The gardens of Anchorage are lonely -- and not just because of the lousy weather. Most of the gardeners I know are out berry picking. Where? Surely you jest. No serious berry-picker will tell you ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Do you have a small, green bush in your yard that produces red, black, yellow-ish, or pink berries? Then that may be a currant bush, known by ...

I have grown, maintained, and harvested blackcurrant, redcurrant, and whitecurrant bushes in walled kitchen gardens and on my home plots for many years. I always found them simple to grow, easy to ...

This week, Central New York gardening writer Carol T. Bradford responds to a reader question. Dear Carol: I have a question about jostaberries. I've two bushes that are up pretty good. Nice and green ...

A gardener planting a berry bush - Miriam-doerr/Getty Images For gardeners in cool climates, the idea of a thriving, fruit-filled orchard often clashes with the harsh reality of a short growing season ...

Black Currant Black currants are being considered for their potential in treating a wide range of conditions involving inflammation. The black currant, which grows on a small, shrublike bush, has an ...

While black currant (Ribes nigrum L.) production is prevalent in Europe and New Zealand, it has been slow to take off in North America. However, with increasingly resistant cultivars, a recent ...

In Southeast Alaska we are surrounded by a living, flowing and berried world. The Inside Passage rises and falls, wispy cirrus clouds drift, sandpipers migrate, and red currants drop into our buckets ...

Black currant fruits are "of a stinking and somewhat loathing savour, the leaves also are not without the stinking smell," wrote herbalist John Gerard in his famous "Herball" more than 350 years ago.