Gardening

I didn’t do an update last year, but I’ve been documenting the progress of my raspberry plants over the years.  Each year does seem to get better, but there are a few general observations.  The plants with the most sunlight markedly outperform those plants with partial shade.  I planted two rows of raspberry canes.  I believe the Anne raspberries planted in partial shade did not survive.  The Joan J are… Read More »Bare Root Raspberry Canes – 3 Year Update

I decided rather than doing multiple post updates like last year that I can do one post and just update as I go along.  I just haven’t been sure when I was ready to start.  It probably would have been better to start at the beginning of the summer, but it is probably better to start now rather than waiting any longer. Briefly, I planted bare root raspberry canes the… Read More »Bare Root Raspberry Canes – 1 Year Update

I know this is quite late, but here are some updates from my bare root raspberry canes from last year.  The last updated had been the 2 month update.  Here’s how things went the rest of the summer (and fall) of 2016. I started to get my first raspberries to pick around mid august on the floricanes.  The Joan J were ready a bit sooner than the Anne berries. Many… Read More »Bare Root Raspberry Canes – 3 and 4 month updates

Here’s another follow-up to my planting of bare root raspberry canes.  You can view my previous posts on preparing the soil, selecting the varieties, protecting from rabbits, one week update, and one month update. I originally planted my bare root raspberry canes on June 2.  On the advice of a gardener friend, I decided to put a very thin layer of mulch down around the plants.  I thought the most… Read More »Bare Root Raspberry Canes – 2 Month Update

As I mentioned in my posts about sunflowers and my one month raspberry update, rabbits are a big problem in my yard. My kids love them and my dog hardly notices them, but I hate what they do to the vegetation in our yard. After the second time one of my raspberry plants was destroyed, I figured I had to something or else most of my plants would probably not… Read More »Keeping rabbits out of my garden cheap and simple

I planted some bare root raspberry canes one month ago, on June 2, 2016.  I previously explained why I chose to plant Joan J and Anne raspberry varieties.  I posted a one week update and now it is time for a one month update. As I explained previously, I planted two rows of bare root raspberry canes, with a mix of five Anne and eight Joan J.  I wanted to alternate them when planting, but… Read More »Bare Root Raspberry Canes – 1 Month Update

I planted my bare root raspberry canes on June 2, 2016.  I wasn’t expecting much growth for the first several weeks, or even longer. Particularly based on my previous experience.  But I did get a little bit of growth after just a few days.  There was the one twig that had little buds forming after 3 days.  There were also two plants that seemed to have little nubs of growth… Read More »Bare Root Raspberry Canes – one week update

After selecting my Anne and Joan J raspberry canes for their flavor, productivity, and being thornless (turns out Joan J are thornless, but Anne have “mild” thorns), I placed my order from Nourse Farms.  Nourse Farms is one of the few places that repeatedly gets mentioned as a place to order bare root raspberry canes, and other berry plants. I liked that the orders came 5 canes to an order,… Read More »Planting Bare Root Raspberry Canes

Last year I grew some sunflowers from seed.  They were the only plants that grew so large in the pot that I moved them to the ground.  I had let the three sunflowers get pretty large in the pot, so I couldn’t easily seperate them when I moved them to the ground.  When they started to get big in the ground, my wife leaned them against a chair.  That worked… Read More »Sunflowers Drooping