Berries and Fruit
Steve Dodrill
Featured Fruit and Nut Tree Resources
Tree Pruning Basics
A properly pruned tree looks as natural as possible; that is to say, the tree’s appearance reflects its fundamental form and character. The pruner must be sensitive to maintaining this structural integrity, in addition to knowing a bit about tree biology and proper pruning principles!Featured Berry Resources
Growing Raspberries in Your Home Garden
Explains how to grow black, red, and purple raspberries in a home garden. Covers cultivar and site selection, soil preparation, fertilization, and planting. Discusses how to build hedgerow and hill planting systems and trellises. Outlines how to care for established plantings, including fertilizing,...
Growing Blueberries in Your Home Garden
Describes how to grow highbush and cultivated blueberries in a home garden. Covers how to establish a planting, select a site and cultivars, determine soil requirements, prepare soil, plant, control weeds, mulch, fertilize, water, prune, care for established plants, and select ripe berries for...
Growing Strawberries in Your Home Garden
Describes various varieties of June-bearing, everbearing, and day-neutral strawberries and when they produce crops. Explains where to plant strawberries and how to rotate a strawberry patch to optimize growth and minimize disease. Discusses the matted-row and hill planting systems and the advantages...
Growing Blackberries in Your Home Garden
Describes how to grow blackberries in a home garden. Covers types, growth and fruiting cycles; how to establish a planting, select a site and cultivars, determine soil requirements, prepare soil, plant, control weeds, trellis, fertilize, water, prune, care for established plants, and select ripe...Latest Resources
Miscellaneous Berry Crops in the Home Garden
An introduction to growing kiwifruit, currants, gooseberries, lingonberries, and other berries at home.
Growing Table Grapes in the Home Garden
An introduction to growing table grapes at home.
Strawberries for the Home Garden
An introduction on growing strawberries at home.Latest News
A look back on a year of gardening stories
Jan 12, 2019
A story about yellowjackets topped the most-popular list.
Know when it’s time to pick pears and apples
Sep 14, 2018
Apples ripen on the tree, but pears must be stored first.
Planning now brings a good tomato season next year
Sep 7, 2018
If you had problems with blossom-end rot this year, try amending the soil with lime and changing your watering habits.
