Berries, Rasp- & Black

This author is one if the best to make you understand the What, When, Where, &Why, of planting. Since the 1970's I have enjoyed her wit and Wisdom! You can tell when a person LOVES what they do! It works! That's a great Blessing!

just arrived a little bit ago (the dog kindly went beserk to let me know that the UPS guy dared set foot on the porch) These are a great series of little books, I have several others and ordered the berries one to add to the set. The book itself is great--but think they need to write a guide for the warehouse how-to pest control and not ship things obviously chewed on. Content excellent, opening it up to see what looks like a rodent has been checking out my new book before I had chance, not so much.

I just have a small patch of blackberries and they are doing well. But I wanted to know more about what I was doing with them, so I bought this booklet. Half of the booklet is devoted to Raspberries, which I cannot grow in Florida. However the other half was devoted to Blackberries, and they had some good ideas. I did not realize for example that there are upright blackberries and vining type blackberries and what I do have is the vining ones (BUT they are thornless and that is a plus). They show how to build a trellis for them which I plan to do this weekend. Another good section is how to prune them for the most yield. I never had any idea I would need to prune them. I think it is a booklet well worth having if you are planning to grow any amount of blackberries.

Provides all the basics for making decisions on planting and care of the plants and fruits.

There is a lot of valuable information in this little book!!

This was a great introductory guide to dealing with black and raspberries. I recently moved to a home with a large untended thicket and I found the information in the guide to be very helpful. As with all SCWB publications, while it's a small pamphlet sized book and is not the definitive source on the subject, the guide gives useful, simple instructions and information. I would recommend.

As being a scientist I love play in the kitchen after all it is gastronomic science

I felt that there was insufficient detail to be of real use for one to manage the growing and caring of berries. It is probably good enough for planting and the initial care and growing of berries. However, beyound that I don't think it would be of use to a gardner that wanted to seriously grow berries. In particular, once one encounters prolbems, I think you are on your own. This book would be of little help.

I found this book to be a very informative and helpful guide to growing and maintaining my raspberry hedge effectively.

Lots of good information, easy to read.

Not as good as I would like but good basic advice.