Hi, I am new to raspberry gardening, but not new to gardening, and I have a couple of questions.

1. I just planted my bare root raspberries, and was wondering if I could get a quick crop of lettuce or radishes down the sides of the bed while I am waiting for the r-berry canes to break dormancy.

2. I grow quite a few roses, and I give them quite a bit of veg. and fruit scraps from the kitchen as well as eggshells dug right around the dripzone. Do raspberries benefit from trench composting methods at all?

Thank you.