For years, Martha has been growing all kinds of berries on her farm, using them for homemade jams and jellies, pies and tarts ...

February is a busy time for pruning. Deciduous shrubs, grasses, and hedges all need trimming this month along with climbers, ...

Pruning soft fruits at the right time ... conserve the plant's energy unless you want to propagate new plants. Summer-fruiting raspberries behave like blackberries, fruiting on one-year-old ...

Raspberries are best grown from bare-root plants in the autumn ... Cut canes down to 30cm (1ft) above the soil, pruning above a bud, and water well. Prune canes that held fruit in summer during ...

Like many others the Rubus, raspberry, genus need a year ... Blueberries need little or no pruning, but I like to control gooseberry bushes more firmly. Given all their blood-seeking thorns ...