Berries of razz

One of this year's new additions to the landscape is the raspberry patch.  I love raspberries, and the Burpee site had some great deals (5 plants for $20 - yes, please!) so I figured I'd give it a whirl.  I found the plans for the patch in a fantastic book called The Backyard Homestead and Shawn did a wonderful job recreating it in our backyard.  I chose a red, ever-bearing variety by the name of "Caroline" and paired it with a yellow variety by the name of "Anne" - both are disease resistant.  When I opened the package they were not very exciting, literally sticks with bunches of roots.  We planted these on April 1 & I'm please to report that every single cane has new growth!  The yellow, or Anne if you prefer, seem to have taken off much faster than their red counterparts.  I'm not certain why that is, I'm just glad that all 10 raspberries are on the way to providing mounds of fresh berries.

The little cups are keeping the wildlife from gnawing everything to stubs.