I just got an shipping confirmation from Park in my e-mail inbox.
What could it be?
The last time I placed any kind of order for anything was months ago.
Scroll down...
Total number of packages: 1
Items included in this shipment:
1. RUBUS RASPBERRY CAROLINE (41324/PK 3) Qty : 1
Oh, yeah. Great. I bought raspberries. Fantastic. Good job, Einstein. Now tell me where exactly do you think I'm going to plant three raspberries? The 450 sq. ft. garden is full! As in, it's really, really full. As in, everything is already planted way too close for comfort. Nothing stands on its own in my garden--everything is intertwined with something else. There is no room for raspberries.
(You couldn't even spell raspberry if it wasn't spelled for you in the e-mail.)
And now a question for you, readers: Can you grow raspberries in a container? I do have a big container that's not in use, and I could set it on the back retaining wall where a pot of tulips will soon expire. I could fill the container with sandy topsoil and compost. Do you think it would work?
Please weigh in.
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
twitter feed
gardeners
- A Caribbean Garden
- A Gardener in Progress
- A Growing Obsession
- A Study in Contrasts
- A Tidewater Gardener
- Anarchy In The Garden
- Breathing Treatment
- Cactus Blog
- CiNdEeS' GaRdEn
- Creating Our Eden
- danger garden
- Digging
- Dirt Therapy
- DryStoneGarden
- Ewa in the Garden
- Fairegarden
- Far Out Flora
- Flatbush Gardener
- FLORADORA
- Fresh Dirt (Sunset)
- From Seed to Table
- Garden Bliss...
- Garden Djinn
- Garden Girl
- Gardening in My Rubber Boots
- Gardening While Intoxicated
- Gardensong
- Germinatrix
- Golden Gate Gardener
- InterLeafings
- jardim com gatos
- Laguna Dirt
- Laurrie's Garden Diary
- Ledge and Gardens
- Lost Roses
- May Dreams Gardens
- Miller Time
- Mississippi Garden
- Mr. McGregor's Daughter
- New York, Plants & Other Stuff
- Outside Clyde
- Pictures of Pacific Northwest Gardens
- Sitting Knitting
- Tangeld Branches
- The Franz (Mostly) Edible Garden
- The Gardener's Eye
- The Golden Gecko
- The Lusher Life Project
- The Pitcher Plant Project
- The Transplantable Rose
- Tilthy Rich
- Today in the Garden
- Town Mouse & Country Mouse
- Tropical Embellishments
- Two Gardens
- Weeder's Garden
- what were the skies like
- whoreticulture
plants and seeds
- Annie's Annuals
- Baker Creek
- Botanical Interests
- California Flora Nursery
- Chiltern Seeds
- Diane's Flower Seeds
- Easy To Grow Bulbs
- Fedco Seeds
- Flowercraft
- forestfarm
- Heritage Harvest Seed
- Home Harvest Garden Supply
- J.L. Hudson, Seedsman
- Larner Seeds
- Las Pilitas
- Mostly Natives Nursery
- Native Revival
- Old House Gardens
- Park Seed
- Peaceful Valley
- Raintree Nursery
- Richters Herb Specialists
- Seed Hunt
- Sustainable Seed Company
- Telos Rare Bulbs
- Territorial Seed Company
- Theodore Payne Foundation
- Veseys Seeds
- Whatcom Seed Company
- Yerba Buena Nursery
n. calif. public gardens
- Blake Garden | near Berkeley
- Conservatory of Flowers | SF
- Filoli Center | Woodside
- Gamble Garden | Palo Alto
- Garden for the Environment | SF
- Gardens at Lake Merritt | Oakland
- Gardens of the Pacific Coast Highway
- Luther Burbank | Santa Rosa
- Marin Art and Garden Center | in Marin County
- Melissa Garden | Healdsburg
- Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
- Old City Cemetery | Sacramento
- Palo Alto Demonstration Garden
- Pennsylvania Garden
- Quarryhill | Glen Ellen
- Ruth Bancroft | Walnut Creek
- San Francisco Botanical Garden
- Tilden | Berkeley
- UC Botanical Garden | Berkeley
- UC Davis Arboretum
- UC Davis Good Life Garden (edibles)
- UC Santa Cruz Arboretum
- Woodside Library
garden related
other diversions
- Astronomical Applications (USNO)
- Bearings
- Bernalwood
- Boing Boing
- BuzzFeed
- Crochet Goddess
- Curbed | San Francisco
- Darcy Arts
- Dkzody's Weblog
- Ebbtide Aussies
- Go Fug Yourself
- HEL LOOKS
- Hidden Ecologies
- Il Giornale dei Leoni
- Kelly--the first century
- L.A. at Home
- Lindsay Scoggins
- Metafilter
- Mid Beacon Hill
- New Scientist
- Nick's Mathematical Puzzles
- NYT's 36 Hours in [California]
- Ptak Science Books
- San Francisco
- San Francisco City Guides
- San Francisco Parks Trust
- tablehopper
- The Spiral Out
- These Days In French Life
- trina's page of blogginess
- Ultimate Guide to California
- Wayne's Word Noteworthy Plants
- Willie's World
archive
- June (1)
- May (1)
- April (2)
- October (2)
- September (2)
- August (1)
- July (2)
- June (2)
- July (1)
- May (4)
- April (5)
- March (2)
- January (3)
- December (1)
- November (1)
- October (1)
- September (1)
- August (2)
- July (4)
- June (3)
- May (3)
- April (4)
- March (8)
- January (9)
- December (9)
- November (3)
- October (2)
- September (12)
- August (5)
- July (7)
- June (8)
- May (1)
- April (6)
- March (11)
- February (4)
- January (7)
- December (7)
- November (6)
- October (11)
- September (13)
- August (10)
- July (7)
- June (12)
- May (14)
- April (9)
- March (12)
- February (9)
- January (11)
- December (7)
- November (7)
- October (16)
- September (12)
- August (13)
- July (22)
- June (8)
- May (16)
- April (18)
- March (22)
- February (18)
- January (28)
- December (13)
- November (19)
- October (19)
- September (12)
- August (14)
- July (21)
- June (19)
- May (29)
- April (34)
- March (27)
- February (35)
- January (22)
13 comments:
I think it would be worth a try. From what I've read you can grow blue berries in a container. It may be a huge leap of logic but I'd try it.
Looks like "chuck b. of the past" is doing things without the permission of "chuck b. of the present," ordering things without his say so. The "chuck b. of the future" that has to do the actual planting is going to be pissed at both of them!
Never grew raspberries in a container, if it works, let us all know. It would be a great way to "contain" the spreading of them.
What's your other option? Composting them? Try it! You may have a pleasant surprise. Nothing ventured....
Sure! Why not? You can probably grow ANYTHING in a container, depending on the needs of its roots. I've grown all sorts of stuff in containers on my back porch, including Bright Lights Swiss Chard that was spectacular. Who woulda thunk it? One word of caution: you have to be hyper-vigilant about the watering. Please keep us up to date on whatever you decide.
What about your community garden plot?
I once grew raspberries and found that they spread much more rapidly by runners than I had expected. Seems like an observation in favor of containers.
I actually gave up the community garden plots. I don't have time to get up there as much as I ought to.
Containerized raspberries it is!
Funny, I did the same thing and just got the same email. Mine were the yellow raspberries, Anne. But I thought I ordered two bushes, it turned out to be two groups of three, six, yikes!. Containers may get tried here too. What size is your container?
Frances
I grow raspberries in a container!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8024221@N03/1405304150/sizes/l/
They're still little, but they produce a few berries already.
My container isn't as big as Julie's. I've seen that picture before. I must have subconsciously known that I could grow raspberries in a container when I ordered them.
I've seen blueberries grown in pots, maybe raspberries will do ok too.
http://vanengelen.com/catview.cgi?_fn=Product&_category=Narcissi:Jonquilla
This is the definition of jonquilla in the Van Engelen catalog.
Frances
Hi Chuck,
According to my Garden scrapbook of old articles and pictures, Sunset Magazine in 1987 has an an article called Taming the Unmanageable.... in Pots. They plant raspberries, 5-7 per pot, in old oak wine half barrels. Just make sure the soil is good and they get sun and water.
Emma
This ought to be good...if anybody can container-grow raspberries, it's you!
Post a Comment