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 ...

The raspberry, with its botanical name Rubus idaeus, belongs to the rose family, which includes around 3,500 species. The raspberry is a hardy, deciduous climbing shrub that comes in a variety of ...

Q.: I have some "September" everbearing raspberries that bear every July. When they finish, I cut down the stalks down to the ground. They are brown by then. Last September, the new shoots got to be ...

Q: I didn't get any fruits from my raspberry bushes for the first five years until I realized what I was doing wrong: I was cutting back the bushes at the end of the growing season in late October.

Raspberries, a favorite of many home gardeners, are relatively easy to grow, and are hardy and productive in most of Iowa. If given proper care, a 100-foot-long row of red raspberries can produce 100 ...

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 ...

This fall I discovered a job that I dislike more than cleaning the leaves out of down spouts. Up until now scooping the leaves, pine needles and twigs that have accumulated in the bottom of the spouts ...