>"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:486FFF39.DCB1277D@hotmail.com...

>> John Larkin wrote:

>>> We scored a couple of cups in a lane nearby, so I made a pie. Mo calls
>>> it "Pie Descending a Staircase."

>>> ftp://66.117.156.8/Pie.JPG

>>> There are tons of flowers and green berries, so it should be a good
>>> year. We're going to need a lot of vanilla gelato.

>> My garden is full of them. Too many to be honest but the wildlife love
>> the
>> cover and my neighbour likes it because it helps her bird spotting. She
>> says it's attracted some quite rare species in recent years. We have one
>> hell of a 'dawn chorus' here some days. I heard such a fascinating
>> birdsong abour 3 mo. ago I was seriously tempted to get my MD and record
>> it. It was astonishing. I just stood there for 5 -10 minutes rivetted by
>> it. I can think of worse worse ways of being woken up.

>I have 2.5 acres of very hilly terrain, mostly woods, but there is a meadow
>that is surrounded by wild raspberries that are just now really getting
>ripe and wondefully sweet. I mowed most of the grass/weeds in the 1/4 acre
>or so that is fairly clear (with a 32 x 64 ft fenced area for my dog), and
>the ripe berries along the edges were very tasty treats that I could pluck
>when I went by. The best ones seem to be too far back in the bushes to
>reach easily, and are protected by their own thorns as well as poison ivy,
>but I'll figure a way to get at them before the deer and the coyote (and
>the birds) do. What about a piece of plastic pipe with an ID about the size
>of a raspberry? Maybe I can put one end in my mouth and suck the berries
>off the vine? Schlurrpp!

>Paul