If you are looking for a small fruit to produce in your backyard, blackberries may be the fruit for you. Blackberries are one of nature’s magic fruits. They are high in antioxidants, comparable to ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Blackberries are by far one of the easiest fruit crops to grow in south Louisiana, but some gardeners avoid them because they have a reputation for getting out of control, creating a bramble jungle.

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been picking and eating what are arguably the best fruits I have ever tasted (a belief I often hold when a particular fruit is ripe). They are blackberries, but not ...

Whether it be wild blackberries you’ve foraged or a prized cultured variety you’ve coddled throughout the years, we are now in prime blackberry season, and there are many sweet, tangy delectable ...

Blackberries. The people of Eugene seem to be divided on the subject. Some love strolling through back alleys and parks during the summer picking ripe fruit off their bushes. Others loathe the sight ...

It might not be June 21st yet, but summer officially starts for me the day I start picking ripe blackberries. This past Sunday, I realized that my little urban orchard was exploding with ripe berries ...

Early varieties of blackberries are coming into season. Blackberries are easy to grow and are one of the most reliable and productive fruits we can grow in our home gardens and landscapes. Lots of ...

Do blackberries and raspberries grow well in Oklahoma? How does one get started? M.E., Tulsa. Blackberries are the easiest of all fruits to grow in Oklahoma. Raspberries are similar; the plants grow ...