Liankacreations

 -repost from my old blog My First spring in the US Daniel and I started to plant our gardens. We bought an apple tree, blueberry bushes. And Daniel had already planted blackberry bushes. I  was really excited about that. I have never in my life eaten blackberries, as well as blueberries growing on the bush.  Time flies. After a few years, I got spoiled by having those plants. And started to miss a very  common, popular in Russia, and easy growing black currant. I missed the taste and very special smell of those berries and leaves.  Just to let you know ,   Currants are woody perennial shrubs. Berries are small (if not cultivated), quite often tart, and grow in clusters. There are red, white and black currants. The black currant is native to northern Europe and Asia. It  was cultivated in Russia by the 11th century. Back then it was popular in monastery gardens, as well as in towns and cities.   So, I started looking for this bush at the Gree...