Yesterday was a beautiful day here - not too hot, not too cold, and not humid...in the lower 70s. We thought it would be a good day to go out looking for blackberries again. We didn't find as many ripe ones as we were hoping, but we found enough to tide us over until we got home for dinner. We left at about 4:30pm and got home at 6:30pm...it was a wonderful afternoon. We found new places to pick blackberries although we usually only found them in bunches of 5 or 6 ripe ones at a time, at most. It looks like there is another variety of blackberries that are not ready yet. They are much smaller and some are still white. Maybe in a week or two we will be going back for those. The bushes with those were full of berries, so I hope they are good and will ripen soon!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Hunting for blackberries again
Yesterday was a beautiful day here - not too hot, not too cold, and not humid...in the lower 70s. We thought it would be a good day to go out looking for blackberries again. We didn't find as many ripe ones as we were hoping, but we found enough to tide us over until we got home for dinner. We left at about 4:30pm and got home at 6:30pm...it was a wonderful afternoon. We found new places to pick blackberries although we usually only found them in bunches of 5 or 6 ripe ones at a time, at most. It looks like there is another variety of blackberries that are not ready yet. They are much smaller and some are still white. Maybe in a week or two we will be going back for those. The bushes with those were full of berries, so I hope they are good and will ripen soon!
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yep... two kinds of blackberries!
The ones you have now grow close to the ground on sticky vines... we call them "dewberries." The ones ripening in a week or two are true blackberries. They grow on the tall canes. Those also tend to be bigger and not have so many seeds. Enjoy!
What a great a picture of you and the kids! It captures the spirit of your family so well. :)
Are you taking your four-wheeler with you to Oklahoma?
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