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Recipe: Blackberry Jam

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Christy

Blackberry season comes on strong, and if you don’t embrace it, your garden will have an understory of rotten blackberries within a month. We’ve already frozen 3 pints of berries, and made blackberry ice cream. We’re still picking 2 cups … Continue reading →

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Ask Gardenerd: Protecting Blackberries

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Christy

We got a good one from Ask Gardenerd this week: “Hello, our blackberries are thriving this year, probably because of all the rain we got in SoCal, but I am afraid the birds will get them before us, like they … Continue reading →

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Ask Gardenerd: Pruning Blackberries

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Christy

As we look into the corner of the Gardenerd Test Garden, we see the need for blackberry pruning. Someone else in the Gardenerd community did the same thing and asked: “I believe you mentioned it is time to prune blackberries, … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Caramel Blackberry Goat Milk Ice Cream

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Christy

Here’s one for anyone who can’t do cow. We recently discovered a raw goat milk vendor at our local farmers’ market and decided that it was time to experiment with goat milk ice cream. Since blackberries are in season, it … Continue reading →

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