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When it comes to fertilizing your garden, there seems to be an endless choice of plant foods at the garden center. Even the fertilizer shelf in my garage can be overwhelming at times. But for...
Like many people who grew up in the south, I always look forward to the summer blackberry season. Sweet, juicy homegrown blackberries are so superior to the commercial, grocery-store varieties. Just...
If you let your blackberry plants grow unchecked, they will soon become a massive thicket of tangled branches. Or, they'll be a trailing mass of vines that takes over everything in its path. Worst of...
I was so excited to plant my own blackberry bushes. I couldn't wait to harvest pint after pint of huge, juicy berries to use in the kitchen (if they even made it that far). Imagine my disappointment...
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My dad grew up eating persimmons from the giant wild trees that grew on his family's farm in Ohio. That's what persimmons are to many people...a homey, sort of old-fashioned flavor from childhood....
My backyard Fuyu persimmon tree. I love having something in my backyard orchard that's just a little different from what you find at the neighbor's place. That's one of the goals of gardening,...