Today, I added 22 wheelbarrow loads of compost to the 5' x 30' berry bed. It looks pretty good. We still have to test the soil to see what else it might need, but I went ahead and ordered 22 berry plants, or rather, sticks — 10 Natchez thornless blackberries, 10 bababerries, and 2 tayberries. According to what I've read, bababerries are the only raspberry that can deal with our hot summers.
We have a 30-foot long fence right behind the bed. They bababerries will get trellised along that. The blackberries and tayberries will go on four 8-foot long trellises that will come out at an angle from each of 4 posts along that same fence. A berry forest!
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