Good Morning Diana! Isn’t it great to have sunshine today!
That was too many cloudy days in a row for me.
I want to seed a few early pansies. Might still be too early. Don’t want them to get leggy. Will probably wait until February first.
Will start heating the greenhouse in early April. Until then, any seed germinating will be in my Park Seed BioDome in my sunroom.
Was looking though the Jung Seed catalog this week. Tempted to order raspberries.
What does everyone think of these varieties, or please offer up your favorites:
Nova
Killarney
Latham
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Out of those three, I would chose Latham. I grow ‘Heritage’ because that’s the variety I grew for market with my in-laws and I just transported some from my old farm to my new one.
I cut my canes all the way down to the ground in the spring. That way, I get one late harvest (September/October) and by then most of the Japanese Beetles are gone (who love Raspberries) as well as the Picnic Bugs (those little black beetles that also love raspberries) so I don’t have to mess with them.
That system works well for me. I pick every few days and freeze the berries on a cookie sheet then pop them into a ziplock bag and back into the freezer. That way, I can gather enough to make jam or whatever, when I’m ready. I am still in a canning frenzy when they’re ripening.
And, yes! The Sunshine is awesome! Loving it! I think it was a string of 12 days with no sun this time around.