Fruits

Thornless and Compact Raspberries

This is the first year that I started growing raspberries.  I didn’t previously because I thought the plants had too many thorns and were not attractive looking.  I wanted to put my raspberry plant in my herb garden which is right next to our patio.   Here’s my solution. . . I am growing a Raspberry […]

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Cherry Blossoms

When we purchased our Reliance Cherry Tree in May 2012, it looked fantastic!   While we were worried that bugs might attack it, we did not realize that the real “pest” would be the deer in our neighborhood.  The deer ate most of the bottom branches and rubbed their antlers on the bark (see below). […]

Fruits

Strawberries Anyone

Well I’ve been growing everbearing strawberries in our two half whiskey barrel planters for the last few years but I decided to move them to the outer edge of several of the raised beds.  Since the barrels are very deep and the strawberries have shallow roots, I don’t think they make good partners.  Don’t forget […]