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The Right Way to Freeze Blueberries

The Right Way to Freeze Blueberries Freezing blueberries starts with picking the correct blueberries and ends with bags of berries ready for use in jams and desserts. We'll show you how.

Grow Mouthwatering Blueberries

Grow Mouthwatering Blueberries Blueberry plants yield tasty, nutritious "super berries". Growing your own blueberries is rewarding! Follow these tips for planting and maintenance.

Beautiful and Functional Plants for Your Cottage Garden

Beautiful and Functional Plants for Your Cottage Garden Cottage gardens are a popular choice for many homeowners who want to create a charming and inviting outdoor space. These gardens typically feature a mix of flowers, fruits, vegetables, and herbs, and are often designed to look informal and romantic.

Blueberry Muffin Recipe

Blueberry Muffin Recipe Use this scrumptious recipe for blueberry muffins using your very own, home-grown blueberries! Straight from our cookbook, Fabulous Fruits, these delicious, moist muffins can also be made with raspberries, strawberries, peaches, figs, or any fruit you prefer.

Award-Winning Blueberry Lemon Scone Recipe with Video

Award-Winning Blueberry Lemon Scone Recipe with Video Directly from our Fabulous Fruits Stark Bro's cookbook, this delightful award-winning recipe was sent to us by Stephanie DeLine from Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

Freezing Your Fruit Harvest

Freezing Your Fruit Harvest Freeze your summer fruit harvest to enjoy any season! Fruit from the freezer is good for smoothies, sauces, and most baking projects. We have gathered some step-by-step instructions and tips to help ensure your fruit tastes as fresh as the day picked.

Adding Fruit to Your Homestead

Adding Fruit to Your Homestead For over 200 years, Stark Bro's Nursery has been helping homesteaders across America live more self-sufficient lifestyles. As the oldest continually operating nursery in the country, we've curated a time-tested collection of over 300 unique varieties of fruit trees, nut trees and berry plants.

Small Space Growing

Small Space Growing Maximize your growing space and your harvest! Not all of us have acres of land to work with but that doesn’t mean you can't have a plentiful harvest right out of your backyard. With proper planning you can create your own edible oasis - whether a patio filled with pots and containers or a modest backyard that you can line with fruit trees and bushes.

Cherry Scone Recipe

Cherry Scone Recipe If you’re a fan of growing your own fruit, then mastering a simple, mix-n-match scone recipe is a must.

Best Fruits for Partial Shade

Best Fruits for Partial Shade Let’s face it, as much as we might all desire several acres of blazing sunlight to grow everything under the full face of the sun, many of us live in suburban or urban environments that present a challenge when we want to grow our own food.

Grow the Rainbow: Varieties with Extraordinary Color

Grow the Rainbow: Varieties with Extraordinary Color Sometimes it’s just more fun to grow something most of your friends and family have never seen before. A yellow raspberry, a pink blueberry... keep everyone guessing with these specially bred varieties.

Growing More “Perfect” Organic Fruit

Growing More “Perfect” Organic Fruit In the absence of chemical sprays, dusts and synthetically manufactured growth-boosting fertilizers, organic fruit growers have learned to live with a few blemishes. It’s a small price to pay, knowing the fruit they grow is pure and natural. But did you know that you can grow more “perfect” organic fruit? Here are our best tips for the handsomest fruit on the block, without chemical sprays.

Watering & Conservation

Watering & Conservation Water gives life to growing things — you couldn’t have a garden without it. The average garden requires about an inch of water per week, sometimes more, depending upon what’s growing there. Of course, it never rains precisely one inch per week, so we usually have to augment the water supply during dry periods. This article provides a number of best practices and helpful tips for proper watering and waste prevention.

Preparing an Organic Garden Site

Preparing an Organic Garden Site The health of your soil will rule your organic gardening success. Find out what your soil is composed of and how to keep it vibrant and alive.

The Best Berries for Baking

The Best Berries for Baking Which berries are best for baking? Here we share some of the berries that you can grow, mix and match to bake the best homemade berry pies.

Grow a Flavorful Landscape

Grow a Flavorful Landscape Don’t let a lack of space or time stop you from growing your own edible landscape plants. Here are some creative tips for planning your landscape.

Garden Wines from Fruits & Berries

Garden Wines from Fruits & Berries You don’t have to grow grapes to make wonderful wines at home. Here are some tips and tools to make your own garden wines, from author Nan K. Chase.

Homemade Fruit Leather Recipe

Homemade Fruit Leather Recipe If you like making your own fruit snacks, then delight in this homemade fruit leather recipe. Enjoy these fruit strips with kids, family, and friends.