Sunday, April 15, 2018

Raspberries!

A gift is a gift when the giver helps plant!
I received ten August Red and five Boyne raspberries from a friend, and they were good enough to help plant them too.
The land wasn't prepped last season, so this was a shovel and a prayer kind of planting.
Dug a hole, added peat moss and topsoil, laid in the plant, and covered lightly with more soil.
Then covered everything with 36" wide weed barrier*, stapled that down, and covered that with ten bags of cedar mulch.
After that, a fence. First time for me to build a large enclosure; I usually build rounds for individual trees.
It is about 6 to 8 feet wide and 45 feet long. Just used bamboo posts, 48" chicken wire, tent stakes, wire, and yellow ribbon.
Like a said, a shovel and a prayer.

Weather report: We received 5 feet of snow in March. It's now the middle of April and snow is still on the ground in places. Trees and shrubs are just beginning to bud.


*Premium 5oz Pro Garden Weed Barrier Landscape Fabric By ECOgardener – Durable & Heavy-Duty Weed Block Gardening Mat, Easy Setup & Superior Weed Control, Eco-Friendly & Convenient Design, 3ft x 100ft

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