tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825350522967687917.post1308302489453944895..comments2023-04-10T20:01:22.371-05:00Comments on Cats, Sticks and Books: The Road to Hell, and fruit!dale-harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03802162735113365804noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825350522967687917.post-51314569469058533092009-07-12T13:31:49.639-05:002009-07-12T13:31:49.639-05:00They are a Rubus species. ALL Rubus are edible, b...They are a Rubus species. ALL Rubus are edible, but maybe not delicious. The spray issue is a good point, but in your own yard you should know what has or hasn't been applied. I learned this in a camping/outdoors class. The plant is identified by the placement and shape of leaves (and often thorns).<br />The leaves are fairly distinctive. The plant grows in disturbed land, as animals with soft lips won't browse it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825350522967687917.post-17252776754155526442009-07-11T06:13:04.975-05:002009-07-11T06:13:04.975-05:00We've got a black raspberry patch that started...We've got a black raspberry patch that started from one 'rescued' berry plant years ago. Ours aren't ready till late July.<br />Black raspberries were the only kind of raspberry I was familiar with - we used to go berry picking when I was a kid. Pies, jam, etc, were made, then the excess frozen for winter goodness.<br />The first time I saw a red raspberry, it was hard to convince me it was RIPE...gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208168224439515489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825350522967687917.post-25634380058093007852009-07-10T19:40:33.909-05:002009-07-10T19:40:33.909-05:00::*blinks eyes*::
Good heavens, those are edible?...::*<i>blinks eyes</i>*::<br /><br />Good heavens, those are edible? I have them in red and gold, too.<br /><br />Next you're going to be telling me those purple things hanging in the mulberry tree are edible, too!Alwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200150883889857882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825350522967687917.post-6979733622457070842009-07-10T10:10:15.439-05:002009-07-10T10:10:15.439-05:00They look so tasty.They look so tasty.Jamweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17941317821226471196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825350522967687917.post-52641881116933020912009-07-09T23:29:09.978-05:002009-07-09T23:29:09.978-05:00For the record: I am in NO hurry to get the stash,...For the record: I am in NO hurry to get the stash, and am perfectly content to wait another 40 or 50 years. I haven't even figured out what to with my own considerable (but unorganized) stash - more's really the last thing I need (OY!) ;)<br /><br />Welcome back, Mom!Lovely Daughternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825350522967687917.post-54475865107138967092009-07-09T22:03:13.745-05:002009-07-09T22:03:13.745-05:00I'm glad you're back, too. And, enjoy the...I'm glad you're back, too. And, enjoy the berries! I love berries.Randihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08576739996111882420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825350522967687917.post-80131271707128613672009-07-09T18:09:32.508-05:002009-07-09T18:09:32.508-05:00oh they do look yummy!oh they do look yummy!CTJenhttp://knittinginterrupted.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825350522967687917.post-71947132679716118322009-07-09T16:31:06.172-05:002009-07-09T16:31:06.172-05:00Yum for black raspberries!!!
And welcome back fro...Yum for black raspberries!!!<br /><br />And welcome back from your *cough*...er, sabbatical.Kitty Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15317748778908267428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825350522967687917.post-32038372282469865162009-07-09T16:23:10.947-05:002009-07-09T16:23:10.947-05:00Oh how I've missed you and am glad that your l...Oh how I've missed you and am glad that your last post was not your "last" :)<br /><br />You know, I believe that I have the very same berries - acres of them. I always forget about them, but something tells me they are never ready until fall. Now I think I will have to investigate our berry situation. Who knows, I could have a plethora of potential jam just sitting there right in my yard.cheesehead with stickshttp://cheeseheadwithsticks.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825350522967687917.post-73143396111395374302009-07-09T16:02:49.636-05:002009-07-09T16:02:49.636-05:00Agree with Kat and Beth. The birds left you a wil...Agree with Kat and Beth. The birds left you a wild treat to grow in your garden! We scavenge those from the woods whenever we run across them. Warm from the sun....yum!<br /><br />I've heard them called 'brambles', black raspberries and blackberries...but the blackberries I see in the store do look different. Here's what I found from a Cook County IL naturalist:<br /><br />The easiest way to tell raspberries and blackberries apart is by the <br />berries and the canes. As they mature, the fruits of both change color <br />from green to red to deep purplish black. However, the ripe raspberry <br />is a cup that slips from a central knob or core. In the blackberry the <br />core is part of the ripe fruit. The cross-section of a blackberry cane is a <br />five-pointed star. The raspberry's is circular. Also, the latter is dusted <br />with a silvery powder that rubs off with the touch of a finger.<br /><br />Based on that, I think what I'm familiar with are black raspberries. Because the fruit slipping off is familiar. But now I'm curious -- next time I see some! (There's a walk I take through our local marsh, a mile from our house; there are some brambles there; will investigate.)<br /><br />(and at the bottom of the Cook County naturalist page, a riddle which I will pass on to you, although you know the answer now:)<br /><br />Q: What is green when it is red?<br />A: A blackberry!Cathy-Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10437656660389420017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825350522967687917.post-8245076903762813802009-07-09T11:30:05.971-05:002009-07-09T11:30:05.971-05:00Those are wild blackberries (at least, that's ...Those are wild blackberries (at least, that's what we call them). We have them growing EVERYWHERE; they are the very definition of "invasive". They are incredible when ripe, but I'm not sure the ones you picked were really ripe. The test is when they practically fall off into your hand when you give them the slightest tug. Their taste makes me think of fantasy flowers, but I seldom get to eat them -- the birds get there first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825350522967687917.post-10159433550148675822009-07-09T11:29:44.637-05:002009-07-09T11:29:44.637-05:00Yay! You're back! I really missed your posts.
...Yay! You're back! I really missed your posts.<br /><br />Glad you identified the berries. From <a href="http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/1999-10-01/Edible-Wild-Plants.aspx" rel="nofollow">Mother Earth News: Foraging for Edible Wild Plants: A Field Guide to Wild Berries</a> "<i>No aggregate berry (those, like raspberries, that are made up of clusters of juicy little drupelets) is poisonous to man or beast.</i>" Tell Lovely Daughter hands off the stash for a few more decades.Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7825350522967687917.post-58563000498168158312009-07-09T11:15:08.941-05:002009-07-09T11:15:08.941-05:00You silly goose. I used to eat those all the time ...You silly goose. I used to eat those all the time when I was on back-road bike rides as a teenager. YUM. Now I don't dare, because the bushes/trees might be sprayed. But there are some along the Glacial Drumlin Trail that I ride between Lake Mills and Jefferson.<br /><br />Try to collect enough to make a tart. Good luck not just gobbling them up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com