Black Raspberries, also known as Black Caps, are native to North America and can be found in many forested areas, open fields, along fencerows, and cultivated on farms and in gardens. They are grown commercially as far away as Korea. But the fruit has captured the creativity of others besides simply growing them for eating. […]
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Jul
Jul
If kiwi vines are not pruned one or more times during the summer, the vines will become a tangled mess and your fruit production reduced in the current and following season. There are several critical reasons for pruning vines during the summer: Pruning prevents the unruly vines from twisting around one another. Excess foliage will […]
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May
May
Last October, I was in my garden, enjoying the sweet flavors of the berries from my Kiwi vines. The vines were loaded with fruit even after surviving another cold winter, with temperatures exceeding twenty degrees below zero. The variety Issai surprised me; the vines yielded a full crop of fruit. This cultivar should be recommended […]