Blackberry plant

Blackberries are one of the more popular fruits in the United States at least. Most of us have tried them and know how tasty they are… but what do we really know about their health benefits?

Blackberries are an excellent choice of fruit to grow in the home garden. Growing blackberries is no more difficult than growing any common garden vegetable.

With spring on the way, the time to plant fruits and vegetables has come. To yield delicious fruit that is easy to grow and use in summer recipes, consider the blackberry plant.

Antioxidant-rich blackberries are not only easy to grow in a home garden or backyard, but they are also a good choice for planting because of the benefits of picking, storing, and freezing blackberries.

The blackberry is not a true berry but is actually more closely related to the plum. It’s fruit is made of a small bunch of drupelets. Over 300 species exist. Historically blackberries have been used in jelly, jam, desserts and wine. The flowers make lots of nectar, so they are good honey flowers.

Learn how to grow blackberries, including planting blackberries growing blackberries from the blackberry plant.