For years, Martha has been growing all kinds of berries on her farm, using them for homemade jams and jellies, pies and tarts ...

February is a busy time for pruning. Deciduous shrubs, grasses, and hedges all need trimming this month along with climbers, ...

Winter is not the most glamorous time for a gardener and you don’t often get to enjoy the fruits of your labor during this season. However, it is an important period for maintenance and one that ...

Pruning soft fruits at the right time ... retain the best of the old canes, shortening any sideshoots to one leaf. Although not normally associated with annual pruning, strawberry plants produce ...

Raspberries are best grown from bare-root plants in the autumn ... Cut canes down to 30cm (1ft) above the soil, pruning above a bud, and water well. Prune canes that held fruit in summer during ...

The best time to prune is ... unproductive all at the same time. After several years, if you wanted to prune out the unproductive canes, nearly the entire bush would have to be removed.