Dixie Chicks

[vehve]

Raspberries are crazy effective at spreading out. I took one tiny bush, split it in four and planted them in a row in on the property line in the front yard. In 2 years it has filled the 8 feet it occupied, and we got quite a lot of raspberries from it last year already. I think I remember reading that raspberries don't grow fruit until the second year, so the harvest should be quite a lot bigger this summer.

On the broody front, Karin said Wilma seems to be starting to sit on the nest. We might still pull this chick thing off.

 

[Razadia]

We have invasive dewberries here. They look and taste like blackberries. A little more seedy but delicious. They love our sandy soil

Every time I say blackberries, that's exactly what I mean.

They make awesome jelly.

Raspberries are crazy effective at spreading out. I took one tiny bush, split it in four and planted them in a row in on the property line in the front yard. In 2 years it has filled the 8 feet it occupied, and we got quite a lot of raspberries from it last year already. I think I remember reading that raspberries don't grow fruit until the second year, so the harvest should be quite a lot bigger this summer.

On the broody front, Karin said Wilma seems to be starting to sit on the nest. We might still pull this chick thing off.

I couldn't get my raspberries to survive that long. It's been a long time since I had them, but I think they may have been planted in the wrong spot.

I really need to get a handle on these squirrels and get some lye in the ground or I won't get any pecans this year.

 

[vehve]

Everywhere I've seen raspberry it's an invasive species, I wonder what's going on with your soil if it's not growing there. I think these are wild raspberries that I'm using though, or some sort of semi wild feral raspberries that have escaped form people's yards at some point. You can find them growing here and there in the forests here in the southern parts of the country.

 

[Ravynscroft]

super kewl @RavynFallen
  I have turkey envy! would totally love to hatch out a mess of turkeys ....sure loved doing the turkeys also...they are so much fun....and dumpling was such a good flock gaurdian

 

[Razadia]

Everywhere I've seen raspberry it's an invasive species, I wonder what's going on with your soil if it's not growing there. I think these are wild raspberries that I'm using though, or some sort of semi wild feral raspberries that have escaped form people's yards at some point. You can find them growing here and there in the forests here in the southern parts of the country.

I have no idea. My soil seems to be great for most plants, but I think it may have been planted in clay. Good for the dewberries, not so good for other plants.

 

[hennible]

Raspberries don't like heat, or so I've read. They do better in cooler climates. -shrug-

 

[hennible]

My 'mushy chick' is healing well.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Raspberries don't like heat, or so I've read. They do better in cooler climates. -shrug-

I've heard the same... when I lived in NW WA once they produced fruit it was en masse... until the first full sun very warm day... then they were gone...

My 'mushy chick' is healing well.

 

[perchie.girl]

raspberries dont like heat? there are a few -


http://www.sdedible.org/raspberry-care--cultivars.html

 

[perchie.girl]

Oh and Yes we can grow apples....

http://www.sdedible.org/apple-trees.html

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