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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • Depends on the part of MN you are in. I’m in New England, zone 5B. MN ranges from zones 3-5. You can plant them now, but may or may not get any fruit from them before this year’s frost. Some varieties fruit twice in a growing season, some don’t, and new plants rarely produce in the first season.

    I planted a single small cane in my front yard 3 years ago. I got nothing in year 1 because I planted it in September/October. Next season I got some small canes and a few berries. Last year I got more berries and a couple more canes. This year the canes are finally coming up full height, and I’m expecting a pint or more berries in late summer. I get a couple snacks each day I check my garden.

    My intent is to break up my front yard into a fruit forest/garden, since I hate mowing crab grass and hate the concept of a mono-culture grass-only front lawn. It never grows like that anyways, so I embrace the diversity.

    If you let the others in this thread scare you about them “taking over” or being too thorny, just know you can always prune (or dig), and there are varieties that are less thorny.
















  • If your portfolio is down that much over that period of time, you are likely not making good investment choices. S&P500 is up like 50% since 2021…

    Your losses or lack of portfolio growth isn’t really something to complain about online without more info on what your asset mix is. Unless your goal was just to complain, and not get any advice from helpful anons that are having more success in investment choices.

    It’s invested in total market funds, some tech, some big cap companies, and healthcare

    Tech, big cap, and healthcare are already part of the total market funds, so you’re over-weighting (taking excess risk) by investing that way. Assuming you’re pretty young based on time in market, you’d be fine with just the total market fund, until you have more experience with the market or just want a set and forget, for a while.