Successful Berry Growing: How to Plant, Prune, Pick and Preserve Bush and Vine Fruits - Gene Logsdon

A garden without berries is like spring without flowers. But with ever-increasing prices at grocery stores and markets, berries have sadly become a rare treat for most people. Successful Berry Growing is a book to solve this problem for good! A lifelong organic farmer, homesteader and student of everything agricultural, Gene Logsdon knows a thing or two about growing berries. And although Successful Berry Growing is geared to the small-scale or family operation, the information inside is useful for growing berries on any scale. You'll learn how to: Optimize your soil for berry growing Choose the right berry varieties for your climate Properly plant and prune your berry plants Keep your plants healthy and disease-free With detailed information on cultivating strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, grapes, currants, gooseberries, cranberries, elderberries, huckleberries and more, Successful Berry Growing is all you need to grow nature's most delicious candy in your own backyard! Gene Logsdon and his wife Carol have a small-scale experimental farm in Wyandot County, Ohio. Gene is the author of numerous books and magazine articles on farm-related issues, and believes sustainable pastoral farming is the solution for our stressed agricultural system. Readers interested in related titles from Eugene Logsdon will also want to see: Gene Logsdon's Practical Skills (

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