Every summer in Olympia, WA.  I would pick a pair of old tennis shors to sacrifice to the blackberry stains gods!  Heehee.  I miss those acres of wild blackberries.  There is nothing like that here in the Gulf South.  There are blackberries, but they are puny and too few to do much with.  ?
To this day, my sentimental favorite dessert of all is blackberry cobbler with melted vanilla ice cream.  Mmm
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                                        We had much more of the hybrid black raspberries in Upstate New York. No one else seems to have heard of them.
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                                        And I still do.
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                                        @Sheannutt I have some growing in my garden so don't have to take a road trip.
@Sheannutt I've been picking on mine for a couple of weeks now. Of course, I'm sharing some with the birds, squirrels, and a friendly tortoise that comes by every now and then.
@Sheannutt Patience. Here, they are normally ready to be picked around the 4th of July.
@Sheannutt That reminds me. I need to go pick some now, for the health of the fat critters running around here.
@Sheannutt Only got a large handful. I have a 4' x 5' blackberry bed. Had big plans of making a cobbler, but they haven't rippened in mass for me to do that. I like them in cereals and on ice-cream. What do you do with the ones you pick?
@Sheannutt Yes, I bet you are.
Beware the chiggers .
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                                        Posted by FrostyJim...I have enough room for a few good people.
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Posted by FrostyJimI needed to preserve my bell peppers so I made Indian chutney last night.
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Posted by FrostyJimMoose family munchin' on my Raspberries right now at about 8:30 on Tuesday night!
Posted by FrostyJim3 giants total over 3 lbs! Bush Early Girl hybrid grown in my Wasilla Alaska zone 4b greenhouse...
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