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Backyard blackberries
Jul. 18th, 2008 11:23 amDoing somewhat better this morning, though not very productive. One of the other employees checked in a change that has broken the application in such a way that I can't run anything. On the other hand...it gives me time to post a picture of the Backyard Blackberries.
These are the crop from yesterday morning. We have been delightfully deluged in berries this year. So far we've got almost two full gallon-size ziplocs of them in the freezer, we've baked one blackberry oatmeal crumbly thing, we've eaten bowls of fresh blackberries with sugar almost every day, we've given some away, and they're still coming.
Blackberries have been a small daily joy through this otherwise rather difficult summer. This weekend, there will be pie. And probably blackberry ice cream as well.
Four or five years ago, Tammie gave me two thornless blackberry bushes in those one-gallon pots you get at Home Depot or Lowes. I planted them in the corner between the garage and the sidewalk.
Not much happened for a few years. Last year we had a total accumulation of about one gallon of berries at the end of the season, having picked 3-5 berries a day and eaten very few of them. I made a pie.
This year, though, they've gone berserk. We fenced in the general area where the plants are growing, to keep the dog out of them, and have let the volunteer canes come up where they will. At the end of summer we'll need to cut back the old canes or the area is rapidly going to become impassable.
These are the crop from yesterday morning. We have been delightfully deluged in berries this year. So far we've got almost two full gallon-size ziplocs of them in the freezer, we've baked one blackberry oatmeal crumbly thing, we've eaten bowls of fresh blackberries with sugar almost every day, we've given some away, and they're still coming.
Blackberries have been a small daily joy through this otherwise rather difficult summer. This weekend, there will be pie. And probably blackberry ice cream as well.
Four or five years ago, Tammie gave me two thornless blackberry bushes in those one-gallon pots you get at Home Depot or Lowes. I planted them in the corner between the garage and the sidewalk.
Not much happened for a few years. Last year we had a total accumulation of about one gallon of berries at the end of the season, having picked 3-5 berries a day and eaten very few of them. I made a pie.
This year, though, they've gone berserk. We fenced in the general area where the plants are growing, to keep the dog out of them, and have let the volunteer canes come up where they will. At the end of summer we'll need to cut back the old canes or the area is rapidly going to become impassable.
