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Easy care raspberries are high in fiber and vitamin C, making them a healthy snack as well as delicious in jams, jellies and desserts. Enjoy the best flavor and reduce pest problems with proper ...

Harvesting fresh raspberries from your home garden is a fulfilling experience, and with some thoughtful pruning, you can maximize your harvest. By removing old and diseased canes and thinning out new ...

A bit of summer pruning goes a long way to keeping your raspberries healthy and productive. So, get out the mosquito netting, long sleeves and pruners and get busy. The summer harvest is produced on 2 ...

If you're hoping for a vibrant garden with lots of blooms this spring, you can prune these 10 plants as early as February.

Raspberries are widely grown in Nebraska and a very popular home garden fruit. They are not difficult to grow if given the proper care. Here are the best pruning, fertilization and watering practices ...

Raspberry crowns live for many years, but their canes are biennial meaning they live for two years. Each year new shoots grow from buds in the crown. Late in that first summer, these new canes develop ...

"Bramble" is the common name for the genus Rubus which includes raspberries, blackberries and their hybrids and cultivars. The term bramble is used to denote “thorniness” a common trait among these ...

Q: I was given raspberry shoots late last summer. How long will it take for them to produce fruit? A: Since your new plants from last year survived the winter and are growing, you are well on your way ...

If you want your raspberries to bounce back a bit quicker next season, here's how you need to prune them before it gets too ...