Raspberries and poop

Today I managed to score a couple of large tubs of horse manure. The farm prefers to serve folks in pickup trucks ($10 a load) but was feeling generous and let me borrow a pitchfork and fill my tubs. This combined with some compost generously donated by a neighbor should afford the raspberry transplants (another generous donation) a nice new home.

I dug in a mixture of horse manure and compost and mixed with the sandy dirt I found under the driveway. I topped it off with compost to absorb and retain water. I've watered them several times today as it was hot and the soil was pretty dry to start with. I'll keep you posted on how they do.




Next I'd like to put in some supports so I can train the canes (and also prevent them from just wandering anywhere) and I'd like to heavily mulch the whole row.