https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 21:44:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-be-about-berries#post-666030 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:10:12 +0000 SugarplumsMom 666030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bree72: We're in Sweden. It's equivalent to plant hardiness zone 6a at it's coldest (no windchill), but it's usually around 7b. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-be-about-berries#post-666019 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:05:25 +0000 lovehoneybee 666019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Blueberries, blackberries and raspberries. Mmm.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-be-about-berries#post-666011 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:02:56 +0000 BananaPancakes 666011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crumbs: What part of the country are you from? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-be-about-berries#post-665679 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:27:59 +0000 Mrs. Pen 665679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If we had the room I would grow raspberries, strawberries and blackberries! They grow really well in MN </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-be-about-berries#post-665607 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:04:23 +0000 SugarplumsMom 665607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You all got me so excited about growing berries! I've even watched a few planting videos on YouTube! I'm not sure what type DD would like yet, but I'm especially looking forward to her picking them. </p> <p>Now I just have to wait for all this snow to melt and for our fave gardening center to open their outdoor area. Maybe I'll just order online? Hmmm ... :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-be-about-berries#post-665079 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:55:37 +0000 prettylizy 665079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a raspberry bush growing up and it made mowing the lawn bearable. Every time I passed it I'd grab a handfull of delicious berries! We had to be quick though, the birds would steal them as fast as they would grow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-be-about-berries#post-665064 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:51:01 +0000 duckduckkristen 665064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Berries are sooo much easier than trees! We have thornless blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries. The blackberries do awesome and we get tons of fruit, the raspberries do pretty well and so do the strawberries (but they involve a lot of weeding), but the deer keep eating our blueberry plants. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-be-about-berries#post-665012 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:33:19 +0000 marionberry 665012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Growing up we had blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries. Blackberries are my favorite but they're also a weed and grow over everything so be careful with that one. Once we have land again (we rent) I'm looking forward to planting a huge garden with many berries. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-be-about-berries#post-664906 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:00:46 +0000 blackbird 664906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rainier cherries! They don't grow here, but OMG THEY ARE AMAZING. </p> <p>I have a dwarf sour cherry tree and a blueberry bush in my yard, though. I hope I get fruit this year, but may not until next year </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-be-about-berries#post-664898 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:59:49 +0000 Mrs. Bee 664898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i would pick based on what the kids like best.... raspberries, blueberries and strawberries! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-be-about-berries#post-664894 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:58:48 +0000 mrbee 664894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: we had wild blackberries in our back yard too!! In Virginia... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-be-about-berries#post-664869 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:52:19 +0000 swurlygurl 664869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would love to have blueberry bush. They go so well in everything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-be-about-berries#post-664821 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:34:00 +0000 SugarplumsMom 664821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks to you all, I've just read about blackberries and great news - I can grow them here! I'm gonna pitch both black berries and blueberries to DH, hopefully that'll take his mind off of so many fruit trees :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-be-about-berries#post-664753 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:00:49 +0000 mediagirl 664753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Blackberries. We used to have wild blackberries growing in our backyard in Maryland I loved eating those sweet things right off the bushes in the summer!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-be-about-berries#post-664751 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:59:54 +0000 BananaPancakes 664751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We grow blueberries and blackberries. I've never tried strawberries because I feel like I would need way more plants than I really feel like caring for. I can get a good harvest from 2 blueberry trees and just one or two large blackberry bushes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-be-about-berries#post-664744 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:54:04 +0000 T.H.O.U. 664744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Blueberries grow really well around here but they are really prickly bushes. </p> <p>We love wild blackberries because they are SOO much sweeter than the ones you get in the stores. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-be-about-berries#post-664743 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:52:44 +0000 BelugaBean 664743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I could pick, I'd probably pick strawberries and blueberries! DH also likes blackberries so he'd probably want some of those too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-be-about-berries#post-664741 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:51:20 +0000 creativemomma15 664741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just planted strawberry plants last year and are looking forward to our first harvest this year. We also want to get raspberry or blueberry bushes :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/talk-to-be-about-berries#post-664738 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:50:32 +0000 SugarplumsMom 664738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>To distract DH from convincing me to plant 5 new fruit trees, I'm coming up with a much smaller alternative -- berries! If you can grow your own berries, what variety would you pick?</p> <p>[attach=1448/13/mk7vo8.514x400.berries-all.jpg] </p>