http://www.tallcloverfarm.com Homeward bound on Puget Sound. Putting in a good day on Vashon Island time. Wed, 16 May 2012 17:03:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/5886/how-to-prune-raspberries http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/5886/how-to-prune-raspberries#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:46:57 +0000 Tom http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/?p=5886 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Early spring before full bud break is the right time to prune raspberries, and there is a system–one that hopefully simplifies the process so you are dining on delectable homegrown little gems this summer (and toasting my tutorial). Raspberries are a fruit that rewards you if pruned regularly, or better yet, if pruned thoughtfully. My favorite [...]

]]> http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/5886/how-to-prune-raspberries/feed 17 http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/3366/pruning-raspberries-gardenings-whos-on-first http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/3366/pruning-raspberries-gardenings-whos-on-first#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:47:39 +0000 Tom http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/?p=3366 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Winter pruning efforts can yield a summer of raspberry rewards. But before you start licking your chops prematurely, let me offer a little tutorial on how to cut back raspberry canes to encourage bountiful harvests of juicy berry bombs. Keep your eye on the prize; prune today, eat tomorrow. Raspberries are an egalitarian fruit, as [...]

]]> http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/3366/pruning-raspberries-gardenings-whos-on-first/feed 35 http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/2467/late-season-raspberries-falling-for-fall-gold-caroline http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/2467/late-season-raspberries-falling-for-fall-gold-caroline#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:38:17 +0000 Tom http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/?p=2467 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } The harvest window for my Tulameen raspberries is all too brief, so brief in fact that my sister plans her visits based on picking time. (And I’m sure she comes to see me as well.)  Since one month won’t sate my appetite for raspberries, I’ve planted two late season raspberry varieties to extend the harvest: Fall Gold and Caroline.  Though both raspberries are [...]

]]> http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/2467/late-season-raspberries-falling-for-fall-gold-caroline/feed 27 http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/2001/toms-top-ten-reasons-to-grow-raspberries http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/2001/toms-top-ten-reasons-to-grow-raspberries#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:56:42 +0000 Tom http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/?p=2001 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Raspberries beat the pants off just about anything I grow. Strawberries are whiners; peaches beyond picky;  apples moonlight as pest magnets; and grapes grouse to be pruned. I love them all, but the raspberry is the most effortless of the bunch. If you fear there’s  little green in your thumb, the raspberry may be a good [...]

]]> http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/2001/toms-top-ten-reasons-to-grow-raspberries/feed 35 http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/1875/recipe-raspberry-sherbet-is-a-sure-bet http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/1875/recipe-raspberry-sherbet-is-a-sure-bet#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:07:20 +0000 Tom http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/?p=1875 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } In my world of skills you need to know, making homemade ice cream is right up there with CPR, changing a flat tire and treading water.  And since I love to grow and eat fruit, I extend that need-to-know requisite to the making of sherbets as well. I think it may be the best use of a berry this [...]

]]> http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/1875/recipe-raspberry-sherbet-is-a-sure-bet/feed 27 http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/194/raising-canes-tulameen-raspberry-is-a-juicy-choice http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/194/raising-canes-tulameen-raspberry-is-a-juicy-choice#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:22:00 +0000 Tom http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/?p=194 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Clockwise, starting bottom left: Tulameen raspberries 1) in my garden mid-July, 2) swimming in homemade ice cream, 3) sharing counter space with a pint of golden raspberries and 4) calling me to breakfast in the company of cream and sugar. It may be our ‘gift’ of cloudy skies or the loamy soil kindly left behind by thousand of years of glaciers not [...]

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