Sow and Grow Blueberries

Sow and Grow Blueberries

While I plant (not sow) blueberry bushes we are still including blueberries in the sow and grow section! Outdoor Planting Tips:  1) Just like raspberries, decide where you want the blueberry plants to grow in advance.  If not,  you may stunt their growth for at least a year.  2) Dig a hole bigger than the root […]

Harvest and Store Raspberries

Harvest and Store Raspberries

Since we already chatted about how to sow and grow raspberries and my favorite variety called Raspberry Shortcake, not it’s time to harvest and store Raspberries. Harvesting Tips:  1) I wait until the raspberries are a nice shade of light red all around.  Timing is everything.  I definitely want to harvest the raspberries before the birds […]

Berry Varieties

Raspberry Shortcake

I purchased my first Raspberry Shortcake plant in spring 2014 and the second one in summer 2015.   This raspberry plant is part of the Bushel and Berry collection. Previously, I had them in my herb garden.  In 2017, I moved these plants along with my blueberry plants to their forever home which I call the berry […]