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How not to pick blackberries

July 5th, 2006 at 02:39 am

1. In shorts
2. Without bug spray
3. With two children who eat faster than you can pick

Owwwww....
For all my hard labor today, I have three and half quarts of blackberries to share and/or sell. I probably would have a quart more had the kids not been with me, but what a learning experience for them. They were a lot of fun to show which berries to pick, to help me find more bushes, and to wipe the purple off their faces when we got home. Tomorrow, I hit the bushes again...and again in a few more days, and again, until the blackberries are all gone.
There is something in blackberry picking that appeals to me in suc a frugal way. I mean, free food, no strings attached, completely mine for the taking. I can take as much as I want, and nature will make more. I get started and I cannot stop until my buckets are overflowing and I have no more room for more. Maybe it's the solitude of being in the woods, maybe it's the thoughts of blackberries on my cereal in the morning, or the lure of trying to make a profit selling them at the farmer's market - but tomorrow, I'll be back out there again...in pants, though. Smile

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3 Responses to “How not to pick blackberries”

  1. Thrifty Ray Says:
    July 5th, 2006 at 03:04 am 1152068683
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    Ouch is right...we have wild blackberry bushes in our yard and they are thorny if anything...and those thorns are the pointiest and pokiest...I could not imagine tackling them in shorts!!! (But boy, are they yummy!)

  2. princessperky Says:
    July 5th, 2006 at 02:04 pm 1152108295
    1152108295

    sounds wonderful! (well other than the shorts part..) I so want to plant some

  3. LuckyRobin Says:
    July 6th, 2006 at 10:23 am 1152181423
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    I just put in thornless canes this year. I don't think they will have anything until next year, but the idea of thornless blackberries really appeals to me. I grew up picking the thorny kind, albeit in long sleeved shirts and pants, boots and gloves (so I was a bit wimpy, but those thorns hurt).

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