Think I Killed My Blackberries

[oneshot]

These are the city ones you know Thornless Big Ones.

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[MOPanfisher]

3 hours ago, Quillback said:

They grow like some kind of super power alien invader on the wet side of the mountains in Washington.  They would take over anything, empty lots, pastures, logged out tree farms, it's nuts.  Based on those dang things thriving it that cool wet weather, this should be a great year for them here.  

My grandma made a killer black berry cobbler.  Vanilla ice cream on top of warm cobbler, man that was good.  

And nobody seems to pick them.  I remember standing at the edge of a parking lot in Portland OR and picking and eating them.  People looked at me like I was insane.  Well they culd have been right but they was big beautiful blackberries, couldnt just walk on past.

[Dutch]

26 minutes ago, oneshot said:

These are the city ones you know Thornless Big Ones.

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Mine were also.  I tried 3 varieties and couldn’t stand any of them.  

[Terrierman]

Give me wild blackberries.  The kind that come with plenty of thorns, a few ticks and a good dose of chiggers.  They're worth it. Black Gold when it comes to making a real blackberry pie.

[BilletHead]

10 hours ago, Terrierman said:

Give me wild blackberries.  The kind that come with plenty of thorns, a few ticks and a good dose of chiggers.  They're worth it. Black Gold when it comes to making a real blackberry pie.

    Definitely more tasty. Same with the little wild raspberries, strawberries too.

[oneshot]

Oh everything Red with the Strawberries. It was a fight between me Deer and Turkeys over the Blueberries.

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[Terrierman]

2 hours ago, BilletHead said:

    Definitely more tasty. Same with the little wild raspberries, strawberries too.

And gooseberries, the little sour devils....

[Johnsfolly]

4 hours ago, Terrierman said:

And gooseberries, the little sour devils....

@BilletHead gooseberry jam 😉

Delicious!

[oneshot]

2 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

@BilletHead gooseberry jam 😉

Delicious!

Had a woman make Gooseberry Cobbler for me all the time.

All these women killing me with Love.

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[BilletHead]

                 Ahhh yes we love our gooseberries. 

  How about this @Terrierman and @Johnsfolly.    We have wild ones we mow around in the yard,

    Then we have a patch of Pixwell Tame gooseberries. It is an old patch now that still puts on many fruit but I really should start a new patch,   Then three years ago Planted three Hinnonmaki red gooseberries. They did fruit some last year but did just pick to snack on. They have a hint of grape flavor. This year a great crop. Just waiting for them to turn red. Excited to make some jam out of them, 

      Pat picked some of the pixwell and we stemmed them one evening and pitched them into the freezer. I don't think we could of squeezed another berry in the gallon bag,