July 4, 2009 - The blackberries have almost finished blossoming and the fruit is formed and growing
beautiful berries. The plants look great and the rows are beautiful walls of lush green foliage with clusters of
green berries. It's hard at this point to give a precise date as to when the first blackberries will be ready to pick but
our best guess is sometime the week of July 20th. Please check back here that week for more precise information.
In the meantime, if you have blackberries and/or raspberries still in your freezer,
now is the time to be using them up to make room for a fresh new crop.
The raspberry plants look very nice and the first blossoms are starting to open. Before
long the patch will be buzzing with the sound of busy bees pollinating all the flowers. The prolific rains we had been
getting earlier in the season have been appreciated but now the plants are thankful we have turned on the irrigation
to make up for the lack of natural rainfall.
Do you have a favorite berry recipe you would like to share with others? We are going
to develop a "Favorite Berry Recipes" page here on the web site. If you would like to share yours with others, bring a readable
copy to the farm, or email it to us. Please include your name and contact information.
Please bookmark our web page so you can easily find us again (the address is a little
cumbersome).
