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About currants Bare-rooted currant varieties are widely available for planting between October and March, while container-grown currants can be planted all year round, as long as the soil isn't ...
Currant plants were banned from U.S. production for many years and are still a rare find here. For those who know and love them, though, that find is glorious.
Answer: To protect our native white pines from the spread of white pine blister rust, federal and state governments outlawed growing currants and gooseberries in 1918. This disease attacks white ...
Flowering currant is a classic example of a serviceable American plant that, when transported to different continents, takes on a personality that is unrecognizable. In the UK, Ribes sanguineum ...
Growing gooseberries, growing currents, and cultivating jostaberries may be easy to make money by selling to a local restaurant or making value-added products like jam.
Aug. 16—Although neighboring states allow it, growing currants, gooseberries and other related berries is prohibited in Maine. And though some gardeners wish the law would change, there's a good ...
My favorite berries are blueberries (wild Alaska ones, of course) and raspberries, but I also have a special place in my heart for currants.
Currants and gooseberries are long-lived, prickly shrubs that thrive on the Prairies Relatively few Canadian gardeners grow currants, in part due to the prohibition of their growth in the U.S ...
Discover 8 incredible health benefits of black currants. These vitamin C-rich berries boost immunity, fight inflammation, and support heart health.
Berries are one of the reliable producers in any garden, and people often overlook just how many kinds of berries there are. Since berries bloom at various times all summer, the more kinds of ...