Berry Harvest, & Raspberry Answers

  We have solved the raspberry dilemma! What I have are not Canby thornless red raspberries, but Japanese Wineberries. The wineberry is an old variety from the Orient introduced to the US in 1890 for cross breeding purposes. Apparently it is cultivated in some parts of the world but considered an invasive threat in most of the US. Check out these little orange/red berries which appeared today.

  I picked a few of them; they are somewhat sweet but don't have much distinctive flavor at all. Willis Orchards is going to replace them with Canby this Fall. In the meantime, I will try to get a 100% kill on these vines before moving on. 

  The blackberries are starting to ripen, so the next week or two we should have a large harvest. A few of these first berries show the effect of the 2.2" of rain we had over the weekend. 

  The blueberries continue to ripen. It has been quite a struggle to get them started so I am really happy with our first harvest. On the right are the wineberries.

  Also, the glads in the first row of the garden are starting to open up very nicely.

  It is 87 with 50% humidity outside right now (4 PM) so I'm hitting the shower!