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Old 03-05-2003, 03:32 AM
Dwayne
 
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Default Wild Blackberries

They also make outstanding jelly/jam/syrup, etc. When we lived in Arkansas
they were a breeding place for ticks, chiggers, and snakes. I mowed off a
large part of my 7 acres, and transplanted some in a row of about 100 ft. I
put up fence posts and wires to tie the canes to. Put tick granules around
the area they were planted and mowed routinely. We had no problems with the
above mentioned pests.

During the second year I froze 10 gallons, sold 2 gallons, let friends pick
another 4 or 5 gallons, and the wife used several gallons to make jam and
cobbler out of.

Have fun. Dwayne
"Lar" wrote in message
. ..
In article ,
says...
We have wild blackberries all over our land (11 acres). Didn't even

know
those pesky stickers would give way to berries until I just happened

to look
down and saw them. My question about them is...Can we pick a batch of

them
when they're ripe and make cobbler from them? Or are they just good

for the
birds but not humans?


Mother's day weekend you will be eating cobbler!
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Good judgment comes from experience,
and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.


Lar. (to e-mail, get rid of the BUGS!!