Need a Sugar Fix? Grow These 7 Small-Space Fruits
January 18, 2016Find a sweet treat right outside your doorstep with these fruits suited to backyard and container growing.
The Beginning Farmer’s Guide to Berries
July 10, 2015Berries are worth your gardening while—learn to grow these delicious fruits with our advice.
Birds Vs. Berries: How To Save Your Fruit
June 8, 2015Employ barrier and deterrence methods to protect your berry harvest from winged creatures that might get to the fruit before you do.
How to Control Raspberry Cane Borers
April 2, 2015This pest can wreak havoc on your berry patch if left unattended, but fortunately, control is easy and you can save your berries.
Mixed Berry Custard
August 27, 2014Mmmmm … berries. I love to pick them myself, which I often can at my CSA farm. My mind buzz turns off, replaced by bee buzz; the bees are way too busy to bother me. In the quiet berry patch, the focused search and careful reach for ripe berries is contemplative and soothing. Eat one […]
Fresh Berry Pie
July 23, 2014Courtesy Tracy Benjamin This morning, at the end of my work on community-supported agriculture farm, I picked a precious half-pint of raspberries. It took not only a little searching, but also avoiding the bees, which love the fragile, sweet berries nearly as much as I do. Over the weekend, I’ll gather some wild briar berries, […]
5 Ways to Prep Soil for Better Berries
May 13, 2014Set the stage for tasty strawberries, blueberries and brambles with these soil-boosting garden tips.
Mixed Currant Country Skillet Cake
May 9, 2014Get the cover recipe from the final issue of Hobby Farm Home.
How to Maximize Your Elderberry Harvest
January 22, 2014Reap the benefits of the elderberry bush by paying careful attention to the harvest of this plant.
Of Bugs and Berries
July 14, 2011I headed to the raspberry patch last night to pick a few berries for dessert and couldn’t help but notice how alive the plants were. All sorts of insects were out and about and I was struck with how many different insects were in one 8- by 8-foot patch of brambles—and these were just the ones I could see!
