Blackberries are the gift that keep on giving! Fairly low maintenance, productive, and tasty. And you can sell the runners for cash or give them away to spread the love!
I've got some blackberries planted...in a raised bed surrounded by concrete sidewalks. That way there's some hope that they won't spread to take over the entire yard.
Where I am we pay to have them removed
In the Pacific Northwest these are a scourge up on the land that we're losing the fight against.
Thanks for the reminder that I should definitely plant some of these. Fresh blackberry jam is heavenly! Definitely one of the most underrated berries imo
There's nothing like eating them right off the bush in mid-summer, still dusty from road grime and warm and juicy from the hot sun. Heavenly.
My friend gave me some liqueur from fresh blackberries once. It tasted like a ray of summer sunbeams and I loved it so much that I "saved it for a special occasion" until it went bad.
Oh man, I'm the worst at that. So many wonderful things too precious to eat or drink that I held onto until they could no longer be enjoyed.
Awesome, do you know what variety they are? They look to be thornless.
In my neck of the woods Himalayan blackberries are a super invasive pest that have to be fought tooth and nail, as other commenters mentioned. But the thornless varieties are nice!
They are the Sweetie Pie variety. I really like it, very productive and the fruit is tasty. And yes, they are thornless. I have some thorny raspberries that I made the mistake of putting in a pot where they could escape into soil below and they've reached out into my yard now. That was definitely a lesson learned!
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