If you grow blueberries or other fruiting plants that are preyed upon by birds you can keep the winged thieves at bay while allowing access to your plants for honeybees by using inexpensive wildlife ...

Blueberries are a popular fruit, and growing them can make for a special treat. However, they do require some special care and watering to maximize their potential. Here are questions with answers ...

Most of the time when I’m out working in the garden, I’m accompanied by one or two amiable robins who follow me around hoping I’ll dig up a fat worm, spook a moth out of hiding or expose some other ...

I gave a lecture and slide show recently about good plants that support our feathered friends. I talked about good habitat for nesting and safe places to rest while avoiding cats. But when I showed ...

I read last year that you had great success hanging CDs to keep birds away from blueberries. I tried this last year (hung maybe 20 CDs around three bushes), and we had to do the net thing because the ...

Question: Last year I lost a huge amount of my blueberries to marauding birds. What’s a good way to keep my hard-earned bounty for myself? Answer: Rebar and netting. Buy lengths of rebar taller than ...

If you want a true indicator of how strong and enduring your marriage is, then try putting up bird netting with your spouse. We grow blueberries, and we have somewhere around 120 bushes. Our great ...

There’s a reason that a small package of blueberries is so expensive at the grocery store, and a blueberry plant at the nursery is pricey. The popular, tasty fruit takes some work to grow and harvest.

SEATTLE — Nothing tastes better than food grown in your own garden, and blueberries are a great fruit to plant. Not only are they a superfood, they can grow in whatever space you have available to you ...