I have grown, maintained, and harvested blackcurrant, redcurrant, and whitecurrant bushes in walled kitchen gardens and on my home plots for many years. I always found them simple to grow, easy to ...

Easy to grow, quick to bear and naturally resistant to disease, supernutritious berries are the best fruits to grow organically. Plus, they rarely lose their newly fertilized flowers to late spring ...

Iowa State University Extension Master Gardener Lisa Slattery provided the following about gooseberries and currants: Last week I mentioned that gardeners should consider adding small fruits to their ...

What: The native flowering currant, or ribes sanguineum, welcomes spring with a showy array of rosy-pink buds softening to a rich, clear pink. The early spring flowers have a spicy fragrance and are a ...

FOR DECADES, THEY were literally a forbidden fruit. Fresh currants are a popular crop in Europe and grow reasonably well in Washington state. But the tart, translucent strings of berries — “little ...

Interestingly, balcony gardening isn't confined to growing herbs and vegetables, and there are many European fruits that can successfully grow in pots. If one pays enough attention to lighting, the ...

My favorite berries are blueberries (wild Alaska ones, of course) and raspberries, but I also have a special place in my heart for currants. Like many Americans, currants aren’t a mainstay. I first ...

This is the second in a series for pruning small fruits in the Iowa home garden by Linn County Master Gardener, Lisa Slattery. Today's blog will cover gooseberries and currants. The next two weeks ...