Lovely day in Vermont. Our neighbor offered to let us pick some of his raspberries.
We picked 4 and half pints. That was basically one side of the patch, he had picked the other side earlier today.
He planted these raspberries two years ago (maybe three?). They really cropping heavy this year. I think he got these from Johnny's Seeds. Johnny's is a bit pricey for me but he likes to spend more for quality and I can't argue with the results.
The extra bonus of my nice neighbor is I have been transplanting some runners to my berry patch each year 🙂
Its hard to see this time of year but he put up some posts and wire to keep his plants upright. The variety he planted grows upright, is mostly thornless and has nice big berries. Much different than my bristols (black caps). But I have to tell you, they are nice to harvest.
He also moved some day lilies over from the flower beds around his house.
Same with these pink poppies. Poppies always remind me of California. The yellow California poppy is a common (and beautiful) wildflower on the grassy hills around the state.
Another variety of day lily that was too pretty to not photograph.
This final photo shows a little more of his garden. Asparagus gone to seed in the background, garlic, tomatoes, lettuce, brussels, eggplant, squash. He is my inspiration. Unfortunately, his garden gets much better sun than ours so always outproduces ours.