blackberry

  • Blackberries on the wire

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    rollinggarden

    For the past 15 years, we’ve been growing blackberries on our wire trellis and I can honestly say that I’d never grow them any different way. Although the flowering season this year was incredible late and it started 40 days…

  • Neverending (weeds) story

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    rollinggarden

    Where there are vegetables there are also weeds. But, this year there are more weeds than vegetables.  The rainy summer we’ve been having is making me weed every single time I get in the garden. I rarely get the opportunity…

  • Harvests have started

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    rollinggarden

    Unusually warm winter, very dry spring, and rainy beginning of summer did a number on the garden. Plants are much smaller than they should be at this time of the year, especially seedling plants which have been practically dormant all…

  • Homemade berry syrup

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    rollinggarden

    I wanted to share with you our recipe for homemade berry syrup. Basically, it is made out of every fruit that grows in the garden. Recipe:-3 kilos (105. 6 oz) of berry fruits ( I’ve used blackberries, raspberries, and red currants…