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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I decided late this Spring to plant some bare root raspberry canes. After a failed Home Depot bare root cane, I did more research and got some very high quality bare root raspberry canes from Nourse...
While my Home Depot bare root raspberry cane was failing to grow, I was busy doing research on planting my own raspberries. I came across a great article comparing the productivity and the taste of primocane...
Original Post: 6/4/16 Update 4/15/17 Note from 4/15/17: To be fair to Home Depot, I was at Home Depot last week and noticed a large supply of bare root raspberry canes that had plenty of healthy...
Original Entry – May 22, 2016 Update #1 – July 23, 2017 (Minor Update #2 – May 1, 2018 – Plant survived a second outdoor winter – growing leaves on the floricanes and growing new primocanes...