On Productivity As ridiculous as it sounds I lost my patience once with a blackberry bush that sits in our front yard. My husband brought it home in a 10-inch pot, and planted it in the front bed. The conditions were perfect- the right amount of shade and sunlight. My hopes were high for this little plant. I waited a year, and not one berry came to greet us. I was angry, thinking "what good are you if you cannot be useful?" Pt1