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Paul E. Schoen

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From: "Paul E. Schoen" <pst...@smart.net>

Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 01:52:55 -0400

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Subject: Re: first blackberries of the season

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"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> 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

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