We've got a bunch of dead branches in our yard, and we were thinking it'd be nice to rent a wood chipper to clear them out and get mulch in return. However, when we called up the only place in town, they said the price was going to be $100 plus extra if you can't haul it yourself (we can't)! That's obviously way too much. But we wouldn't need it for anywhere near an hour, either (and the fee to rent it all day wasn't that much more than the hourly fee). Would anyone else like to go in on renting a woodchipper? I've found one other person already. I figure if we could get at least two or three more it'd be affordable. The policy would be, you chip it, you get to keep the mulch.

I live at the west edge of the Twin Cities. I grow 4 older cultivars, for ten years now. The site info is correct in that they do not sucker and are not invasive in that way, but they are invasive by seed in our area. Birds LOVE these berries! My bushes are netted before they turn color, and every berry is picked, whether I use it or not. Otherwise I will find them popping up in various places in the yard. Please, take heed! Every few years I cut them back severely to keep the size more manageable for netting. The species is quite variable. General taste is a mix of blueberry and grapefruit. I am very surprised the site does give any info for size or shape of the shrub, or bloom time. Obviously, the different cultivars you pick for cross pollination need to overlap their blooming season. "Tends to bleed" means you will get purple hands when you pick them. But Borealis would be my pick of the lot too. I have one cultivar who's bloom time hardly overlaps with the others. Consequently, it does not produce much fruit. I would pull it out and replace it with a Borealis if you decide to order, but only one. I could easily drive to New Brighton.

Here's the link Here is a link that might be useful: KT's Chat room

I've been away so long and had a few hard drive crashes so I've lost all of my links. I tried last night to get in with the link that you posted Patti because I wanted to catch up with all of you but it brought me to a blank page with a red X. I used to go to the other site and I hadn't been there in so long that I was banned for not posting LOL. So if we don't get to chat I just wanted you to know that I've been thinking about you and THANK YOU Patti for all of the little things that you still sent to me over the years...your bookmarks, your pins, cards etc. You've never forgotten me and it really did mean alot in some really trying times. I would love to catch up sometime with you all, Patti 2