Nov '25 • Stump Auntie Vicky
OY! Those Blackberries!
Just for full disclosure, I love blackberries. I love to forage for them when they are OUT of the garden space. They are tasty and oh so healthy. But there is a scrubby area just off of the property where I am designing a permaculture food system. Blackberries spread through runners and are invading the garden space.
So today's Stump Auntie Vicky:
Figure out how to manage the invasion of the blackberries.
The challenge:
They are coming in from a "city owned" space that is unmanaged.
The property owner has physical limitations that do not allow intensive management of invaders.
The process:
As a part of the clean up and prep for fencing, I will be cutting back the blackberries and digging out
as much root as I can. (They are medicinal, so I will be using them.)
Over the next few weeks, I will be researching management techniques that hopefully will keep the
blackberries in the wild areas where they contribute to the abundance of the area without becoming a
management problem.
The Question:
Can I develop a win-win plan? Or do I owe the owner of the property a STUMP AUNTIE VICKY prize?
Put your 2 cents worth in the comments.
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OY! Those Blackberries!
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