. She gets lots of berries and she has tons of weeds. Go figure. This spring, after the critters ate all the ripening fruit last season, I put down chipped wood/bark mulch, not to close to the stem. I watered. I put a bit of 10-10-10 around the area (each plant). I saw some berries forming. I put hardware cloth cage over them, but I didn't close bowed wire mesh at the ends. Status: No berries, nothing. Leaves with holes in them.

2) Some type of strawberry I bought years ago. It makes berries, but some critter eats them before they even get ripe. Early June berries. I don't recall the name (lost label) -- maybe "Tristar" or Trident or Allstar. I used to think they were day neutral, but apparently they are June bearing (only). They make a LOT of runners and babies. I just salvaged about 50 from a bone dry garden area that I am mostly going to till over for a few veggies. These plants had 1/2 to 3/4 size green normal looking strawberries, but I had to go away for vacation. Someone made me go on vacation (!). Since back, very dry weather. See none of the ripening berries. Nothing. But soil is dry. No fertilizer. I have the rooted runnes in a tub of water and leaves in the shade. Just dug them up. Put a few in a pot. Other than Fort Knoxing my garden with 1/2" metal mesh fencing, then spraying with Neem or using slug bait or beer, I'm not sure that I will ever be able to grow and harvest a strawberry. Bummer. Can I do anything with the 50 or so runners I salvaged? These will make plants, but I seem strawberry challenged.

3) Wild strawberry all over my sandy soil "lawn". I've given up trying to have a "lawn" and the wildlife is happy with that. As a kid, I used to relish wild strawberries (the common, good ones, forgot name). I think all the birds and chipmunks eat these as well. Maybe the mower (but the blade is set high). We're in a clearing in the woods with wetlands nearby. Tons of birds and lots of greedy catbirds.

Is there anything I can do to see ripe fresh, non-pesticide strawberries at my place? Mote?

Thanks, enjoy a strawberry for me.