Last year I put out my first 6 raspberry plants. I had no experience with growing them so I thought I would start slow. We had berries from mid August till frost and I was very pleased with how easy they were to grow and how long and much we harvested from first year plants. So much so that I decided to get 6 more plants this year.
I was just out in the garden pulling back the straw from where last years plants grew just before dark this evening and I counted at least 25 little raspberry plants coming up through the soil and that was just over about half of the bed. With the 6 more I will plant this week or next we should have a lot of berries this year if all goes well.
Update 4-7-05
Those 25 starts have turned into 100 and counting. Time to clean out the freezer