The annual process of controlling the berries begins
Step 1: remove all the old canes
(ps, you can see the raspberries in the background, I've already removed the dead stuff and tied them up)
Step 2: tie up the 1 year old canes
So far, I have put in 5 days to get this far. It's harder than it looks.
One of these year I am going to thin these berries. Ideally, we would have 1 plant every 4-6 feet. Currently, we have them every 4-6 inches. Yikes
Ther are two varieties, Cascade and Young berries according to the son of the family that used to live here. I want to separate them out because one is good eating and the other good cooking. But I know them by their leaves. so, I think this set is the Young berry. I have tagged it. I just have to remember to check if I am right.
We got 3 dump trucks of mulch delivered
My big annoyance with the berries are the thistles. and bindweed but I don't know how to kill that one.
So step 3: cardboard down between the berries
Step 4: alder leaf mulch on top of that
The mower doesn't fit between the rows, so...
Step 5: weed cloth between the rows
and step 6: Cedar chips on top to level out the path.
It looks reasonably pretty, and I really hope it helps control those dratted thistles!
I could kind of get the little mower between the raspberries, but it was a seriously bumpy ride, so we are mulching here as well
Just in time to finish, everyone is staring to leaf out!
I hope this works! it was so much work to do
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