With the end of winter near, it’s time to start planning for the garden season. At the outbreak of COVID-19 last year, many people attempted to grow some of their own food, re-popularizing the concept ...

Few homeowners are acquainted with the Ribes (RYE-bees) family of plants; gooseberries, currants and jostaberries. There are over 150 ribes species in the world, including gooseberries and clove or ...

Black currants (Ribes nigrum) have an interesting history in the United States. While they’ve been a popular snack in Europe for centuries, these purple-black berries were illegal in the states until ...

Black currant fruits are ``of a stinking and somewhat loathing savour, the leaves also are not without the stinking smell,'' wrote herbalist John Gerard in his famous ``Herball'' more than 350 years ...

But if eating the berries straight from the bush is a little unpalatable, Hingston has no shortage of ideas for ways to use the currants, above and beyond the traditional servings in yogurt or as an ...