April 12, 2013
Growing Strawberries in the Home Garden
ISU Extension and Outreach publication # PM0717 has been revised and re-released with updated information on cultivars, planting options, mulching, disease and insect control, harvesting, and winte
Planting Raspberries in the Home Garden
Raspberries are a favorite of many home gardeners. The fruit can be eaten fresh or processed into jam, jelly, or juice. Surplus fruit can also be frozen.
Raspberry plants are relatively easy to grow, very productive, and hardy in most areas of Iowa. The four types of raspberries commonly grown in home gardens include black, purple, summer-bearing red, and fall-bearing red. There are also several yellow raspberry varieties (cultivars).
Winter Desiccation Injury to Conifers
The first samples to come in through the clinic at the beginning of the season are generally conifers and evergreens.