Planting half-high (about waist high) plants is a good way to enable growers to provide better winter snow cover for their blueberries, Dainsberg said. These also produce hardier fruit. Blueberries ...

Bare-root fruit starts becoming available for gardeners to plant in November. These dormant plants offer a more budget-friendly way to add fruit to your garden than buying pricier container-grown ones ...

Gooseberry is another great fruit for the home garden. The genus Ribes is home to both gooseberries and currants, so these two plants are closely related. Both are hardy and productive. One way to ...

If a plant creates thorns and sour berries, it makes sense that its name could be synonymous with mischief. While you don't commonly hear mischievous acts referred to as a "playing gooseberry" ...

Gooseberry plants can be difficult to find locally, but can be ordered from companies such as Stark Bro's, starkbros.com or Krieger's Nursery, kriegersnursery.com. Plants are shipped in early spring, ...

Few homeowners are acquainted with the Ribes (RYE-bees) family of plants; gooseberries, currants and jostaberries. There are over 150 ribes species in the world, including gooseberries and clove or ...

Last week, we discussed the merits of the Juneberry, pawpaw and mulberry. Each of those unusual fruits offered a unique trait to the home gardener, as do the fruits we will discuss this week. Although ...

Gooseberries are commonly known to grow naturally out in the wild or in the fields, however, today a farmer can grow them and earn from their sale. Farmers.co.ke spoke to Stephen Mwanzia from Sun ...

Q • I purchased a gooseberry bush online. Now I have learned that it should not be planted near white pine trees. We have a 4.5-acre lot with white pine trees. Can I even plant and enjoy my gooseberry ...