Is your garden bursting with raspberries yet? A few days ago, I was able to whip up a batch of raspberry sorbet using some raspberries we had frozen from last summers bumper crop. This year our raspberry patch isn’t looking so hot, so luckily, we’ve got back up. I discovered this raspberry sorbet a few Read More >>
Growing Berries in Your Backyard – Strawberries, Raspberries and Blueberries
Although the bees seem to be out in full force this year, I can tell already our raspberry patch will not be producing a bumper crop this summer. I expect the berry output to be around half of what it was last year. In some ways it’s a little disappointing. I still have plenty of Read More >>
Growing Raspberries, Blueberries and Strawberries In the Backyard
I’m a bit worried. I think this might be a low yield year for the raspberries. I hope I’m wrong, but there doesn’t seem to be nearly as much new growth this year as there was last year. Do raspberries have off seasons? Does anyone know? The blueberries on the other hand are looking plentiful. Read More >>
How to Grow Your Own Food: How to Plant Raspberries / Raspberry Canes
If you don’t have a raspberry patch of your own, or you simply want to add new canes to your existing patch, here’s a great how to guide on raspberries. If you decide to buy them in bulk as I did, they will look like this. Basically a bunch of roots. You can place an Read More >>
FREE Berries… I can’t wait!
I finally used up the last of my 10 bazillion pounds of blueberries from last years awesome blueberry deal at Fred Meyer. I some how managed to keep 5… 6 or maybe it was 7 gallon bags hidden in the freezer all winter long… And let me tell you… keeping fruit hidden from The Girl Read More >>