Old Man Winter doesn't want to go away. After a light snow dusting last weekend the prediction is for snow showers tomorrow. It is wreaking avoc on the herbs that I transplanted outside. Every time there is a chance of snow or bitter cold I am putting plastic buckets over the new transplants to give them a chance to make it through the bad weather.
I purchased 10 new raspberry plants of Polana variety and 10 plants of Anna variety to plant in the garden. Over the last couple of years I have lost a large number of my once vigorous and thriving raspberry patch. When reading the instructions on how to care to for the plants I purchased, it specifically says, "Do not water more than 1-3 times per week". Yikes! I was using a trickle watering system twice a day. I very likely introduced a virus or rotted the roots. Learned my lesson and won't do that again.
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