CORVALLIS, OR - Organic blackberry production is becoming an important niche market in Oregon, where nearly 50% of conventional and organic blackberries in the U.S. are grown. In the area, trailing ...

Someone once wrote to me in a huff to say that you absolutely could not pick blackberries around Puget Sound in July. This was after I had posted online photographic evidence to the contrary. But she ...

Blackberries (Rubus spp.) — dark purple, sweet-tart fruits high in vitamins and disease-fighting compounds -- are protected by thorny canes that twist into impenetrable brambles when left unattended.

For the past couple of weeks, I've been picking and eating what are arguably the best fruits I have ever tasted (a belief I often hold when a particular fruit is ripe). They are blackberries, but not ...

Question: I’ve grown everbearing raspberries for a few years, and someone told me there are everbearing blackberries now, too? Are they available? Answer: Yes, there are everbearing blackberries ...

If you are looking for a small fruit to produce in your backyard, blackberries may be the fruit for you. Blackberries are one of nature’s magic fruits. They are high in antioxidants, comparable to ...

From tea made of its leaves to cobblers made from its ripe berries, blackberry plants are some of the most resilient and ever-present plants in the Pacific Northwest. Aside from species endemic to the ...

FOREST GROVE, Ore. — Jim Love can’t help but admire the Marion blackberries now gaining color at Love Farms, which he owns with his brother, John. They planted this particular block in 1965 with their ...

If you have ever picked blackberries from the wild, those days likely conjure many good memories. We are now beginning to enter blackberry harvest season for some early varieties. Dewberries are in ...