sher wrote:
5) I'd like to also plant some raspberry bushes. Do they do OK along
a fence, or does that inhibit harvesting the backside of the plants?
Also, how wild can they get? I don't want them sending shoots into my
neighbor's yard.

I've planted a bunch of raspberries and yes, I do regret putting my
first plantings right up against a garage wall because when the plants
are all out and bushy...yes, it is hard to get to fruit at the back.
I'm in zone 3/4 and I've had no problems controlling them...if you
ignore them, they WILL spread but not so fast that you can't catch them.
(unlike Mint, which seems to be able to spread ten feet/three meters a
year)
A simple 8 inch/3 cm. plastic barrier along the property line seems to
halt any raspberry invasions...raspberries are very shallow rooted.

Thomas Dz.