Jun 28 2010
Berry Season Has Arrived
Last year was a dismal year for wild blackberries and raspberries, so it was exciting to see all the fruit budding on the thorny bushes this Spring. We have hoped for a bountiful harvest as we’ve watched and waited with great anticipation for the first signs of ripening.
As I was walking down the road from checking in a guest today, I spied the glimmer of bright red mixed in amongst the greenery….and sure enough upon closer inspection I saw the first of the ripe wild raspberries! Oh my heart gave a quick leap, but may have been second to my outstretched hands as they plucked sweet, juicy tidbits and stuffed them in my mouth. Visions of fresh wild raspberry on my cereal and in my dinner salads entered my mind; what didn’t enter was the fact that I was in a tank top, shorts and crocks or at least it wasn’t until I was waist deep into brambles did that fact catch up with my brain to override my quest for the really plump ones just a couple steps further in.
Foraging will begin again tomorrow albeit with long pants and sleeves properly adorned.
Jana
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