Berries!! Reaping what was sown...

So two years ago I started a real garden. I mean, for real, I dug up an area of our yard, put in a raised bed (two actually), and planted berries. I planted raspberries and blueberries. (I also have one of those hanging strawberry planters.) Just to clarify, I love berries! I am a sugar-holic and would be a fruititarian - as my parents termed my brother when he would eat nothing but fruit - if my organs and pocketbook could take it. Last year, I picked many raspberries and discovered that they really need a trellis to support their 7 ft height.

This year with our early spring and summer, I am actually in town to partake of the wonderful fruits. For the first time, one of my blueberry plants actually is starting to create berries, and the raspberries have gone crazy! A good kind of crazy. I have been going out every day to pick a handful/bowlful of berries. I couldn't go on Saturday, so on Sunday I got to collect two day's worth of berries - 4oz - and there are still many unripe ones on the bushes! So what did I do with those 4 oz? Save them for a healthy snack the next day? Nope, I ate them all in one sitting, not an hour later. They were fantastic!

A few days ago, I got the first strawberry that I could and yesterday I picked off 9 more. Healthy snack today! Yippee!! Now if only I had the patience and ability to make a larger portion of our yard into a garden, think how wonderful that would be! Oh, and a hot house, and a whole area devoted to butterflies, and more consistent composting, and.....

All photos copyright Katrina Kouba Boles

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