While currants have long been a classic for in-ground gardening, you may have hesitated on growing them in planters. Though they may not be the best berries to grow in containers, you don't have to ...
Sell your berries and value-added products to individuals, produce markets, restaurants, breweries, and more. Growing gooseberries, growing currents, and cultivating jostaberries may be an easy to ...
The Ribes rubrum, or Rovada, variety of red currant yields fruit good for making jams, jellies and juice.
This week, Central New York gardening writer Carol T. Bradford responds to a reader question. Dear Carol: I have a question about jostaberries. I've two bushes that are up pretty good. Nice and green ...
This undated photo shows a red currant espalier in New Paltz, N.Y. Red currant plants are especially easy to train and prune as decorative (and edible) espaliers. (Lee Reich via AP) Espalier is a way ...
After dinner one night this summer, I served currants as a garnish on dessert. The pink, round, little fruits from a newly planted bush rolled off the cake slices like BBs out of a gun—quite a few of ...
My favorite berries are blueberries (wild Alaska ones, of course) and raspberries, but I also have a special place in my heart for currants. Like many Americans, currants aren’t a mainstay. I first ...