Q: I inherited an overgrown blueberry patch ten years ago. I managed to clear it and they have borne a reasonable quantity of fruit each year. However, I lose a lot of fruit because the rows between ...

Picking fresh berries from the garden is always exciting, especially when you have put time and energy into looking after the plant. If you have a bush in your garden or are growing blueberries in ...

A hand picking a blueberry from a bush - Kativ/Getty Images Blueberries (Vaccinium spp.) are some of the most coveted fruit-bearing bushes you can have in a home garden. Not only are these bushes ...

Stormy weather or not, now is the time to get out into the garden and prune blueberry bushes. Blueberries are a common, popular food crop that many North Coast gardeners like to grow. But, one thing ...

If there is one garden task that scares home gardeners the most, it is pruning their blueberry bushes. Most think they will not get a good crop of berries if a bush is pruned. The plants get minimally ...

CORVALLIS -- Moderate pruning of highbush blueberries done every year can make the difference between a mediocre and a bumper crop -- and production of quality fruit. Highbush blueberry, a native of ...

LEANING GINGERS: Some of the taller gingers, such as hedychium, alpinia and costus can get top heavy when they bloom and may lean or fall over. A little graceful leaning is generally not an issue, but ...