So another color beckons me
Again while mowing down meadows yesterday my eyes noticed something ripening. The black raspberries were mostly gone by now of course. But plants that bore nothing of interest in mid June now attracted me with a splash of red. Could it be?
Yes, Red Raspberries. I resolved to pick some today, but alas although warm, it rained most of the day. Finally at 7:30PM it stopped raining and with only an hour and half of sunlight left I grabbed my coffee can and went picking.
I beat the deer this time as many plants still have immature berries. However, I could hear the deer walking around me and snorting hust out of sight nearby. Also heard were the clucks of a Tom turkey herding his flock nearby.
Sadly it began to rain again almost as soon as I started picking, so I retreated to the house with what I got.
Spice for my Cheerios. Addendum for my protein shakes.
Psst, don't tell Tomato Girl. She likes these more than she does tomatoes.
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No way to get them all 'raspberry girl.' Feel free, dig in. Race the deer and the turkey and the fox and the possum and the other birds and critters. I already got more than enough for my cereal this morning.
Grandmother has been gone now for a number of years, but when ever I see raspberries ,I always think of her and the delicious treats she would make up with them.
would love those raspberries on my cheesecake
Okay, this may confuse and sorry about that. The plant on the bottom with the red berries. That is NOT red raspberries. Those red berries are immature Black Raspberries.
The plant on top with the lighter green (and more rounded) leaves those IS a Red raspberry plant. With practice you can tell them at a glance as when mature one will have black raspberries and the other one will have red raspberries.