06/26/2026
So do you want the good news or the bad news first??? (Don't you hate that!)
Good news first. We DO have raspberries and the early ones are ready to start picking. So put us on your schedule if you want to get some. And the second piece of good news is we are lowering the price. We are going to pricing only by weight this year. A pint is 12 ounces. We charged $3.00 for you pick last year. This year, by weight, we are charging $3.20 per pound. In all likelihood we will go back to last year's pricing NEXT year, but this year, BONUS as we switch over. Last thing on the good side, maple syrup season was short but intense. We are lowering our maple syrup just a tad to $8 a pint. If you want a better deal, buy with your friends/family and get a dozen pints for $80.
Now, for that other info. Raspberry canes do not like too wet, or too dry. The occasional shower suits them fine. Last spring was SOO wet that this year's canes which produce this years crop didn't grow much in the spring. Then it went from flood to drought, so they didn't grow much afterwords. The canes this year are smaller and not a strong as in years past. They still have lots of berries on most of them, but they are smaller than usual. We always have lots of berries that don't get picked and turn into chipmunk food, so we still expect to have plenty of berries. They will just be smaller and take a little more diligence to pick. Another sad tidbit is covid went through the house this spring and, while we were all recovering, we didn't;t get much w**d abatement done. The patch is pretty dense with w**ds at the moment. If you hate 'wading in' might want to come a bit later after we get those stomped down.
Final info on the sad side, the frost that took so many other fruits and berries took about half of our blueberry blossoms. We have some, but since the birds have none of the wild stuff they normally eat, they are eating them as soon as they have any color. We have several mulberry trees that usually keep the birds filled up. Not a mulberry this year. If we can get some netting on the blueberries we may be able to save some for you, but things don't look good here locally.
Picts to follow shortly. And updates as we have them.
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