I was driving around the other day and saw an apricot tree that was in full bloom. Thankfully our apricot trees are not that advanced, however I can see white on a few blossoms on our Tilton apricot tree. I drove to Pasco and picked up our Lauren and Josephine raspberry plants from Tim Nourse of Nourse Farms. They have always provided us with quality raspberry plants. While I was there I was given the opportunity to receive a very new variety to trial called Octavia. We will be watching this for the next several years, providing feedback to them and seeing if this will be a berry that will work in our climate.
This year we will be exploring raising raspberries in a greenhouse for production in April and May. We will be using a variety called Tulameen. We received the raspberry roots last week. We are planting them in pots and will grow them this summer. We will then move them into the greenhouse in late December or January. This will be quite an adventure, we will keep you posted.
We should receive the last of the peach, pluot and apricot trees to plant this week. After that the only thing left will be some Reveille raspberry plants from a grower in New York, whenever they thaw out. Have a nice week and enjoy the fine weather.
This year we will be exploring raising raspberries in a greenhouse for production in April and May. We will be using a variety called Tulameen. We received the raspberry roots last week. We are planting them in pots and will grow them this summer. We will then move them into the greenhouse in late December or January. This will be quite an adventure, we will keep you posted.
We should receive the last of the peach, pluot and apricot trees to plant this week. After that the only thing left will be some Reveille raspberry plants from a grower in New York, whenever they thaw out. Have a nice week and enjoy the fine weather.
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