Blackberries for the Austin area.
 

Hi,

I have some space in my yard where I would like to grow berries. I have
found out that that blackberries is what most likely would be able to
tolerate the heat, but I do not know what variety to get. I would like
something that isn’t to prone to disease and which can take the heat of
course. If there are other berries I could do please let me know. What is
most important is that what I get is low maintenance and suited for the
climate.

Thanks!

--
//ceed

Blackberries for the Austin area.
 

ceed wrote:
Hi,

I have some space in my yard where I would like to grow berries. I have
found out that that blackberries is what most likely would be able to
tolerate the heat, but I do not know what variety to get. I would like
something that isn’t to prone to disease and which can take the heat of
course. If there are other berries I could do please let me know. What
is most important is that what I get is low maintenance and suited for
the climate.

Thanks!

From: http://www.texasgrown.com/pages/arti...ativefruit.htm

Southern Dewberry (Rubus trivialis)- Dewberries don't bear as heavily as
named blackberry cultivars but the drought/insect resistance of this
common "bramble" are generally superior. The flavor has terrific
sweet/tart balance with an appealing musky "wildness".

Blackberries for the Austin area.
 

Hi Sede,
Well, I have seen blackberries out back go crazy and out of control via
runners. I thin they are blackberries. They seem to be taking over and have
spread low to the ground dozens of feet in a couple years.

"ceed" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have some space in my yard where I would like to grow berries. I have
found out that that blackberries is what most likely would be able to
tolerate the heat, but I do not know what variety to get. I would like
something that isn't to prone to disease and which can take the heat of
course. If there are other berries I could do please let me know. What is
most important is that what I get is low maintenance and suited for the
climate.

Thanks!

--
//ceed

Blackberries for the Austin area.
 

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:14:43 -0500, wwsjr wrote:

From: http://www.texasgrown.com/pages/arti...ativefruit.htm
Southern Dewberry (Rubus trivialis)- Dewberries don't bear as heavily
as named blackberry cultivars but the drought/insect resistance of this
common "bramble" are generally superior. The flavor has terrific
sweet/tart balance with an appealing musky "wildness".

Thanks! Dewberries sounds like something I could try. I am from
Scandinavia and remember how much better the wild raspberries tasted than
the cultivated ones we had in our yard, It sounds like Dewberries have the
same “wild flavor” compared to cultivated Blackberries. How would I go
about getting hold of some plants here in the Austin area? Is this
something a nursery around here would normally stock?

--
//ceed

Blackberries for the Austin area.
 

Oh yes! I saw the thorny things everywhere this last weekend. I have
a backyard wildlife habitat, so the birds will love this, but I cannot
have them taking over.



On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:38:56 GMT, "Latosha Washington"
wrote:

Hi Sede,
Well, I have seen blackberries out back go crazy and out of control via
runners. I thin they are blackberries. They seem to be taking over and have
spread low to the ground dozens of feet in a couple years.

"ceed" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have some space in my yard where I would like to grow berries. I have
found out that that blackberries is what most likely would be able to
tolerate the heat, but I do not know what variety to get. I would like
something that isn't to prone to disease and which can take the heat of
course. If there are other berries I could do please let me know. What is
most important is that what I get is low maintenance and suited for the
climate.

Thanks!

--
//ceed

Blackberries for the Austin area.
 

Jangchub wrote:
|| Oh yes! I saw the thorny things everywhere this last
|| weekend. I have
|| a backyard wildlife habitat, so the birds will love this,

Is this code for "I can not be bothered to maintain it?" :-)

BJ
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Blackberries for the Austin area.
 

Well, this year it will be difficult. I'm in chemo therapy and barely
have the energy to take showers!

I weeded yesterday for about an hour and I was completely exhausted.

But, to answer, yes it is code for I cannot be bothered to maitain it!

V

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:59:50 GMT, "BJ in Texas"
wrote:

Jangchub wrote:
|| Oh yes! I saw the thorny things everywhere this last
|| weekend. I have
|| a backyard wildlife habitat, so the birds will love this,

Is this code for "I can not be bothered to maintain it?" :-)

BJ
--

Blackberries for the Austin area.
 

Jangchub wrote:
|| Well, this year it will be difficult. I'm in chemo therapy
|| and barely have the energy to take showers!
||
|| I weeded yesterday for about an hour and I was completely
|| exhausted.
||
|| But, to answer, yes it is code for I cannot be bothered to
|| maitain it!
||
|| V
||
|| On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:59:50 GMT, "BJ in Texas"
|| wrote:
||
||| Jangchub wrote:
||||| Oh yes! I saw the thorny things everywhere this last
||||| weekend. I have
||||| a backyard wildlife habitat, so the birds will love this,
|||
||| Is this code for "I can not be bothered to maintain it?" :-)
|||
||| BJ
||| --

Find the same problem with my 1-1/2 acres. I can only
manage to maintain about 1/3 of it. At least the other 2/3
is mostly wooded. :-)

BJ
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Blackberries for the Austin area.
 

On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:14:50 GMT, "BJ in Texas"
wrote:


Find the same problem with my 1-1/2 acres. I can only
manage to maintain about 1/3 of it. At least the other 2/3
is mostly wooded. :-)

BJ

I only have a half acre, but it is all cultivated with very little
turf. I only have turf in the front because it's only being nice to
sort of blend in. My backyard is a very wild/disorderly jungle.

There is nothing which compares to seeing dozens of hummingbirds at
the vitex, or battling for the feeders. Same with the Great Horned
Owl who lives in one of the trees, and the cuckoo bird who nests each
year in the front trees.

I guess it's a trade off. Tons of work, but the benefits of the
wildlife is incredible.

Blackberries for the Austin area.
 

"Jangchub" wrote in message
...
Well, this year it will be difficult. I'm in chemo therapy and barely
have the energy to take showers!

I weeded yesterday for about an hour and I was completely exhausted.

But, to answer, yes it is code for I cannot be bothered to maitain it!

V

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:59:50 GMT, "BJ in Texas"
wrote:

Jangchub wrote:
|| Oh yes! I saw the thorny things everywhere this last
|| weekend. I have
|| a backyard wildlife habitat, so the birds will love this,

Is this code for "I can not be bothered to maintain it?" :-)

BJ

Jangchub is modest. Backyard Wildlife Habitat certification is a real TPWD
program and entails quite a bit more than just "not maintaining" it. It can
be some real work in and of itself. Details he

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild...on/best_of_tx/

--
Mike Harris
Austin, TX

Blackberries for the Austin area.
 

On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:26:55 GMT, "Mike Harris"
wrote:


Jangchub is modest. Backyard Wildlife Habitat certification is a real TPWD
program and entails quite a bit more than just "not maintaining" it. It can
be some real work in and of itself. Details he

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild...on/best_of_tx/

You are right about that. There are many guidelines and strictly kept
lists of plant material which must be adhered to.

I also have to make sure the animals back there have plenty of food
and water, naturally, in addition to anything I put out for them.

Then there's the brush piles which house the opossum, carolina wrens,
corn snakes, rats, I think in one a cat lives!

I forgot how much this time of year makes me happy. The nest building
going on and any number of critters scooting by makes me smile. I
like very much the tadpoles and the giant frog who swims in our pool
every night. He makes some pretty big doots!

Nature is wonderful.

Blackberries for the Austin area.
 

Jangchub typed:
I only have a half acre, but it is all cultivated with very little
turf. I only have turf in the front because it's only being nice to
sort of blend in. My backyard is a very wild/disorderly jungle.

There is nothing which compares to seeing dozens of hummingbirds at
the vitex, or battling for the feeders. Same with the Great Horned
Owl who lives in one of the trees, and the cuckoo bird who nests
each year in the front trees.

I guess it's a trade off. Tons of work, but the benefits of the
wildlife is incredible.

*sigh* I miss the farm in Montana. A jungle it's not--wide-open plain with
trees/brush/vegetation along the waterways--but lots of wildlife. I miss
meadowlarks.

Blackberries for the Austin area.
 

On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:21:42 GMT, "Cindy" wrote:

Jangchub typed:
I only have a half acre, but it is all cultivated with very little
turf. I only have turf in the front because it's only being nice to
sort of blend in. My backyard is a very wild/disorderly jungle.

There is nothing which compares to seeing dozens of hummingbirds at
the vitex, or battling for the feeders. Same with the Great Horned
Owl who lives in one of the trees, and the cuckoo bird who nests
each year in the front trees.

I guess it's a trade off. Tons of work, but the benefits of the
wildlife is incredible.

*sigh* I miss the farm in Montana. A jungle it's not--wide-open plain with
trees/brush/vegetation along the waterways--but lots of wildlife. I miss
meadowlarks.


If we weren't so opposed to moving back into the tundra of the north,
we'd move to Montana or Wyoming. Unfortunately, brrrrr.

I can say I'm pretty certain I am not going to die in these United
States, but somewhere in Nepal or Dharmasala, India or Italy. But
politics is a whole 'nother topic.