Opening Day!

I can't believe it but we are opening the patch on Saturday, May 9th. With all this wonderful spring weather we've had since February I guess I shouldn't be surprised but I am. 

We got all our new plants in the ground and a few of them are already blooming for later on this year. We added another new variety and are working on getting signs done to label each row of what we have.

We will have raspberries later on this summer so check in for when they're ready. We hope to see you soon.

Opening Day

It's a couple weeks earlier than normal but the strawberries are ripening and ready to be picked. We are opening the field on Monday, May 20th. The wonderful hot weather we had for 2 weeks really brought the berries on fast and they are delicious. We planted 6000 plants earlier this spring and they are blooming as we (electronically) speak. Looks like it's going to be a great year for the strawberries but, alas, we won't have any raspberries this year.

Planting Raspberries

With the help of  3 people all 750 new raspberries were planted last week. It only took a few hours. Of course, it turned out hot and dry since then and we've rushed around getting drip-lines on the rows to water them.  Hopefully the berries will like their new home and it will yield a better crop for us. Sadly part of the patch we started out with has completely died because of it being too wet. The crop will be more sparse this year since these new canes won't have a lot of yield on them, but next year should be abundant.
The strawberries are growing nicely and the older plants have been blooming like mad so we should have an excellent crop this year. Check in with us in 2-3 weeks for updates on when the strawberries are ready.

Spring Planting

After a long dry spell, or I should say wet spell since we are in Oregon, we are getting ready to plant more berries. We will be putting in 4000 more strawberries as well as moving the raspberry patch up by the house and planting new plants there. I was beginning to wonder if it would ever stop raining so the ground could dry up enough to prepare for the new plants that arrive in May; yikes! We will keep you posted as to when we open the fields. Hope to see you all soon.