A sweet harvest from your own garden. Everything about berry bushes, fruit and the art of picking at the right moment.
31 postsThe cornelian cherry blooms golden-yellow as early as February, the first bee forage of the year. In autumn tart red fruits ripen for jelly, syrup and liqueur.
You do not fertilise all berries the same. Acid-lovers like blueberries tolerate no lime, currants and gooseberries are potassium-hungry, raspberries undemanding. Here is how to sort your berries into a few groups and give each the right thing.
With a little system strawberries bear richly over years. Three decisions count: June-bearing or everbearing, planting in August and the clever handling of the runners. Plus the straw trick against grey mould.
Thornless blackberry varieties turn the feared bramble into an easy-care nibbling plant. With the simple two-sides rule on the trellis you keep the pruning effortlessly in hand. Here is how to train them and how to spot the right harvest moment.
Every berry has its own pruning time. Bushes like currant and gooseberry in winter, cane berries like raspberry and blackberry after harvest. Your pruning plan for the whole berry garden, with the one rule of thumb that always holds.
Almost every berry bush can be propagated for free: from hardwood cuttings, layering or runners. We show you which berry likes which method, when to plant, and how your young shrub takes hold.
The gooseberry gives you two harvests from a single bush: green and firm for cooking, fully ripe and sweet for snacking. Pick the right, mildew-resistant variety and it's surprisingly low-maintenance. Here's what matters.
The aronia (also called chokeberry) may be the toughest berry there is: winter-hardy, wholesome, and a burst of colour in autumn. Sharp raw, a treat once processed. We'll show you how to grow it and make the most of it.
Redcurrants, whitecurrants, and blackcurrants are easy to care for, tough, and heavy croppers. Only when it comes to pruning do red and black go separate ways. We show you what each colour needs.
