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Post by fernwood on Jul 11, 2019 6:41:30 GMT -5
Black Raspberries are here, about 2-3 weeks later than normal. These are located just outside my front porch door.   I looked below the leaves and found these.  Black Raspberries have always been my favorite berries. They make an awesome pie, either on their own, or paired with Currants. Have also used them to make pancake/waffle syrup and jelly. Have been picking almost daily and freezing. The raspberries by my wood shed still have a ways to go. Was looking through old photos and by this time last year, I had picked several quarts.  |
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jimaz
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Post by jimaz on Jul 11, 2019 11:50:41 GMT -5
Yummy!
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Post by greig on Jul 11, 2019 11:55:46 GMT -5
I am so jealous. Our season is so far behind this year that mine have not even started to flower.
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Post by fernwood on Jul 11, 2019 12:00:13 GMT -5
I am so jealous. Our season is so far behind this year that mine have not even started to flower. I feel your pain. |
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agatemaggot
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Post by agatemaggot on Jul 11, 2019 12:00:47 GMT -5
Our Berries are late this year also, there are miles of them growing along the RR tracks up on the Mississippi River.There is a 20 ft. band of them between the tracks and the bank !
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agatemaggot
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Post by agatemaggot on Jul 11, 2019 12:01:17 GMT -5
Our Berries are late this year also, there are miles of them growing along the RR tracks up on the Mississippi River.There is a 20 ft. band of them between the tracks and the bank !
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Post by Rockindad on Jul 11, 2019 14:47:33 GMT -5
MMMM. We have mostly strawberries, not that I can get too many before the kids scarf them down.
Al
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Post by greig on Jul 16, 2019 12:50:12 GMT -5
MMMM. We have mostly strawberries, not that I can get too many before the kids scarf them down. Al My wild and domestic strawberries are now ripe (a month late). My problem is not kids, but chipmunks. They are attracted to the red colour, take a bite and then move along. You would think they would learn that they don't really like them, but nope...Funny thing is both the chippies and squirrels love mulberries. However, something about tomatoes and strawberries that make them bite and spit out. |
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Post by fernwood on Jul 17, 2019 3:46:24 GMT -5
Interesting. There are many pick your on strawberry farms by me. I see chippers running around near them, but have never seen a berry with a bite out of it.
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Post by drocknut on Aug 13, 2019 10:19:25 GMT -5
Just saw this thread. Hope your berry season is going full swing now. I love love love berries, especially raspberries and strawberries unfortunately the only kind of those I get here are in the grocery store and they taste like they were all picked too early. No flavor.
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 14, 2019 9:07:42 GMT -5
Tammy's Raspberries did great this year with many pounds harvested.. Strawberries did do well, so had to buy a few flats... We picked blackberries a few weeks ago, got enough for her jelly making..
Cherries didn't do good this year, but the grapes will harvest great though...
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Post by fernwood on Aug 20, 2019 7:11:13 GMT -5
I am watching the grapes. Still not ripe yet.
Got about 2 lbs of raspberries so far from my bushes in yard. Harvesting daily.
The storms kind of ruined the plums and apples. Wind knocked almost everything off the trees. Still have about a dozen Honey Crisp apples on one tree. Last year that tree had over 200 apples.
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