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Dewberries: Coming Soon to a Field Near You

Dewberries, an early-ripening trailing variety of blackberry, are just beginning to ripen. I picked the first ripe one from the patch in our yard today. Wonder where you can find some? Think back a month or so and remember if you noticed any weedy fields filled with small white flowers on prickly canes (that look [...]
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In My Kitchen Garden: Blackberries – Make That Dewberries

See the comments for an explanation of the title. Today we harvested close to a pint of blackberries from the volunteer canes growing in our yard. As a friend recently commented in regards to her own yard, at least there’s an upside to not being vigilant about the weeds. These came from a patch that [...]
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