Blackberries Require Decision MakingI'm doing my best to get fellow members to look into growing berries and dwarf fruit trees in small, sunny spaces about their homes. The Europeans are, and have been, way ahead of us in utilizing any free space about the home to grow fruits and vegetables.
Picking The Ripest BlackberriesThere are several fairly new thornless blackberry varieties to be had. Among the biggest and sweetest are those introduced by Arkansas State. The two I have from this collection are Apache and Arapaho. Both are erect and do not 'spread', making them ideal for growing in containers.
Homemade Strawberry CollarsStrawberries love lots of water. At the wrong place and at the wrong time, it can cause a proliferation of the Mycosphaerella fragariae fungus which can ruin a crop and do serious damage to the plant. The plants usually recover, but the harvest can be lost.
Choosing A Sweet Blackberry PlantI've said that my passion is propagation. It is. A close runner up would be experimentation. My latest experiment is standardizing blackberries.
Firethorn for the EntryPlant a Pyracantha (Firethorn) in a entry way for a dramatic look. The berries on my bush are orange in the fall and have white flowers in the Spring. This bush grows rather quickly and training to a column or wall is quite easy for a year around decorative effect.
