#gooseberry bushes

[allthingssoulful-garden]

No other berry in my garden has thorns as unforgiving as this one. Gooseberries are the worst to harvest.

[liebelesbe]

btw everybody I highly recommend gooseberries. sound of the summer 👍

[struggling-to-find-home]

Me: Aight, you want me to deal with the gooseberries now after you yelled at me to not touch the gooseberries at the threat of death. Both the green bush and the red bush?

My mother: What red bush?

Me: ...The red bush. The red bush next to the car.

My mother: I know of no red bush.

Me: The red bush you got into a three week long fight over because [brother] dared to touch it and it was apparently your most prized possession? The bush mentioning which invokes immediate psychic damage on anyone in the family? That bush?

My mother: Is it still alive? Yeah, deal with it then.

Me: (⁠┛⁠ಸ⁠_⁠ಸ⁠)⁠┛⁠彡⁠┻⁠━⁠┻

[exopelagic]

fruit <33333333333

[elderflowerecho]

Used to think i was really born under a gooseberry bush like mummy used to say sometimes as a joke, but that never meant that sibling was born under one too. In my head they were born the normal way and found me under the bush when they were all walking one day in october - closer to the ground they saw me through the branches better than mummy and daddy could. They brought me home and wrapped me up and then sibling taught me how to be a person a human being. Because mummy and daddy were busy it was all up to them to help their changeling sister grow up to be a person that walked on two feet and didn't crawl, that listened when their name was called.

Was that why i kept running away, running off, on holiday trips and they had to catch me? Because i heard something from my old gooseberry life and almost disappeared forever? What an awful thing to happen to mummy and daddy, sibling would have only had my shoes and coat and scarf to bring back.

[elainemorisi]

I am SO sad that gooseberries are banned here :( :( :( Minnesota supremacy

[winewhineweiner]

Crisp, slightly tart, slips down a treat!

[sh1-n0bu]

NOBU BRUDDAH YOU HAVE A SUMMERHOUSE???

ye???? lol i think i spoke of it before but probably not eh. but ye i do have a summerhouse. a nice old, 2 story brick house. cold during hot days, quickly and easily warmed up during the cold rainy days bc we have a stove in the front room. and i also have a bunch of types of trees growing in my summerhouse yard lol. blueberries, sea buckthorn trees (absolutely a life saver during winter. keeps ur immune system STRONK like a dwarf), some elm trees, like 4 cottonwood trees, gooseberry trees, 2 pines and a chinese pink rose bush lmao

[briefbestiary]

A rather fuzzy defender of gooseberries. Her existence is one to ward children from stealing and eating gooseberries from the bushes.

[losech]

I've been planting native plants in my yard in an attempt to increase pollinator insect habitat, plus I just like them and want cool non-cultivated non-invasive plants to look at. I do not like modern American yards with their manicured grass and tidy flowers and round bushes. I like fucking chaos and bugs.

I have added asters, coneflowers, bergamonts, goldenrods, grasses, and some other native plants. I got a huckleberry bush for a pot and serviceberry tree that I put in a specific corner because a new neighbor with young children moved in recently and one day I hope the tree is tall enough for the kids to steal berries over the fence. I ripped out the burning bush in the front and replaced it with a black chokeberry. The lilac bush gets to stay because it's pretty and non-invasive. I put paw paws in a gap between two larger trees.

Anyways, it was going well until I started looking into currants and hit a wall. There are native currants and gooseberries here, but it turns out, the US tried to exterminate them because of white pine blister rust and they were straight up illegal to plant for a while. The federal ban was lifted in the 60's, but some states still have restrictions, Michigan being one of them.

Buying native types of currants is prettymuch not going to happen, and while I have found many wild gooseberries, I haven't yet found wild currants. There are, however, cultivated varieties that are legal to get here. I live in the area where red, white, and pink currants and gooseberries do not need a permit, but black currants do. I originally decided to just stick to red, white, and pink currants, so I started looking into the varieties. I found a few I liked but no local nurseries had those, so I looked into online nurseries, and found only one that had all three I wanted in stock that would also ship here. I did end up getting a few different currants and gooseberries from local nurseries while picking up other plants, and because I just can't let things alone, I applied for and got the state permit I need to grow black currants. If I like the plants from the online nursery (they just shipped and will get here while I'm out of town) I will order some more from them, since they have a big selection and carry many legal black currant cultivars.

[qapsiel]

@murderdeals It didn't take Cain long to find him, for there are not many places the angel spends his time at. Appearing out of nowhere, the demon regards his friend with a thoughtful frown. Maybe a bit troubled, too. " Castiel. We need to talk. "

                           CASTIEL NEARLY JUMPS OUT OF HIS SKIN. "Cain!" he exclaims, startled. He's been busy watching a garden spider weave its web between the fence and a gooseberry bush and didn't particularly pay attention to his surroundings. When he looks back now, the spider is gone, probably just as startled. "Talk?" he echoes then, giving his friend one slow blink. "Yes, of course." Then, because Cain looks somewhat troubled and not like his typical stoic self: "Are you alright? Do you require a hot beverage?" Those are supposed to help when someone is upset.

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

My Garden Flowers Part 1

Just thought I'd give you all the garden tour. :) I will update when I get more photos. This is of course not counting any of my ferns or conifers as they don't flower. I might do a series of foliage posts, though. All photos mine, unedited.

In order of appearance:

001. Canada Plum (Prunus nigra) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet. I have her in a shady spot and she's fairly slow-growing but healthy.

002. Yellow Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttata) An annual that sadly doesn't seem to have reseeded despite flowering profusely last year. But maybe next year! That happens sometimes.

003. Boreal Yarrow (Achillea millefolia borealis) The place where she is is north-facing so she doesn't get quite as much sun as she'd like, so she can get a bit leggy but she still flowers so it's fine.

004. Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) Not pictured as I haven't got any pictures yet, but I will if she flowers this year. I actually had to move her because she had planted herself in a not ideal location in my garden. Which is fine because I wanted one anyway.

005. Vierhapper's Aster (Aster alpinus vierhapperi) This was supposed to be Canada goldenrod, but it's okay because Canada goldenrod planted herself. I relocated her to the intended spot and they get along fine together. Asters and goldenrods generally do. :)

006. Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) I did not plant this! Must have been given to me by a bird or squirrel. Sadly she didn't reseed. Oh well, she's a cultivar and I did get the wild type. Interesting to me that she actually flowered in that area when her cousin stubbornly refuses to.

007. Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana) This refers to the fact you can move the flowers around, not to the behaviour of the plant, which is very aggressive.

008. Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet.

009. Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana) I didn't plant her; she just started coming up everywhere when I removed the grass. She is not a nightshade. I've learned that even people interested in planting natives regard her as a weed. I disagree. She's not aggressive to other plants and she's pretty.

010. Northern Gooseberry (Ribes oxyacanthoides) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet.

011. New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus) Haven't tried her for tea yet, but she's a lovely little bush.

012. Sunchokes (Helianthus tuberosa) Aforementioned cousin of the common sunflower. Not pictured as she keeps making her flowerbuds too late in fall so the frost gets them before they can open.

013. Potato Bean (Apios americana) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet.

014. Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) SUPER fragrant, especially in the evening. This is an aggressive plant but worth it for the flowers, the fragrance, and the butterflies they attract. Not to mention the young shoots, flower clusters, young leaves, and young seedpods are all edible if cooked properly!

015. Northern Bayberry (Myrica pennsylvanica) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet. Her leaves are nice and evergreen, though.

016. Virginia Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) Also known as "wild strawberry", but so is her cousin. She flowers reliably every spring but no strawberries yet. The flowers themselves are edible but I keep hoping she'll make strawberries. lol

017. Nannyberry (Viburnum lentago) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet.

018. Riverbank Grape (Vitis riparia) Not the greatest picture, but the point is I will get grapes one of these years!

019. False Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides) It was hard to pick a favourite photo. They're really quite stunning. She blooms from July until the frosts of October. :)

020. Canadian Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis) Not pictured as she hasn't flowered yet. She's a wee little tree in the shade for now.

021. New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) Probably the most attractive of the Symphyotrichum asters, to be honest. The flowers are more compact than most of her relatives while still being a decent size, and the colour is much more saturated too. And the bees absolutely love her. But that doesn't stop me enjoying other asters!

022. Common Elder (Sambucus canadensis) She almost died when I potted her for the move. See I dug up as much of her taproot as I could, but she'd already gone quite deep and I had to break it. But she lived! She's quite big now and has these wonderful lacy white elderflowers every year, with elderberries to follow.

023. Coralberry (Symphoricarpos orbiculata) Not pictured as I didn't get any pictures yet. Should have when I first got her. She was in flower then. She hasn't since.

024. Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) Not pictured as I don't have pictures yet. Don't know why. lol I've taken pictures of the berries. I'll remember next year.

025. Fox Geranium (Geranium robertianum) A true geranium I managed to trade for last year. You mostly find these in the woods and now I have her in my garden.

026-027. Common Hops male and female flowers (Humulus lupulus) I can't remember which is which, but yeah! I could flavour beer if I was a brewer. :)

028. American Spikenard (Aralia racemosa) Another one with lacy little white flowers, and it looks like some of them are going to fruit!

029. Silverweed (Argentina anserina) After several failed attempts, this one has finally taken off. Truly lives up to her name in the spring and has these nice yellow flowers later on.

030. Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta) The name must refer to the leaves, which are kind of blue-grayish, because the flowers are just a nice purple.

[ahedderick]

Maddening. A fully-loaded gooseberry bush (the tiny berries still have the spent blossom hanging on) that will cast ALL its fruit before they get any bigger than peas. I had a gooseberry bush at my farm twenty years ago, and it set fruit and then lost it every year. I asked a person from the Ag services, and he told me that there was a pathogen (connected to white pine? maybe?) that caused this. To get fruit, I'd have to spray it every two weeks from the flower stage onward. I didn't want to do that, both because it's too much hassle and because I just don't want a food plant around that can't do its job without chemical warfare.

This massive, luxurious bush down at Home Farm made berries one year, about five years ago, and since that time it has just dropped the fruit like mine used to. I'm going to cut it down (grumpily, probably whilst cussing) next winter.

The lovely barn behind it my father built when I was a child. It was the barn for goats. It's been empty since 1992, but it will soon be a mews for a hawk. For a while. Then, who knows?

This (erosion) is a mess, and I don't know what to do about it. Fixing something that big takes large equipment, and also stuff like complicated government permits. (Pinching my nose and looking haggard)

Odd heaps of soil, trash, and beautiful flowers. My father's legacy, in one image.

[tomorrowillbeyou]

this is soooo crazy like i truly dgaf i will eat blackberries right off the bush elderberries too and currants and gooseberries in fact i will eat strawberries straight off the plant when they've been growing in direct contact with the ground. IDGAF!!!!!!!!

[regalxpoise]

closed starter for @traegedys, @steelfyre, @sacrificeds

The noise of the festivities remained subdued behind the Hatchling of Castamere; who instead found interest among the various trees and bushes of berries. Aelora knelt carefully amongst the rows, plucking the best raspberries, gooseberries, and blackberries her violet gaze could find. Her dark green dress blending in with the thickets of leaves, while her Targaryen silver hair set her apart like a lone star in the night sky.

 As she filled the wicker basket one of the servants at the outdoor kitchens had provided her, she imagined the sweet and flaky taste of jam tarts so vividly it made her stomach grumble. She was guilty, as a child, of stealing more jam tarts than what was properly divided amongst whatever siblings happened to be in residence at the time. Aelora didn’t know what they were making in the kitchens with all this fresh fruit, but she was determined (if it happened to be jam tarts) to be more diplomatic in sharing dessert this time.

“Ouch-!” A sharp pinch from a blackberry bush made her recoil and she squinted at the droplet of blood that appeared, quickly wiping at the skirt of her dress and squeezing till her knuckles turned white, “Damn thorns…” Aelora murmured, wondering why only the blackberries were clever enough to armour themselves from hungry passersby.