Blackberries are a big part of my summer. All through July as we walk with the dogs or drive around, we're scouting out the best blackberry patch. We have a few that we return to every year to pick, but we're always on the lookout for more.
Some people hate blackberry vines in their garden but I've left room for one patch in a corner so I can go out and pick a few for my cereal. I like their soft mauvy-pink blooms and the strength of their stems. And I like watching the way the buds turn to flowers and then to little green berries.
Looks like the bees like them too.
My favorite thing of course is the fully-ripe berry with its intoxicating scent and wild flavor. Around the end of August we set aside a couple of days to pick the berries and make jam, plus at least one pie. They're ripening early this year. I even found a black one and it's only July.
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ReplyDeleteYum Blackberries....love them. Nice photos to be sure.
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We call them Brambles here and I too noticed a few ripening when I walked up the lane yesterday. I will be watching very carefully as when they are ready I will be harvesting some for wine making!
ReplyDeleteI love blackberries! Wonderful shots of them forming and ripening. I'm drooling!
ReplyDeleteThey look lovely and I bet that they taste even better!
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ReplyDeleteAND they're good for you, too!
ReplyDeleteGreat shots. Theese are called "SOLBÆR" in norwegian ;)
ReplyDeleteA lovely post, Joanna--I can almost taste those blackberries now. Great photo of the blossoms--I didn't realize what pretty blooms they had.
ReplyDeleteI love blackberries too. We had a huge tangle of blackberries at the end of our house and usually could only pick the berries at the outer edges. Last year we had our house foundation repaired and after all the bull dozing and grading thought all the black berries were gone, especially since I laid down thick cardboard and wood chips to keep the slope from washing away. But the blackberries are back. Right through the cardboard and chips. I had started planting roses there. Now what am I going to do?
ReplyDeleteHaven't seen any black ones yet...I do like those 'development' photos. Very nifty.
ReplyDeleteI'm ready for those delicious looking berries would make. Yummy B
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blooms!
ReplyDeleteI used to pick wild blackberries, but I'm nervous about pesticides and weedkillers these days. Lovely to have some in your garden though!
ReplyDeleteI love blackberries, too. I like picking them, baking with them, and eating them. Wish I had some in my garden. I'll have to remedy that lack.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Blackberries, and can't wait for jam every autumn!
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