If you’re planning a home berry patch, the short answer is: plant 2 blueberry bushes per person who eats blueberries regularly, with a minimum of 2 bushes total (even if you live alone) for cross-pollination. A family of four typically does well with 6–8 mature bushes, which can produce 30–80 pounds of fruit per year once …
Acai (pronounced ah-sigh-EE) is one of the most successfully marketed foods in modern history. In the early 2000s it was essentially unknown outside the Amazon; by 2010 it was in every smoothie shop in America with a “superfood” label attached; by 2025 it was a global industry worth billions. Whether that success reflects genuine nutritional …
There is a moment in early July, in a garden in Vermont or Minnesota or Oregon, when a gooseberry bush loaded with swelling green and red berries represents one of the most underappreciated opportunities in American food culture. The gooseberry was once widely grown across North America before a misguided federal ban in 1911 nearly …
Every April, in the bottomland swamps of Louisiana and East Texas, families who have been doing this for generations arrive at flooded creek edges with long-handled nets and flat-bottomed boats. They are there to scoop mayhaw berries floating on the spring water — a harvest tradition so beloved that entire communities hold festivals in its …
Complete mayhaw berry guide — what mayhaws are, where they grow in Louisiana, Texas and Georgia, mayhaw jelly recipe, health benefits, foraging tips, and why this southern wild berry makes the finest jelly in America.
Complete wintergreen berry guide — is Gaultheria procumbens edible, what it tastes like, where it grows, health benefits of methyl salicylate, safety warnings, foraging tips, and how to use wintergreen berries.
The complete cloudberry guide — what cloudberries taste like, where they grow in Alaska and the USA, nutrition facts, extraordinary vitamin C content, foraging tips, and where to buy cloudberry jam and products in America.
Complete chokecherry guide — are chokecherries edible, are the seeds poisonous, nutrition facts, health benefits, jelly recipe, foraging tips, and how this underrated native berry feeds wildlife and people across America.
Everything about thimbleberries — how to identify Rubus parviflorus, taste, nutrition, health benefits, where they grow, foraging tips, and why this velvety wild berry is one of America’s best-kept secrets.
The complete serviceberry guide — how to identify Amelanchier, taste, nutrition, health benefits, foraging tips, recipes, and why this underrated native berry deserves a place in every American garden.