Blackberry patch

Pick big, luscious blackberries right from your own backyard with our easy tips for growing blackberries, from planting to pruning.

Great post on how to make a blackberry or raspberry trellis from existing fence posts and sturdy fencing or chicken wire.

Find out where blackberry plants grow best. Plant them in full sun and use mulch to insulate the soil and retain water. New canes, or primocanes, don’t bear fruit. Prune second year floricanes to the ground in the fall after they finish fruiting. #planting #blackberry #bush

Discover how to grow healthier blackberry bushes by companion planting them with beneficial plants. Bee balm and borage draw pollinators to your blackberry brambles. Nasturtiums and hyssop deter harmful insects, and they all grow in full sun. #companion #blackberry #plants

Don't be scared to add blackberries to your urban homestead. Here's how to keep blackberries from spreading!

Blackberries are a tasty addition to any garden, offering delicious, nutrient-packed fruits that can be enjoyed fresh, in desserts, or preserved in jams and jellies. To cultivate thriving blackberry plants, you must understand the best

In order to understand how to prune blackberries it’s important to understand the basics of how blackberries grow. Blackberries are perennials.This means that the root system will live for many years. The root system produces new canes yearly. Canes produced are biennial and die after two years. The first year of growth on a blackberry is called a primocane. For many varieties of blackberries (though not all) this is primarily a vegetative year of growth and will not produce fruit.

This weekend my husband and I built a new trellis for our blackberry canes. Our original trellis was made from 2 landscape timbers with 8 f...

How to build a Blackberry Trellis: a simple way to grow thornless blackberries. Wood, wire, and eyelet screws are all you need to build a simple blackberry trellis. This is an inexpensive way to grow thornless blackberries in the vegetable garden. There's a video showing how I built mine at the end of this piece #lovelygreens #growyourown #vegetablegarden #diygarden #blackberries #gardening #gardeningtips

DIY Raspberry Trellis - support for your raspberry plants... #gardening