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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 ...

black raspberry bush with three large clusers of ripe and unripe berries - Milanika/Getty Images Pruning is an important part of caring for any raspberry plants. Black raspberry plants (Rubus ...

Learning how to prune raspberries is key if you're growing them in your garden. Getting it right will help keep your plants in top health and encourage heavy yields of their tasty fruits year after ...

The old-fashioned crocosmia has numerous garden applications from the cottage, to the tropical and eve as a partner to white hydrangeas. Handout TNS The last part of August is time to clean up ...

Break out the leather gloves, heavy long sleeve shirt or coat, pruners, and head out to your raspberry patch. Proper routine ...