Blueberries

It has become much easier to find & buy blueberry plants to grow in your garden in South Africa, since I started this blog in 2014. Back then they were…

We’ve had a good week weather-wise. Pleasant days of cool mornings, hot around midday and the typical Highveld afternoon thunderstorms. The Vaal dam is still desperately under capacity and our…

I’ve been quite busy tending to all sorts of berries this season. Pictured is a bee pollinating a blackberry bush at my in-laws. They gave me lots of cuttings –…

It is a bit late in the season to be planting spring and summer fruiting things, but I could never pass up on adding new blueberry varieties to my collection.…

Success! Both of the Brigitta blueberry plants I bought last summer are heavy with fruit. They should be ready to pick by Christmas. The Brigitta seems to be an early…

I hope I have reached the limit of my blueberry obsession, so that I can just sit back and watch them grow, instead of hunting out where to get more…

I’ve been so amazed at the proliferation of blossoms on our fruit trees starting in late winter and now in very early spring. There are a lot of fruit trees…

I finally got around to making this video tutorial on growing blueberries in South Africa. It is possible to grow these yummy berries across South Africa, whether you have a…

This week I transplanted my two Brigitta blueberry bushes into much larger pots, which will be their permanent homes. As I indicated in earlier posts on blueberries, these plants love…