Homegrown Berries: Successfully Grow Your Own Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Blackberries, and More

Enjoy delicious, nutritious berries from your own backyard!

What says summer more than a bowl full of fresh berries? How about a yard full of them? Homegrown Berries covers the information you need to know about the process from planting to picking. You'll learn the best varieties of strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, gooseberries, currants, and elderberries for you, how to fit them into your landscape (including in borders and containers), and how to maintain them for peak harvest. Summer just got sweeter!

Review Quotes:
"This comprehensive guide will inspire and instruct everyone interested in homegrown berries." -- Booklist

"Covers all the basics, from which varieties are best suited to your area, growing conditions and how to care for your plants from beginning through harvest. Just think--you could enjoy strawberry shortcake, blueberry muffins or boysenberry pie using berries from your own yard." -- Redlands Daily

Timber Press is devoted to sharing the wonders of the natural world by publishing books from experts in the fields of gardening, horticulture, and natural history. Founded in 1978, Timber Press is internationally recognized as the leading gardening publisher. Its books and authors have received awards from the American Horticultural Society, the Garden Writers of America, the Garden Media Guild, the National Garden Club of America, and more.

Timber Press

Pub Date: December 30, 2014

0.6" H x 9.0" L x 8.0" W

208 pages

paperback