The best to it do both. Plant a couple right by your house for easy access and steak them. And then somewhere on your property let them run wild.

Depending on the variety, the stocks can be very prickly. Our patch is so big that we rarely go in the middle. We get enough from the perimeter.

But for the one by your house, you only need 2 steaks and a wire or string a cross. Then only tie up the ones that are really long and the fruit is directly on the ground