First Berries
The first blackberries of the year are in. I picked them today and have them washed and ready for eating...on my cereal, in a pie, or all by themselves.
We didn't call this place Blackberry Ridge for nothing!
From the looks of the vines, it's going to be a bumper crop. The primary thicket is all along our road, but now we have bushes popping up down our side fence line.
We didn't call this place Blackberry Ridge for nothing!
Those look yummy. You'll enjoy them, I'm sure. I hope you get all you want before the birds do.
Posted by: CountryDew | July 17, 2008 at 06:10 AM
I picked my first batch of the year last Thursday, and made a cobbler out them later that night. I still have two big patches of Poison Oak (one on my left arm, and one other smaller one on my right) to prove it!
Posted by: ronbailey | July 17, 2008 at 06:30 AM
Mmmmmmm.....Yummy!
Posted by: Kerri | July 17, 2008 at 06:39 AM
Oh, I am ready for some berries!! beautiful, delicious shots!
Posted by: Mar | July 17, 2008 at 06:43 AM
They are just starting to ripen here. We have managed to pick enough wild blueberries to make a pie and have some left just for snacking on! I bought some raspberries at the Farmer's Market yesterday. Between them all, I am sure we will have bumbleberry pie today! Mmmmmm...berry time is a good time!
Posted by: Kahshe Cottager aka Jen | July 17, 2008 at 06:57 AM
SNP is known for its blackberries - they serve blackberry cobbler, ice cream, syrup, and just plain blackberries in the lodge dining rooms.
Posted by: BirdLady | July 17, 2008 at 06:57 AM
They are just starting to ripen here. We have managed to pick enough wild blueberries to make a pie and have some left just for snacking on! I bought some raspberries at the Farmer's Market yesterday. Between them all, I am sure we will have bumbleberry pie today! Mmmmmm...berry time is a good time!
Posted by: Kahshe Cottager aka Jen | July 17, 2008 at 06:58 AM
That sure looks like plenty of berries to come your way!
Wonderful!
Cheers, Klaus
Posted by: Klaus | July 17, 2008 at 07:03 AM
The clicks are awesome. Enjoyed them through and through.. thanks for sharing
Posted by: Misanthrope | July 17, 2008 at 07:44 AM
These look wonderful! We both did blackberries today but mine is quite different from yours. I think I prefer the kind you have here. I love the last one of them close up on the vine.
Posted by: Robert | July 17, 2008 at 07:57 AM
Oh yummy! I'm envisioning all sorts of wonderful desserts and treats.
Posted by: Sandpiper | July 17, 2008 at 08:30 AM
Our farm as a girl had an apple and quince orchard and as you walked to it lined with blackberries and raspberries. My mother made the most incredible blackberry cobbler and pies(I don't even come close ) and on the ground as you walked were wild sweet strawberries. I can see it like yesterday Quiet Dell, Wva..fields of daisies and black-eyed susans. That was and is a golden lifestyle ..
Posted by: sandy kessler | July 17, 2008 at 08:53 AM
Blackberries - yum! I did a post too and I've others this week. Must be a bumper crop this year.
I love the last photo of them up close!
Thanks for visting my Project Black today.
Posted by: Carletta | July 17, 2008 at 10:08 AM
Oh yummy these look good, we don't have anything like that growing here.
Posted by: Lilli | July 17, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Yippee! I'll be right over! Those look so good!
Posted by: Lisa's Chaos | July 17, 2008 at 10:25 PM
Those look YUMMY!!!
Posted by: Laura | July 17, 2008 at 10:32 PM
I've never picked berries before. Something I'll like to put on my Wish "to-do" list.
Fresh berries with cereal...heavenly!!
Posted by: napaboaniya | July 17, 2008 at 10:53 PM