A Berry, Berry Big Project

I do not know about any others, but when I think of the perfect fruit my mind always goes to berries. Specifically, the main four berries: strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries. As such, since I purchased my home in 2022, I was always interested in putting a fruit orchard with multiple berry plants to grow and harvest.

To prepare for the orchard, I marked the trees that needed to be cut and cleared to open the area for incoming plants. After the trees were dropped, they were cut into portions and wood and leaves were piled and cleared. And then, the winter came.

During, winter I chose to order the raspberry favorite collection from Burpee. The collection comes with four types of raspberries: Heritage, Fall Gold, Killarney and Jewel. There are four plants of each type of raspberry, which is a wonderful start to my idea of what I want for my fruit orchard. More wood and sticks need to be removed; the soil needs to be prepped; I need to put up fencing to keep critters at bay; and basically get the area prepared for when the fruit will be shipped in mid-April.

Stay tuned for additional updates on the Berry, Berry Project.