Another season of tending the berry patch winds down with another year's worth of lessons learned and reinforced. A good gardener is always learning, always evaluating what works and what does not, ...

A plant just appeared this year in my yard. Should I let it grow as a ground cover or is it a problem? A bright light in the invasive plant battles, Canadian clearweed is able to adapt to soils ...

A raspberry patch bursting with firm, juicy fruit rarely grows by chance. Raspberries are naturally vigorous growers, but without a bit of direction, their canes can quickly turn into a wild, tangled ...

The loyal reader knows that part of my formative years was spent in the family’s huge raspberry patch. It was a four-rower, properly wired up to support berry-laden bushes. The aisles between the rows ...

Q. What and when is the right way to thin raspberries? Our patch is huge. A. Summer-bearing raspberries are easy to prune as long as you understand their growth cycle. Every spring, new canes grow ...