First sign of Summer?
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Are they mulberries?
That is one of the things that instantly makes me think of summer, when they start to ripen and fall onto the sidewalks and trails I walk.
All good responses. I’ll go with when my yard starts to brown. Not totally dormant, but when it starts going in that direction. To me…it’s “spring” until then.
Summer to me = windows closed and AC cranked. Open windows is April-May and late September-early November.
This is the way.Eh, eat 'em right off the bushes. You're denying yourself all kinds of protein your way!
Thanks for the replies.
I will eat some today, but if this happens to be my last post because you all lead me astray in order to get rid of me please know I still appreciate you all and the evilness that you all worked together with in order to poison me.
LOL
I will eat some today, but if this happens to be my last post because you all lead me astray in order to get rid of me please know I still appreciate you all and the evilness that you all worked together with in order to poison me.
LOL
When the Grimes Sweet Corn trucks are out. That's when I know summer is really here.
But only until my allergies and subsequent asthma issues start up. Then the windows get closed and the AC & filtering get turned on.
They could also be blackberries, what the Brits refer to as "brambles".
The most obvious difference is that ripe raspberries pop off the vine cleanly and easily leaving a hollow fruit. Blackberries are more tightly held to the vine even when fully ripe.
The most obvious difference is that ripe raspberries pop off the vine cleanly and easily leaving a hollow fruit. Blackberries are more tightly held to the vine even when fully ripe.
I have a secret patch in the woods near me that I need to visit and see how it is doing. It is about 85% black raspberries, 10% red raspberries and 5% blackberries. All incredible but a lot of work for the yield since they (raspberries, at least) have much smaller fruit than the store bought monsters. But the amount of flavor more than makes up for it.
Are you sure they aren't mulberries?
That looks like them. Are they safe to eat?
Those should be fine to eat. We planted about a half dozen raspberry plants along the side of the house about 10 years ago, knowing they would spread. Fast forward to today and the plants now are wrapping around to the back of the house. It's not unusual to pick a couple hundred berries each night at my house during the peak season.
Where I live, the berries are just starting to ripen. Picking season will likely start this weekend
