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
