Growing exceptional blackberries
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
- Invasive Himalayan blackberries grow everywhere in Oregon and are a free okay source for foraging (when not sprayed). Is it worth taking up space in your garden to grow a cultivated variety? The answer is yes absolutely. Learn about the types of blackberry I grow and why I think they are far better than the invasive ones you can forage in the wild.
That's a stunning blackberry (we call it bramble in Scotland). Can you please tell how is the hedge getting managed, cut, when the blackberry is up on it? I watched lots of your videos and I absolutely love the content. I also love the edges content. We started our permaculture garden several years ago and recently my husband found a permaculture book in a charity shop, that starts with the 12 principles you are talking about. We started permaculture in a way how a lovely woman gave us advices about permaculture. Never heard about this type of gardening before. So we listened to her advices and we went to her amazing farm again and again. She never tell us exactly what to do, I absolutely love that. The same how you are talking. Not step by step this is what you have to do, no other way. Nope. We always get the concept and we are free to act the way we feel like. She shares her permaculture plants with us, we help in her farm here and there. We share our plants with friend and neighbours, it is amazing, permaculture gardening creates such a wonderful community.
As I've seen many of your edges, I would love to know how you manage to cut the plants, hedges behind.
I planted yesterday my very first black raspberry (finally I managed to put my hand on a plant, it is not known here at all) and a tayberry (this is a Scottish Berry, massive fruit on it and it is delicious, maybe you would like to give a go, it is a cross between blackberry and red raspberry, the fruit is massive, the size is unreal, it is named after the river Tay) and I was hesitating for so long where to plant them. At the end both of them are at our fence that is facing to the field. It is next to our chickens, there is a small orchard there, fruit trees, blackcurrants, our honeyberries (again something new, can't wait for them to fruit, so finally we can taste them first time ever), a jostaberry that was definitely planted the wrong place as it is spreading like crazy between two apple trees. At least whatever roots I can give away. The fruit is amazingly delicious.
I was worried to plant the red raspberry right next to the chicken's fence, so it is facing to the field. And the fence is not too high. A blackcurrant Bush is quite close to it, but hey ho, I try and put as many edible plants is as I can. I was hesitating for so long, what could be the best place for the two Berry plants. They will definitely give a bit of shade in the afternoon for the Berry bushed very close. The trees will be fine. They will give some wind protection, so the honeyberries will be hopefully protected.
My other idea was to plant climbing berries next to an alive fence, but it grows so fast and it is thorny. All I've seen is a struggle. If I plant something next to it, it could become a right mess. So far I can't picture how you manage to grow so many wonderful plants so close to your neighbour's alive fence. I would love to hear some practical advice about this. Maybe one day you will manage to make a video about this.
Thank you so much. Absolutely love your contents. Your garden is Heaven on Earth. I guess most of your viewers, including me would absolutely love to walk around there in real life once. To feel it properly. And to have a great chat with you.
I actually really love Himalayan blackberry's berry, even if the plant is the bane of my existence. It's extremely rich -- I hadn't considered the seed issue though, that's good to know.
That’s a huge blackberry plant!!
Hi from waldorf Maryland I added 2 osage black berries plants growing. On my small patio garden love bbq ing the berries I'm trying to find bush cherries like yours very nice if you have information on the bush cherries please send me information great thanks I'm also growing cantaloupe s in my garden so far so good
Oh, our bush cherry (carmine jewel) looks the same! thanks for sharing what it is. had no idea and was wondering what it could be...
do you use anything to tie them up, or is the fence enough to keep them upright on their own?