The only thing better than eating a bowl full of ripe raspberries is being able to harvest those raspberries from bushes in your own garden. While raspberries do not last long once they are ripe, if ...

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 ...

Pruning is an important part of caring for any raspberry plants. Black raspberry plants (Rubus occidentalis), which grow in USDA Hardiness Zones 5 to 9, spread quickly, but that doesn't necessarily ...

Raspberries are a relatively easy fruit to grow at home, if you have space for large shrubs in full sun. Just be sure you are willing to brave the thorns of these vigorous plants to prune them every ...

In many parts of North America, January is when most outdoor plants are dormant. Spring is months away, leaving gardeners feeling like there's nothing they can do outside in their garden. Yet there ...

Even though perennial plants are still at rest during February's waning days of winter, you still have work to do if you want to ensure a healthy, flourishing garden in the spring. That work, to be ...

Put down the pruning shears. With recent freezing temperatures across Louisiana and a dose of ice, sleet and even snow in some places, all of our gardens probably have suffered some damage. It’s ...