[geeks] Greenery and brambles...

[Mike Hebel]

Greg A. Woods wrote:
> We always burned the old canes to make sure any diseases that might have
> been starting on them were eliminated for certain.  Old raspberry canes
> burn hot, fast, and furious -- being able to help to do the burning was
> part of the incentive to doing the scratchy hard work of cutting out the
> old canes!  (especially on freezing cold fall afternoons!)

Kind of like our pruning time in the orchard she had there.  Apple 
branches burn _hot_.  Totally fun!

> Maybe your Grandma removed the canes herself without you knowing!  ;-)

Entirely possible. I recently found she kept much hidden from me because 
of my mother.  Including my Romanian heritage on that saide of the 
family. ;-)

Mike Hebel