Even though the main parts of the property are still too wet to work, I managed to get some hands-on gardening done this weekend. We have a slope that gets full sun and needed ... something. And I had a large (20 by 20) overgrown patch of raspberries at my old garden to deal with. So, I decided to start dividing the raspberries and plant them on the slope. On Sunday, I moved and replanted 17 red raspberries, 18 gold raspberries, 1 blueberry, 1 massive butterfly bush and 1 rose bush. (The non-raspberry plants went in other places on the property.) By the way, if you're thinking of doing this yourself, here are some good tips for transplanting raspberries (as well as general growing information.)
I barely made a dent in the old raspberry patch (there are about 100 viable plants left to be moved or be mowed). And there are many more plants (mostly perennial flowers) to transplant yet from the old garden. That doesn't include an 8 by 4 raised bed crammed full of Alpine white strawberries (those things spread -- but they also produce lots and lots of berries) that should be moved.
Thank God for
yoga this winter, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to crawl to my
desk Monday after Sunday's adventures in yard work. Onward and upward!
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