Early this spring my parents offered us some red raspberry shoots. They have a well established patch and in the early spring new shoots like to spread into their garden. So, one evening after work I stopped by to clean their garden of shoots – I ended up taking home seventy 8 – 10″ shoots and left behind plenty more for the tiller to deal with.

In my experience with moving raspberries, the trick is to get the plants back into the ground as quickly as possible and then give them a good drink – so that’s what I did. Then, I kinda forgot about them – that is, until Potato Boy and I were walking through the garden recently.

A Good Start For The Spring Shoots

The plants have really taken off. Of the original seventy plants, sixty-five are still still there. Most of them even have berries ripening.

Red Raspberries Will Be Ready Soon