Break out the leather gloves, heavy long sleeve shirt or coat, pruners and head out to your raspberry patch. Proper routine ...

black raspberry bush with three large clusers of ripe and unripe berries - Milanika/Getty Images Pruning is an important part of caring for any raspberry plants. Black raspberry plants (Rubus ...

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 ...

Gardeners, take note: it’s not the holidays yet! In fact, prune these 3 plants now to ensure successful flowering in 2026.

Raspberries are bramble-type fruit plants that send up new shoots from the ground every year. They’re generally hardy in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 3 to 9, and can easily form a thicket if not pruned ...

Q: I read your article on spring yard cleanup on InForum and I have a question about the shrub in the photo. I’m wondering what it is and if I can trim it. If so, how far down I should prune it? Last ...

Q: In April I created a cactus garden and I have it under a grow light for 12 hours a day. It has started growing some skinny tops on some of the plants. Will these fill out, or just get more gangly?

When I wrote about growing raspberries in Alaska, Charlotte Porter got in touch with me and wanted to tell me about her success growing Kiska raspberries and her pruning techniques at her Two Rivers ...

A recent conversation with Barbara Mohr included a question that required some research. Her black raspberry plants were doing poorly and producing little fruit. She said: The plants were four years ...