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Grow Your Own Backyard Berries

July 17, 2021 by Lorene Edwards Forkner in GROW

Tips for the best plants, the best pots—and the best odds for their survival.

Nothing says summer like a bowlful of juicy berries. Likewise, nothing says fragile like a fully ripe strawberry or a precious pint of raspberries from the grocery store or farmers’ market. Which is why many of us think berries are worth the precious ground they occupy all year for a few fleeting weeks of a delicious harvest. 

Good news—even if your beds are reserved for seasonal crops and your borders are filled with perennials, roses and other ornamental plantings, backyard berries can be grown in window boxes, hanging baskets and pots.

Read the entire story in the link below

GROW in The Seattle Times

July 17, 2021 /Lorene Edwards Forkner
Special to the Seattle Times
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