At the back southwest corner of our yard, beyond the perennial path, is a patch of raspberries that we've enjoyed for years. It's an everbearing variety that produces in June and September. It measures about 10 feet by 14 feet. We always get a good crop, enough for eating fresh, in pies, freezing and giving away. Each spring my associate gardener aka hubby trims the bushes and weeds the base of the patch, which he did this year about two weeks ago.
The only problem is that we've always had to fight our way into the center in order to get those berries and came away with lots of scratches from the thorny bushes.
It only took me 40 years to come up with the idea to cut a path through the center, making picking and weeding so much easier! So that's what we did yesterday. Here are the before and after photos.
We placed weed block fabric in the pathway and mulch on top to keep it neat and weed free.
Two blossoming peach trees form a canopy over the raspberry bed. The collars on the trunks of the trees help to deter squirrels and chipmunks. A patch of blackberries is to the left of the raspberries. We moved the compost bin to the back of the patch so it isn't so much of an eyesore!
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