New Addition - Passion Vine

That right there is a teeny little passion fruit on the brand new vine I just got. Welcome to the family!  I had a question before on whether or not every passion vine made fruit or not. I never did find a definitive answer online but I noticed at the store that there were 2 different tags on the plants. One plant said passion flower.One plant said passion vine.

 
 The plant that said passion vine had the little fruit on it and it was the only one left. All of the other plants said passion flower and there was not a fruit in sight on any of them. Coincidence?   The 1 year old vine I have now has big beautiful flowers and no fruit. I thought at first that maybe it just needed a season to mature then set some fruit. But then why would this tiny little plant already have a passion fruit on it? 

Even if my hunch isn't correct, the flowers are so amazing that I won't mind having another vine in the yard.  But imagine if the new vine does get a fruit or two, how cool would that be?

New Addition - Blackberry

Woo hoo! Thornless blackberries!  The agriculture extension office in our area says that blackberries need to be planted in the fall and then over-winer to establish roots prior to the spring growing season. I've been wanting a blackberry patch for the past 5+ years and just never got around to it, until now......

There is so much conflicting info on the internet about these berries. I've read that they take over the entire yard, then immediately read another person say theirs didn't. I've read that they propagate underground with runners and then read that is only true with wild blackberry varieties. Supposedly, the domesticated brambles only spread if the tip of the branch hits the ground. Then I read that was not accurate. At this point, I have no clue what to expect. Which may be a good thing, keep a little adventure in my life! 

So these fellas went into a brand new mini raised bed that The Hubby set up for me.  They went in about 2 months ago and I'm just getting around the introducing them. I'm surprised by how they looked when we first bought them, they look pretty bad in comparison. I'm trying not to freak out! I keep telling myself that they're settling in and not supposed to be doing much growing.....

 Maybe I'm overly hopeful?