FREE Blackberries...You Pick and Haul

[theGinsue]

I used to pick gallons of blackberries (with plenty of thorns) back in MO but when I was stationed in MA, I ran across a good sized patch of the largest blackberries I'd ever seen. There were also some raspberry bushes nearby. We got a gallon or two of the blackberries but it sucked wearing heavy denim and long sleeved shirts in the heat/humidity of Massachusetts summer to get them without too much thorn damage.

Looks like you've got a gold mine in summer flavor there Bailey. Enjoy! And remember, a fine cobbler ain't just a good shoe maker.

[Bailey Guns]

I've already issued the orders to Mrs BG. Not surprisingly, she signaled to me I was #1.

[clodhopper]

I used to pick gallons of blackberries (with plenty of thorns) back in MO but when I was stationed in MA, I ran across a good sized patch of the largest blackberries I'd ever seen. There were also some raspberry bushes nearby. We got a gallon or two of the blackberries but it sucked wearing heavy denim and long sleeved shirts in the heat/humidity of Massachusetts summer to get them without too much thorn damage.

Looks like you've got a gold mine in summer flavor there Bailey. Enjoy! And remember, a fine cobbler ain't just a good shoe maker.

Spent my adolescent years in Lexington MA. The train tracks near my house were lined with wild blackberries up to 10 ft or so tall. My dad fashioned long hooks from coat hangers to pull down the long branches to reach the berries. He also put a string on milk carton with the top cut off so you could put it around your neck and have two hands free to pick. Always felt like summer when dad pulled out the berry tools and hung them on the peg in the garage. I spent a lot of time picking berries as it was something to do away from parental oversight. We ate a lot of cobbler and about anything else that you could make with blackberries. My mom would cook them down into syrup for pancakes and ice cream topping. Yummy.

[GilpinGuy]

BG I see a lot of properties for sale by you have berries and fruit trees. This is good stuff.

[Bailey Guns]

Yep...

The area here in the valley is turning into quite the grape/wine producing region. Lots of local vineyards producing their own wines. Some of it's pretty good.

[Irving]

My wife says you should go on a blackberry cleanse.

[BladesNBarrels]

Goat, berries, wrapped in grape leaves... mmm-mmm-good!

[buffalobo]

Hard to loose on the goats, looks like you got plenty of feed.

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[Bailey Guns]

Mrs BG's first attempt at blackberry cobbler. Yes...it was good. With a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Hell, yeah...Happy Birthday America.

[Gman]

When live gives you thorny bushes covered with berries....nom nom nom.