Wild Raspberries- Weeds or Tasty Soil Builders? Yes!

Wild Raspberries Rubus idaeus are super common on and around the acreage. They grow in sunny areas when they get a chance with other native shrubs and forbs, in grass and shrubby areas at woodland edge and even under larger trees to some extent. They seed into all manner of garden beds too and grow rapidly. I don't worry much about them: I enjoy the berries when I find them, as do birds, insects and (I presume) rodents etc. When they are growing where I'd rather they didn't, I just pull up stems, which usually come with some but not all of the roots, so they'll often sprout again. The pulled stems/leaves might be dropped on garden paths as mulch, tossed in compost, or added to dead hedges etc. In any case they are producing lots of biomass which will go back to soil building in cultivated and wild parts of the acreage. Shot around the Cross-quarter Day as part of my Mara's Day observances, I'll add this to the coming blog post that will pull together all the videos, photos and words