Blackberries are starting to ripen around the state in gardens and in ditches. I took my daughters through one of our pastures and we have wild ones starting to ripen.
The majority of children will never get the chance to pick something fresh and eat it. I would venture to say that most folks reading this article grew up different than children today. Get your kids in the garden. If you get the chance to grow something and allow a child to eat it, do it.
Blackberries are probably the easiest fruit that we can grow in Tennessee. Every time I do a fruit class, I show a chart of the easiest fruits to grow. The hardest fruits to grow contain a stone in the middle such as peaches, cherries or plums. The easiest are the brambles such as blackberries…