My, you've spent a fortune on sage plants! I am afraid I am going to dampen your enthusiasm but your garden has rather a strange choice of plants. Each of those sage plants could be 2 - 3 feet across by next summer. And I'm wondering what you are going to use all that sage for? For most people one sage bush is enough for their kitchen needs. In addition sage and strawberries have differing soil and water requirements so they may be unhappy in the same bed. Furthermore the strawberries will put out runners and begin to cover the bed with plants. It's just not a good combination for so many reasons.

This forum is pretty dead so if you are interested in practical discussions of fruit growing, herbs or vegetables with experienced growers there are more lively forums for each of those subjects.

Hmmm...well I don't really consider $2 each a fortune. I spend much more on roses! :)

Strawberry and sage are good companion plants. Here's just two links with some info, but there are many more... and I have grown them together before quite happily. :)

https://deepgreenpermaculture.com/companion-planting/companion-planting-table/

https://books.google.com/books?id=o-zpBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT179&dq=strawberry+and+sage+companion+plants&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQ0rfYtNXPAhWM8YMKHWSaB5IQ6AEITDAI#v=onepage&q=strawberry%20and%20sage%20companion%20plants&f=false

Sage has so many more uses than just in the kitchen. And it's beautiful! Plus all the bees and good bugs it brings in to the yard are wonderful.

If you don't like this you probabaly really won't like my front yard covered in thyme .... around my borders, around my dry creek bed, around my roses, around my azaleas... it's more thyme than I could ever use for just cooking.... but I love it.

Plus... i have found that everbearing strawberries send out much fewer runners, although I like to pinch em anyway to make bigger berries. :)

I'm looking forward to the sage growing in 2-3 feet. That's why I spaced them as they are. I'm going to have a little crisscross shaped sage hedge. :)

Oh well, we'll just have to agree to differ. I do actually consider 48 dollars a lot of money considering that one or two plants would suffice for practical purposes. If the sage is just being used as an ornamental sub shrub that's a different matter, although being a bit of a cheap skate if I want a lot of something I'll buy one or two and propagate more myself. But it is still too densely planted. Maybe when you've lived with the combination for a year or two you'll see what I'm getting at. 'Strawberry and Sage are good companion plants' - what does that actually mean? And what is the evidence? What is the mechanism by which they are supposed to be 'good' for each other? Strawberries require deep, fertile soil with plenty of water. Sage needs lean, fast draining soil with much less water. Over watering would kill it. I do not believe in most Companion Planting claims - they come with no explanation for the supposed benefits and often promote combinations which in practice are just ridiculous.

The links do not prove anything in my opinion. The very first entry on your first link suggests actually planting Equisetum - which is utter nonsense and a recipe for a garden completely overrun with an intractable thug plant. Anyone with that plant in their garden has a life long battle on their hands. Your other link also makes numerous unsubstantiated claims but is very careful to use terms such as 'is believed', 'is reported'. Neither link says why these plants are meant to be 'good' for each other and no evidence is provided.

Regarding your thyme scheme, I like thyme very much, as I do sage. But it does not like the same soil as azaleas so you'll just have to see how that combo pans out in the long run. The roses and parsley scheme won't have any effect on either plant. The parsley will need resowing every year unless it self seeds. In the lime/cilantro combo the cilantro will need repeated sowing all season. Parsley and Cilantro are both Apiaceae so if you allow them to flower they will attract insects including hover flies and lace wings which are predators so there would be some benefit there. But a myriad other plants would have the same effect. On the other hand if you want to use the parsley or cilantro in the kitchen you don't want them to bolt. I grow a lot of flowers and vegetables together but I don't do it in any expectation that they are 'good' for each other. They look nice and they grow well, that's all.

It's only fair, since you showed us yours, that I show you mine:-)

Favas, Chard and Aquilegia vulgaris.

Fennel and Chard with kale behind - note that Fennel is considered to be a 'foe' by companion plant believers. Clearly my chard hasn't read those books.

I don't know how much gardening experience you have but you are clearly very enthusiastic which is great. Time will tell whether your plans work out. I certainly admire your energy.

Delicious

Still delicious.

I’m just a woman who grew up on a family ranch, no pro experience at all, and have only gardened in CA (always with drip irrigation), so it’s only my own experiences, but this combo has always worked for my family.

I love the putting green :)

Thanks Nick. That was my hubby’s dream, but it’s been great for everyone. A lot of fun at get togethers and such a saver since lawns are so expensive to water and keep green here in CA. Unfortunately, though, the dogs think it’s a pooping green. ;-)

Of course it is mainly for the dogs. They just let you play on it every now and then.

Yum. Looks better every month. Lots for harvesting and eating with enough to still look mighty pretty. I love my sage crisscross and strawberry triangles.

More strawberries than I can keep up with.

Have been harvesting about a basket sized amount of strawberries every day since they started this season. Maybe a little more. :-)

Seven years late to the party but I am in love with your updates! Thank you for sharing because I was thinking about planting some sage in my strawberry planter and now I will for sure!