Close-up of raspberries and a few green leaves - Valentyn Volkov/Shutterstock You're trudging through the underbrush on a hike when you decide to take a break. As you power up with some trail mix, you ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

I am interested in cultivating my wild black raspberries so I will have an easier-to-pick patch. Also, what is the best time of year to transplant them? If you are simply cleaning up a wild patch, cut ...

Growing raspberries takes a bit of patience — but, if you are a lover of that deep berry flavor, that’s no deterrent. Most raspberries need time to become established before they fruit, according to ...

Oregon farmers have been growing black raspberries for more than a century for making jams, beverages, desserts, and natural colorants. A source of nutritious anthocyanins, other antioxidants, and ...

Spotted wing drosophila, a pest native to Southeast Asia, was detected on raspberry fruits by a local gardener in Brown County. More than 45 states including Wisconsin have reported the presence of ...

If you’ve always wanted to grow your own fruit, now is the time to consider planting raspberries. Many varieties can be grown along the Front Range, particularly red and yellow raspberries. Black and ...

There are some wonderful wild edible plants scattered across this continent. Pick up a foraging book or take an edible plant class and you’re in for a surprise. You’ll start to see these edible plants ...

Iwas so excited to harvest my first raspberries, even if there were only four berries! They are ready for picking when their color is a deep, vibrant red color and they easily detach from the stem ...

Astute berry lovers are rewarding themselves right about now with fresh black raspberries in their pancakes, smoothies and cobblers. But that’s only if they exercise some willpower while picking. Many ...