It’s the first day of January, and instead of staying indoors, I’m outside in my garden digging out raspberry plants. With a rare dry winter day, I decided to finally tackle a job I’ve been procrastinating for a long time.
In this video, I show the reality of removing established raspberry plants from a small kitchen garden, including how invasive the roots really are, how they grow in heavy clay soil, and why planting them in a tight space was a mistake. This was a tough, physical job and a real learning experience.
I also share a quick winter update on my garlic and onion seedlings growing in modules, plus my plans to move the raspberries and rhubarb to the allotment where they’ll have more space to spread.
🌱 If you’re gardening in the UK, working with clay soil, or wondering whether raspberries are right for a small garden, this video shows the honest side of it.
In this video:
– Digging out raspberry plants in winter
– Raspberry roots spreading under raised beds
– Growing raspberries in clay soil
– Kitchen garden mistakes & lessons learned
– Garlic and onion winter update (modules)
– Preparing plants for the allotment
Thanks for watching and happy gardening 🌿
👉 Feel free to share your own experiences with raspberries in the comments 💚
⏱️ Chapter Timestamps:
00:00 New Year Gardening & Today’s Tough Job
01:11 Why I’m Dreading This Raspberry Task
01:35 Garlic & Onion Update (Winter Success!)
02:44 The Plan: Moving Raspberries to the Allotment
03:28 Prepping Pots Before the Chaos
04:04 Digging Begins (First Cuts & Regret)
05:29 New Canes Everywhere… Uh Oh
06:01 Battling Membrane & Compacted Soil
08:19 NEVER Plant Raspberries in Small Spaces
09:00 First Plant Out (Root System Shock)
10:05 Can Raspberries Grow in Heavy Clay?
14:44 The Root Beast Under the Raised Bed
24:28 One Left… and I’m DONE
27:51 All Raspberries Out (Mostly!)
29:51 Will Raspberries Grow Back? (Important Warning)
31:06 Bonus: Rhubarb Is Alive 🌱
📍 Location: Chichester, West Sussex, UK
📅 Filmed: 1st January 2026
👩🌾 Hosted by: Aga @MyWindyGarden
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10 Comments
Have you ever tried digging out raspberry plants?
I honestly didn’t expect the roots to be this invasive 😅 Let me know your experience 👇🌱
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"F-ing raspberries" 😂. I know nothing about raspberries but I have a local tip, Chalcroft nurseries in bognor will have their seed potatoes in a few weeks, last year they had over 90 varieties, who knew there were so many 😲
The tool you described @11.50 sounds like an Auger, hope you manage to get enough out to stop them growing back, good luck 👍😊
Those raspberry roots are brutal 😄 This was a great reminder of how important spacing is especially in a small garden. Super helpful watch, thanks for sharing the real side of it!
Nice video. Please, please get rid of the awful music like when you were digging the raspberries up.
Hi loved it subbing happy gardening Richardx
such a lovely video, you can really see how much care and effort goes into this garden. Very inspiring!
So beautiful garden 🏡
Beautiful view of the video here ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤