Raspberries are finally in the ground

The Boy and I planted our red raspberry plants today.  It's nice to finally see them get moving away from the house.

As with all the other permaculture additions, we used a three-part mix of native soil, Leafgro, and shredded mulch.  After a few hours of work, our raspberries are all in a line.  Once that was completed, we watered all the raspberries (roots, not vegetation) and blueberry bushes.

I can't help but feel a level of pessimism, though.  With freezes coming and our just planting the raspberries, there will be next to no depth to the roots to help keep the plants alive this winter.  I did what I could by adding a fair amount of mulch around each plant.

If we make it through the winter with even one of those plants, I'll consider it a "win."