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Gardening with Vegetables,
Herbs, Fruits and Flowers





      


Blackberries

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In early spring the black berries take off, growing faster than weeds. These two pictures are only one month apart.

Blackberies in blooom

Black berries start out green
before turning red then black
Blackberries ripen a few at a time. Black berries ready
to eat or to make jam


Pruning Blackberries

Pruning blackberries is easy we just cut out the old growth, which is the darker, dead looking canes, then we cut the others back to about 5 or 6 feet tall. We tie them up with old hay ropes to our t posts