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

Humor

After the day I've had...mostly just fighting with Adobe Flash and being completely unsuccessful, I just need something that will make me laugh.

Well, I found The Onion's Greening the Iraq War on The Daily Green and it is just what I needed:


Right up there in wacky news...I found out last night that the Pyramid in Memphis, TN is going to become home to Bass Pro Shop. To quote Becky when we found out this news, "that sounds like an SNL sketch." Really, how bizarre is that. But I guess it's green...reusing building currently in disuse.

And, now for a more serious, but also really good video on the effects of the Iraq war:

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I highly recommend watching more of their all-GFX videos, as they are really very interesting and well done.