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[oliver2-44 9,743]

Can you guess what I’ve been doing?Ill be back tonight with more pictures and my wife’s recipe

[Ed Kennell 38,158]

Blackberrys ?

[1995 520H+96+97 937]

Beets.

[squonk 41,079]

Sanding the candy paint of @WHX24's 702? 

[ebinmaine 67,455]

A big mountain goat grabbed your favorite quart of raspberries and you stuffed your hand down his throat to get them back

[ebinmaine 67,455]

The rest of you can stop guessing now because I've obviously come up with the only possible correct solution

[oliver2-44 9,743]

Well @ebinmaine you in the outer ballpark, you got the "berries" part correct. However as far as that mountain goat part I shot one of them here in the Hill Country about 10 years ago and they are one smelly animal.

Now @Ed Kennell, he nailed it. My Black Berries are producting and boy are they loaded.

I planted this 10 ft row about 3 years ago.  The first 2 years that took hold, but didn't produce much.  

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This year I followed some advice to give them lots of water and fertilizer starting early/early spring. 

soI've had a soaker hose on them since late February.  I'm toal they love chicken poop fertilizer, but I don't have chickens. 

So the've got Miracle Grow once a week.  

My wife's away at the moment, but when she returns I'll add her Blackberry Pie recipie to the Recipe Thread.  

It's sort of a custart pie that scrumchious warm with iBlue Bell ice cream and almost even better cold (can you say left over pie for breakfast)

 

[953 nut 55,198]

4 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

Blackberrys ?

[Ed Kennell 38,158]

9 minutes ago, oliver2-44 said:

 

Now @Ed Kennell, he nailed it. My Black Berries are producting and boy are they loaded  I'm toal they love chicken poop fertilizer, but I don't have chickens. 

  

 Blackberry Pie recipie to the Recipe Thread.  

 

 

I don't have horses, but  there is  a horse boarding farm 2 mile from me that gives it away and loads it for free. 

   Mine berries  won't be ready for another month, but I just had a piece of blackberry/apple pie made with last years berries. 

[Stormin 9,981]

  We don't cultivate blackberries over here. They grow wild in hedge's, woods, in fact anywhere they can. They call them Brambles up here in the north.. We don't just have them in pies, Carol makes bramble/blackberry jelly as well.

[ebinmaine 67,455]

We don't each much for sweets around here so any fruits are enjoyed fresh.

Usually.

 

When I was young my grandparents had a few acres of open land with a garden.

The only thing NOT fenced in was the raspberries. They grow so aggressively my grampa would keep them in a row he mow around.

 

[Ed Kennell 38,158]

Our forests are covered with wild blackberries  also, but the cultivated berries are 3-4 times as large and are thornless and free of poison ivy making them much easier to pick.

My one row along one side of the pole barn produces plenty of fresh berries for family and friends.

  I also freeze about 20 quarts each year for winter deserts.  Jim @oliver2-44, if you have extra berries, you may want to try this.

I wash them in cold water and drain them in a colander, then spread them out on baking trays.  After one day in the freezer, they are poured into a plastic bag for freezer storage.   They keep very well for use all year.

 

[squonk 41,079]

I have a small black berrie bush but I never get anything ripe until August.

[WHNJ701 4,165]

I put a big berry garden in last year, heritage red raspberry, gold raspberry.  

in addition to blueberry and strawberry.

in the wild there we have, wineberry, blackberry and whatever escaped from gardens.  

I tracked down some old/wild blue berry bushes on a property. I moved 2 over last year and they are flowering already.  I am getting more heirloom variety plants, see how they do.  

[Pullstart 62,840]

Mrs. P. And I took a walk across Grampa’s field last week and found about 1/4 mile long berry patch 20-30’ deep!  I’m so glad for that FEL, I plan to drive it around the field and fill ‘er up!  We use our maple sugar to make jam.  Talk about amazing stuff!

[Ed Kennell 38,158]

7 minutes ago, pullstart said:

  We use our maple sugar to make jam.  Talk about amazing stuff!

Will this be in Steve's recipe thread?

[oliver2-44 9,743]

@Ed Kennell

Sorry for the delay, my wife had a busy week and I finally got the recipe, which was pasted down from her Mother.

 I'll post this in the recipe thread as well.

 

 (My Wife's Mom’s) Blackberry Pie

Place blackberries (fresh or frozen) into an unbaked pie shell - should have approximately 2-3 layers of berries in the shell (about 2-3 cups).

1/2 c. flour

1 ½ c. sugar

1/8 t. salt

2 eggs, beaten

½ to ¾ cup evaporated milk or cream (I use evaporated milk – mixture should be thick and creamy)

 

Mix above ingredients thoroughly and pour over berries.

 

Let stand 10-15 minutes while preparing the following topping:

 

6 T. flour

6 T. sugar

3 T. butter

 

Work these with a fork until the mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle over the top of the pie.

Cover the crust edge with foil to prevent it from over browning. 

Bake 1 hour (or longer) at 325 degrees – the center usually rises slightly when baking is complete.

 

 

 

Edited May 16, 2020 by oliver2-44

[Pullstart 62,840]

On 5/9/2020 at 9:19 AM, Ed Kennell said:

Will this be in Steve's recipe thread?

got the ingredients for some jam, Ed!  We need more, but will try again tomorrow for berries

 

 

[Ed Kennell 38,158]

I just came in from picking also.   I didn't need a FEL to haul mine home.....I got about a pint.

 

You have a much better crop than I have.....and better help.    

[Stormin 9,981]

 Had raspberry crumble and custard for pudding at the farm today.

[The Tuul Crib 7,336]

On 5/8/2020 at 7:53 PM, Ed Kennell said:

 

I don't have horses, but  there is  a horse boarding farm 2 mile from me that gives it away and loads it for free. 

   Mine berries  won't be ready for another month, but I just had a piece of blackberry/apple pie made with last years berries. 

Mmmmmmmmm!!!

[Ed Kennell 38,158]

We got some rain last week.       The berries are finally starting to ripen.

[oliver2-44 9,743]

This year has been a bumper crop for blackberries. The pictures were about the 1st of May. We picked berries for about 3-1/2 weeks and they are done now. I have about 20 ft of vines along a fence. My wife froze at least 6 gallons of berries and we also gave fresh ones to neighbors. I wish I knew what made it such a great berry year so I could do it again. I did put in a sprinkler system last year and have been watering the vines one a week since March- early spring. I also have sprayed the vines with miracle grow a couple of times. 

[Ed Kennell 38,158]

My blackberries are in full blossom.   

 

  I have been watering as we are in a severe drought.    The red raspberries are looking good and should be ripening next week.

 

The few strawberries  that developed were eaten by the rabbits and robins. 

   Pears and apples are looking  OK and have survived a couple late frosts.