seem to have field trips.
One is going next Wednesday to the zoo.
Cost $2.00.
Then another field trip the Wednesday after
for Zoombezi Bay. Now get this while the admission
cost is free, they are required to send in $7.00
for a lunch!!! I don't even pay $7.00 for a fast
food lunch so what they eatin' on this trip, steak?!
That seems a little high for a 10 year olds lunch.
They better not be eating pb&j sandwiches!
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Not cookin' for supper so might consider Grandad's Pizza.
Plus we want to head to Lowes to check out some kind
of fencing to put around the garden.
While there I'll have to check out the garden
and clearance section :0)
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Plans for weekend:
-Cut up scrap metal and take over to recycling center.
-put starter on guys truck.
-might go to the flea market.
-put fence up in garden.
if the rabbits still pose a problem we might
consider live trapping them and sending them
off to another area.
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Stopped in Lowes this evening.
Got metal fencing and metal posts.
Also browsed the clearance section and found
a thornless raspberry and
thornless triple crown blackberry plants for $5.00 each
marked down half price.
They also had blueberry plants but I didn't
think we'd get much use out of it like the others.
I told Tony to consider these plants my
Mother's Day presents.
So far now I will have these fruits in the garden:
1. Strawberry
2. Concord Grape
3 Raspberry
4. Blackberry
5. Possible Pear Tree
Here's a couple notes I made about
the plants I purchased after doing some
reading to learn more about them.
I'm thinking about planting
these berries along the chain link fence.
I think I read you don't want to plant
them near tomatoes so this should be
a good spot for them on the opposite side
of the yard away from the vegetables.
RASPBERRIES
You don't need a "male"
and a "female" plant to pollinate them.
They need manure or compost around them
topped with a layer of mulch.
Raspberry plants produce biennial canes, which means that the first year they are vegetative only and don't produce fruit. The second year, they flower and produce fruit, but then die. The plants that fruited for you last year can be removed because they are dead anyway. Those that were vegetative last year will or should produce fruit this season. It is best to get the old canes removed as soon as possible. Most people get around to it in the fall after a couple of hard frosts.
HERE is a good sight with many questions
and answers about Raspberries.
BLACKBERRY
It takes about a year for the blackberry plant to mature enough to bear fruit. The blackberry plant will spend its first year growing side shoots off the main stems. It is these side shoots that will bear the fruit during the next growing season. Newer blackberry plants have been designed with less thorns so they are easier to harvest and prune. When purchasing a blackberry plant be sure to get the thornless variety.
Most blackberry plants can spread up to 12 feet wide and 7 feet hight. The blackberry plant is an easy to grow perennial. The average blackberry plant will produce up to 3 quarts of blackberries. The blackberries ripen from late summer to early fall. The blackberry plant like full sun and well-drained soil. The blackberry plant grows best in zones 5-8.
Dig yourself a wide trench where you intend to plant the berries and mix a good supply of that black gold into it. If you don’t have compost, then rotted manure, old leaves (should have plenty of those this time of year), coffee grounds, or any other quality source of organic matter will do just fine. Mix the soil and organic matter source in the trench thoroughly.
Blackberry Triple Crown
The Champion of Blackberries for Fresh, Delectable Eating!
The harvest continues for a month, with handfuls of new berries ripening every day!
For jumbo, ultra-sweet, utterly delicious blackberries in your own backyard, rely on classic Triple Crown. This semi-erect to trailing variety is very heavy-bearing, setting fresh new berries every day for a full month in early to midsummer in most climates. If you love big, juicy, flavor-packed berries for fresh eating, canning, and freezing, count on Triple Crown!
Reaching 8 to 10 feet high and 3 to 5 feet wide, and quicky forming a thick, stout central trunk that stands up to Mother Nature's roughest treatment, this shrub sets masses of long, arching canes packed with white blooms in late spring (irresistible to butterflies) that turn to fruit by midsummer. Best in full sun but tolerant of light shade, Triple Crown bears heavily every day for a month or more, giving you more than enough fruit for the family's immediate needs -- there will always be "leftovers" to can or freeze! And because this blackberry is self-fertile, you need plant only one, but you will find your crops even heavier if several are planted together.
Triple Crown needs rich soil, so amend it well with organic matter, and consider spraying the foliage once or twice during the growth period with Sea Magic, an all-natural seaweed growth enhancer. The canes are biennial, so cut them back hard after fruiting the second year. They will return even more plentifully in spring! Zones 5-9.
While there we were checking out the wooden
fences. Kind of liked the shorter picket
fence type. So who knows what type we will get.
Might end up with the house with the white
picket fence, lol.
