Could watch this all day....

We love our berries and are excited that we finished laying mulch and planting strawberries for our new SCRI focused on improving end-of-life outcomes of plastic mulch in strawberry systems. 🍓 #mulch_matters

Check out our newest newsletter! Love the facelift! 👇smallfruits.wsu.edu/plastic-mulche…

What a fun article about Washington strawberries and expanding production! 🍓 seattletimes.com/business/agric…

Playing with some new toys that a grower let me borrow for a blueberry trial. I love our supportive grower cooprators! 🫐

When worlds collide! 🤩 My berry pollination and mulch interests collided while listening to Dr. Hanna McIntosh's fantastic exit seminar! Fantastic and impactful work!

Blueberry flowers and pollen need heat protection too! fruitgrowersnews.com/news/mitigate-…

Soon we will stop pinching flowers and let these beautiful 'Albion' plants fruit 🍓! We will monitor how these soil biodegradable mulches impact growth, yield, and even important arthropods (pollinators, pests, and other beneficials)!🐝

Our swag for the ISHS Rubus and Ribes symposium, to be held in the beautiful Pacific Northwest in less than a month! 🤩 web.cvent.com/event/0064cf11…

Typical summer traffic jam during raspberry harvest season.

I love raspberry season in northwestern Washington! For this trial we are looking at the effects of calcium fertilizer on yield and fruit quality. We pick every other day through July.

'WakeHaven' fruit is really coming off nicely and yield is ramping up!

Just a typical, beautiful day in the berry fields of northwestern Washington. 🍓🫐

Program and tote bags for ISHS Rubus and Ribes are packed. My office is a disaster zone (and hopefully my brain is a little more organized). Thankful for a supportive program and know we are going to host a great event in the PNW!

ISHS Rubus and Ribes 2023 in Washington and Oregon. Hope people are having a good time!

Knowledge sharing and making new friendships at #RubusRibes2023. Special thanks to our fabulous keynotes. ❤️

ISHS Rubus and Ribes is done! We had 170 attendees from 27 countries and great industry representation. What an honor to co-convene with David Bryla! #RubusRibes2023

New Extension Pub on Minor Fruits in western Washington! pubs.extension.wsu.edu/minor-and-unco…

So happy to be a member of NABC! 🫐 Thank you for the invitation!

We have been busy and you can read about some of our efforts in this recently published paper, "Building Agricultural Knowledge of Soil-biodegradable Plastic Mulch" doi.org/10.21273/HORTT…