From fruit salad to currant syrup, these ideas will inspire you. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also ...

YOU see them for a few summer weeks in farmers market stands, baskets of fresh currants in gorgeous garnet clusters. Then they’re gone, before most of us figure out what to do with them. Luckily, some ...

When currants are in season, it's time to bake: Fresh berries and a light batter with vanilla and lemon aroma come together ...

I have a thriving quince tree in my garden, and when it starts to fruit, it complains about the weight it’s bearing. So when the time comes, I allot a few days of jam-making at home. Quince is not a ...

One of the things that’s kind of tricky about cooking this month is that I can’t use citrus juice, wine, or any vinegar not made locally of local ingredients. Local vinegars are available at some ...

This week, Central New York gardening writer Carol T. Bradford responds to a reader question. Dear Carol: I have a question about jostaberries. I've two bushes that are up pretty good. Nice and green ...

All the berries in the Ribes family make good jams, jellies and preserves. For centuries in England, red currants have been made into a savory, mustardy Cumberland Sauce served with cold meats and a ...

One of our earliest spring flowers, this shrub isn’t easily overlooked. Gently drooping clusters of dark pink, tubular flowers that erupt just ahead of the wide-oval, bluntly-notched leaves are the ...

You see them for a few summer weeks in farmers market stands, baskets of fresh currants in gorgeous garnet clusters. Then they’re gone, before most of us figure out what to do with them. Luckily, some ...

In Southeast Alaska we are surrounded by a living, flowing and berried world. The Inside Passage rises and falls, wispy cirrus clouds drift, sandpipers migrate, and red currants drop into our buckets ...