Bye Bye Raspberry Pie

[Gardening with Rabbits]

I was out watering and my new neighbor told me she is having her fence built next week. She is putting up a 6 ft. wooden fence on the west side of my yard. The raspberries will be between our shed and her fence. A small section will get east sun, some are very tall and will get direct sun. I was hoping this would happen in the fall. I brought in 2 quarts of raspberries today, a quart yesterday and about a pint the day before. I am not sure how many canes there are. Should I wait until fall to move them? This will take a big area if I want to keep all of them, so it will mean getting the ground ready. I am afraid to move them close to the garden because I think they will get too much water, but I think that is the only place for them. I also can't remember how long they produce. It seems like about all of July? This means I will probably not get sweet potatoes. I have a box and they will not get any west sun after next week. . I have an apple tree that might not make it and a couple of cherry bushes. I just picked a quart of those and getting ready to make a pie. First picture is June 2011 and the next is June 2012. You can see they are close to the fence, but this year they are at the fence and even some went on the other side of the fence. You can barely walk on the other side between the shed and raspberries. The last picture is what they looked like in May this year. If there is a 6 ft fence right next to that chain link fence, how long do you think I can keep them there before they start to die?

 

[ninnymary]

GWR, is there any way that you could talk them into building the fence in the fall? This way you could move your plants then.

Mary

 

[thistlebloom]

They'll be fine there for the rest of the season 'Rabbits, raspberries can grow in part shade. Also since in the summer the sun makes such an arc, and is directly overhead for a good portion of daylight I think you'll have no problems.

If you move them, wait until fall for sure.

 

[897tgigvib]

Yep, try to wait until fall or winter to move them, if at all possible.

About too much water. If you give them tons of compost mixed into the soil good and deep for tons of drainage, they will actually enjoy lots of water.

Oh yummz, my Fall Gold Raspberry that I got as a small stick of a rooted cutting gave me a nice sample cluster this, its first year. num num! Very sweet and very mild. I think there is one more left to ripen.

 

[lesa]

I really don't think you will have as much of a problem, as you are imagining... Mine were carefully planted along a chain link fence. Then, mother nature decided to grow 8 foot tall pampus grass behind them. Then the weeds grew up in front of them. They are still producing fine- though they are not too much fun to pick! Yours look nice and established, I bet they won't miss a beat. Good luck!

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

Well, this sounds better. I think this fall I will move some that have spread out of the row and do as Marshall says and have the deep compost. That might be why these did so well. We had a trench dug and filled with manure on the bottom and filled with compost. Then, I will leave most of the row and see how they do.

 

[dewdropsinwv]

There are raspberries that grow across from my house, they only get morning sun, rest of the day shade

 

[journey11]

You have a particularly fine patch of raspberries going there. I can see why you are upset!

I would still wait until fall to move them. The lack of sunlight will be less of a problem for them than trying to move them in the heat of summer.

I hope you can figure out a good spot to move them to. I'd look at it in terms of what is growing well and producing for you--in proportion to what you would pay for that item at the store or farmer's market. If you can buy sweet potatoes cheaply or buying bushels of apples are easier than growing your own, then it would be more worthwhile to keep the berries in that case, since they are so expensive to buy and are best harvested fresh.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

You have a particularly fine patch of raspberries going there. I can see why you are upset!

I would still wait until fall to move them. The lack of sunlight will be less of a problem for them than trying to move them in the heat of summer.

I hope you can figure out a good spot to move them to. I'd look at it in terms of what is growing well and producing for you--in proportion to what you would pay for that item at the store or farmer's market. If you can buy sweet potatoes cheaply or buying bushels of apples are easier than growing your own, then it would be more worthwhile to keep the berries in that case, since they are so expensive to buy and are best harvested fresh.

I am starting to agree about not growing things that are cheap or easier to buy. Apples would be one. The plum trees I have do not really produce that great of a tasting plum. My kids do not like raspberries. My husband could take them or leave them. My daughter will eat a piece of a pie or something I make and my husband will if it is there. It is not like, I have to have raspberry pie. The cherry bushes only produce a small amount of fruit. I am thinking of pulling up the asparagus. I guess I will wait until next year and see what we get, but I am tired of the ferns falling over and trying to keep the weeds out. We just do not get that much and again DD and DS do not like asparagus. I did plant less squash this year. I can fry up a big platter of squash and my daughter is OH YUM and takes 2 pieces and that is it. My son will eat about the same. I put it in soup and stir fry it. I make bread with it and again, OH YUM and eat one piece and done. Cooking for DS and my brother is a job. My DH is thin and eats everything he gets his hands on and never complains. My brother has been saying, oh peas are great and your peas are the best thing growing in your garden, so I harvest some and he is over. I have my DS shelling peas, my brother is saying, are these big enough, what is wrong with that one, they are too light, they are not ready, they are too big. Drove me nuts and then did not stay to eat them. Next day, I had a big supper fixed and he was with DS disk golfing. DS calls and said they were on the way home and what is for supper and I said chicken. I had purple potatoes, fresh peas and a raspberry pie. Brother drops of DS and said he was too tired to eat. I had to force DS and DD to eat peas and potatoes for lunch to go along with their BLT sandwiches. DS was rolling eyes because I made him have lettuce on his BLT. I said it is not a BT and we have all this lettuce growing and you are eating it.

 

[thistlebloom]

It's tough making food for picky people, and it's especially frustrating when you serve something you grew and nobody does handsprings over it! I want them to do handsprings and gush about how it's the best whatever they have eaten in their life!
When you have planted that tiny seed, and taken care of that plant to maturity, it's a little like an extension of yourself, and easy to get discouraged when it's under-appreciated.

I am often disappointed. *sigh*

Now I grow what I like for the most part and they can eat it or make their own meal.

But the older we all get ( speaking of my family ) the more things we are all willing to eat.

It's interesting that when my oldest got out on his own he was much more willing to eat just about anything.

Hunger will do that to you.