I was at the feed store on saturday, and they were selling blackberry and raspberry plants. Wait, let me emphasize the bit I find odd*, they were SELLING these plants.
Here’s why I find this so odd. See my yard?
It’s a mess (this is why I don’t give you wide view shots of my yard very often). We took down all the pine trees three years ago, and haven’t done anything since the stumps were pulled. There are 3 year old saplings and brambles everywhere. See the white?
See it?!??
We are going to have QUITE the fruit harvest this year. I’m thinking about putting out a scale, a change jar, and a “pick your own berries” sign…
*Yes, I know the domestic plants have much larger fruit, blah blah blah. I still can’t imagine buying the suckers**
**pun intended
I personally like the sweet-tartness of the wilder versions. Lots of childhood afternoons with my pony in the woods picking them too – good times.
I pick blackberries and raspberries with my dogs – and they get pretty good at eating the berries right off the canes!
We’ve got the same thing going on in our yard. As a matter of fact, I’ve got blackberries growing in my flower garden that I should have pulled *last* year…
I’ve got blackberries in my flower garden that I pull every year. It doesn’t seem to help…
We have many rasberry bushes bordering our acreage also. I love raspberries but every year I get to taste very few of them. The birds seem to swoop in and eat everything before I can have a share. This year I’m going to put on my long sleeves carefully avoid the poison ivy get a few
of my favorite berries.
I have to compete with the chickens and wild birds for my berries! I honestly don’t know how we manage to get so many…