While currants have long been a classic for in-ground gardening, you may have hesitated on growing them in planters. Though they may not be the best berries to grow in containers, you don't have to ...
Sell your berries and value-added products to individuals, produce markets, restaurants, breweries, and more. Growing gooseberries, growing currents, and cultivating jostaberries may be an easy to ...
The Ribes rubrum, or Rovada, variety of red currant yields fruit good for making jams, jellies and juice.
Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...
This week, Central New York gardening writer Carol T. Bradford responds to a reader question. Dear Carol: I have a question about jostaberries. I've two bushes that are up pretty good. Nice and green ...
After dinner one night this summer, I served currants as a garnish on dessert. The pink, round, little fruits from a newly planted bush rolled off the cake slices like BBs out of a gun—quite a few of ...
My favorite berries are blueberries (wild Alaska ones, of course) and raspberries, but I also have a special place in my heart for currants. Like many Americans, currants aren’t a mainstay. I first ...
Eight proven varieties from five types of berries form a hedge that fits well in most home gardens. Over about twelve meters in length, early, mid, and late-ripening shrubs follow one another, ...
The Coons — Jerry, 50, and Julia, 43 — run Coon’s Berry Farm, out in rural Coleman, about two hours north of Detroit. The couple has been married 10 years, but has only been growing gooseberries, ...