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A Berry Fruitful Morning
Another gallon of blackberries in the freezer , and I only lost a couple
ounces of blood and gained a handful of chigger bites ... What I expected to be an hour and 3 pints or so turned into 3.5 hours well , I actually stood in the road talking to the new neighbors for about 3/4 hour and over a gallon of berries . I waited 3 days this time to pick , which it turns out is a mistake . Too many over-ripe berries , pluck one and another falls too .. And I sure ain't diggin' around in the weeds for a few berries , there's bugs and snakes and stuff down there ! So from now until they're gone it'll be every other day . And of course I'm not picking it all , the birds and other small critters get their share . After all , they're the ones responsible for us having the plants all over . Speaking of all over , I noticed today that we have new canes growing in areas that were bush hogged year-before-last by the utility company in their easement for power poles , they keep the trees 30 feet away from the lines so next year there'll be more places to pick . This year has been a banner year for wild fruit , we've had just about the right mix of rainy and sunny days . The blackberry patches are still covered up with unripened fruit . I expect to harvest at a minimum another 4-6 gallons over the next few weeks . And if all the muscadines on the vines make it to maturity , we'll be havin' all kinds of fun makin' wine , jelly , and my wife has a great juice recipe .. I may have to buy another freezer for what we won't have time to process/room to store ! -- Snag I guess tending wild fruit patches counts as gardening ... |
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