Elephants at the Oregon Zoo eat blackberry canes cut by Portland Fruit Tree Project volunteers in 2023. (Kathryn Howard, courtesy of Portland Fruit Tree Project) Blackberries may just be everybody’s ...

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 ...

And when you want something fruity and wildlife-friendly that makes a good prickly boundary, they might be just the job. Their biggest problem is their habit. Blackberries and their brethren grow into ...

All the raspberries and blackberries that are now ripening do not come without a price. The canes that produce them may grow like weeds, and in many gardens really are weeds, but they need quite a bit ...

Last summer, I was picking and eating what were arguably the best fruits I have ever tasted (a belief I often hold when a particular fruit is ripe). They were blackberries, but not just any ...

This is the first year for my blackberries, and they aren’t producing. Should I cut them back and when? Blackberries produce fruit on second-year canes. Prune first-year canes to 3-4 feet to promote ...

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 ...

One of the simple joys of summer is eating fresh blackberries. Anyone who has picked wild blackberries in the woods would be hesitant to grow them at home. They envision tangled brambles full of ...

This time of year, we start to clean up the garden and get ready for winter’s arrival. One of the areas that naturally catches my eye in a bad way is our berry patch. We have both raspberries and ...

Controlled-environment agriculture researchers at the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station are pulling a trick on nature to get blackberries to grow out of season. Ponca, Natchez, Osage and about ...

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 ...