Welcome The Volunteers
There's nothing better than volunteer fruit--especially when it's my favorite fruit. I was thrilled when I saw these fat black berries peeking out from a weedy patch in my little field.
When I spied them last week, they were red and I thought they were raspberries. That was okay, but I like blackberries better. You can imagine my delight when I walked out there and saw them transformed to that nice dull black luster.
Can you spot those black nuggets of sweetness in that field of green?
There will be blackberry cobbler tonight!
Isn't it interesting that the blackberries that I am growing deliberately are still green, while the wild blackberries are ripe for the picking?
Apricots and blackberries are two of my favorite fruits, with cranberries coming in a close second.
What's your favorite fruit? Do you fix them any special way, like pies or smoothies?
I am a lazy cook at best, but blackberries are the one fruit that I am willing to go through the trouble of using in a recipe. My dream is to someday make blackberry preserves.
Finding tasty volunteers on your homestead is like finding treasure.
LOL! It doesn't take much to make me happy, does it?
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Pssst...There's a Killer Campaign post tomorrow.
When I spied them last week, they were red and I thought they were raspberries. That was okay, but I like blackberries better. You can imagine my delight when I walked out there and saw them transformed to that nice dull black luster.
Can you spot those black nuggets of sweetness in that field of green?
There will be blackberry cobbler tonight!
Isn't it interesting that the blackberries that I am growing deliberately are still green, while the wild blackberries are ripe for the picking?
Apricots and blackberries are two of my favorite fruits, with cranberries coming in a close second.
What's your favorite fruit? Do you fix them any special way, like pies or smoothies?
I am a lazy cook at best, but blackberries are the one fruit that I am willing to go through the trouble of using in a recipe. My dream is to someday make blackberry preserves.
Finding tasty volunteers on your homestead is like finding treasure.
LOL! It doesn't take much to make me happy, does it?
***
Pssst...There's a Killer Campaign post tomorrow.
Comments
I think blackberries and cherries are my favorite fruits.
I'm overflowing with berry envy. Enjoy!!!
But the vines are welcome to roam my field. I love it.
My favorite fruits are melons, cherries, and grapes.
Have a good Thursday.
I'm anxious to see how they do.
See, Dru. I'm all ready for you. :grin:
I would have planted cherry trees, but my nursery was sold out by the time I went in. I'll try again in the fall.
Nice to live out of town though, it is cool to find naturally growing wild anything for me, even if I do not eat it!!!
jackie b central texas
Mangos, guavas and papayas, most of all. If coconuts count as a fruit, the big orange ones where you drink the sweet water and slice off a piece of the outer shell so you can scrape and eat the even sweeter white pulp.
And then there are the fruits for which I don't have anglicized names - nel-li, which is so sour it puckers your mouth, and amberella, which has to be eaten unripe and peeled first. Plus, its seed is large and sprouts fibers, which are annoying if they get caught between your teeth.
But the fruit tastes tart and tangy and unforgettable. It makes good chutney too.
Ref: grapes
No kidding? I didn't realize they could be so invasive.
This is going to be my first experience with grapes. Hopefully I've given them enough room.
Ah, you like the exotic stuff.
I used to be a HUGE fan of mangoes but one year I had a serious run in with poison ivy. After that, I became allergic to mangoes. My lips swell up like Angelina Jolie.
That wouldn't be so bad but they also itch like crazy.
Mangoes and poison ivy share the same family.
At first I refused to believe it was the mangoes that set me off, so I did an experiment and rubbed just a tiny slice of the cut fruit on my top lip. Within 24 hours it swelled up.
Allergen confirmed. No more mangoes for me. :(
I miss seeing it in our backyard though because the birds loved to nest in the "jungle" that the vines created and I love to watch our bird population fairly close rather than in the forest around us...
jackie b central texas
My least fave memory was when we found the ticks that were from the vines in our clothes and attached to our bodies.... :(
jackie b central texas
Ref: favorite
Hm, I guess blueberries and apples would be at the top. Don't think I've met a fruit I didn't like, LOL
As to what I do with them -- assuming they make it into the kitchen without me eating them -- why, pie of course *wink*
Ref: pie tins!!
I forgot all about that trick. Thanks for reminding me.