Raspberry support ideas

If you want to grow more raspberries it is recommended that you use a trellis system to support your plants. I was looking up a system to cover a wide area but using less wood. I think this diy raspberry trellis system I found on Lumberjacks.com will do the trick. Instead of the 9 gauge

Just saw this idea for a trellis for berries using a piece of a cattle fence. Looks interesting an easy. Mike

Spring is here and the soil is amended with worm castings and compost. The garden is ready for summer planting! Here are three things to do to prepare: 1. Take a look at the garden plan: b…

Pruning raspberries every year is essential for harvesting a bumper crop. Here's how and when to prune your canes depending on your raspberry variety.

When you plant raspberries, you also have to plan for their support system. Raspberries are usually planted in rows with a system of posts and horizontal wires or string to support them. If you do not have room for this, you can grow them in a pot or container supported by bamboo canes. We have both rows and single planted out raspberries. Either way, supports should be put in place at planting time.

How to grow your own raspberries, what sort of topsoil they require and other hint and tips.

Tying up raspberries improves berry harvest and yield. This simple guide with photos shows an easy method that anyone with raspberry bushes can follow.

This weekend my husband and I built a new trellis for our blackberry canes. Our original trellis was made from 2 landscape timbers with 8 foot of American wire stretched between the post. This lasted about 2 years before the canes pushed the wire forward and made the post lean in. This time we put up a T R E L L I S! We started with 3 eight foot 4 x 4 post. We set these four feet apart and placed them two feet in the ground. We then nailed a 16 foot cattle panel into the post with steeples…