Discover guides on growing, foraging, and cooking with berries across the UK.
The marionberry and the silvanberry are two of the lesser-known blackberry hybrids that have never quite crossed the Atlantic into British gardens — but they...
Read article →One of the questions I'm asked most often is some version of "I haven't really got a garden, can I still grow my own fruit?" And the answer, happily, is yes,...
Growing guide →Yes, cranberries are good for you. They are low in calories, high in vitamin C, and packed with antioxidants — in particular a group of plant compounds called...
Growing guide →Summer-fruiting and autumn-fruiting raspberries need completely different pruning, so the first step is knowing which type you have. Cut out the spent canes on...
Read article →Cranberries and lingonberries are related but not the same plant. Both belong to the Vaccinium family — the same genus as blueberries and bilberries — but they...
Growing guide →Blueberry leaves turn red or yellow for several reasons, and the cause matters because the fix is different each time. The most common reason by far is soil...
Read article →Cranberries grow very well in pots — in fact, a wide, shallow container of ericaceous compost is the best way to grow them in most British gardens. A container...
Growing guide →There are a handful of jobs I look forward to every Christmas, and making the cranberry sauce is one of them. It takes about fifteen minutes, fills the kitchen...
See recipe →If you've never grown gooseberries, let me make the case in a single sentence: there is no fruit better suited to the British garden. They shrug off our cold...
Growing guide →Every so often a visitor to my garden points at a sprawling cane heavy with dark, jewel-like fruit and asks, "Is that a blackberry or a raspberry?" The honest...
Growing guide →If you only ever make one jam from your garden, I'd make a quiet case for it being loganberry. I've grown and cooked all sorts of berries over the years, and...
See recipe →Of all the jobs in my berry patch, pruning loganberries is the one that worries new growers the most, and the one that turns out to be the simplest once the...
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