Growing Berries

Growing your own wild blackberry bushes will provide you with plenty of fresh fruit for baking, canning, or freezing. You will not need to scour the forest for an available patch of fresh berries,...

Cultivating a blackberry patch can provide your family with fresh berries every summer and once a trailing blackberry is established on a trellis system, your patch will not require a lot of work...

Raspberry brambles will grow quickly and with canes and fruit, but can quickly topple over as a result of their own success. Building a trellis for your raspberry plants can prevent this and bring...

Thorny blackberry bushes are treacherous to prune, and the sharp thorns make harvesting the berries hazardous to hands and arms. Blackberries trained on a trellis are easier to maintain, look...

Beautiful and edible red raspberries are a gardener's delight; their fruit is delicious and nutritious and their roots live for many years so the effort involved in planting is well-worth the many...

Careful soil analysis, a strong trellis and annual pruning are all it takes to create a bountiful harvest of delicious blackberries. With a little planning and some sweat equity, it won't be long...

Even a backyard gardener with limited space can grow raspberry bushes. They can be placed in large containers and set out on a deck, patio, or balcony. Their soil, water, and nutrient requirements...

Raspberries are delicious. Whether fresh from the garden, sprinkled over ice cream, turned into a jam or whipped into a milkshake, these berries have a flavor all their own. Gardeners are finding...

There are two types of blackberries: trailing (aka. dew berries), and the erect. The erect varieties usually can be fine without trellised. On the other hand trailing varieties must be trellised.

Boysenberries are an interesting plant. A cross between loganberries, blackberries and raspberries, the boysenberry was first introduced by Mr. Knott on his berry farm in California. If you are...

Blackberries are ideal for the home gardener because they're so easy. The challenge comes in keeping the rambunctious canes within bounds so they don't engulf the neighborhood. It's a simple...