If you haven't followed my blog, I am a berry picking fiend. I love making jams, wines, and syrups from the bounty around me. This year I am super excited as the buffalo berry bushes on our prairie property have berries. Last year a late frost crushed all hopes of a harvest. This year I see jam in my future. Unfortunately, the area received golf to baseball sized hail. I am not sure how things on our property fared. We had just been out there to pick currants and check our game camera. I can tell you my husband's pickup did not fare well. It was a pretty terrifying experience being trapped in a pickup during a storm with hail that large.
On the home front, I am busy with Juneberries and raspberries. I don't think the raspberry harvest will be as good as last year. Everything is a balance, as I didn't have any Juneberries last year.
We too are busy berry picking. Your Juneberries look a bit like our blueberries.
ReplyDeleteThat hailstorm sounds horrendous - I hope that the fawns were OK.
Doesn't seeing woolly catapillers mean something? I can't remember my weather lore. The berries are wonderful. I do love it when its time to pick berries. What a lovely kind. I have never seen those before.
ReplyDeleteI am still picking tomatoes and cucumbers. The cucumbers are about done though. I hope you have a great week.
Tomatoes,cukes, summer squash and a few peppers .Think that is a Tussock moth larvae.
ReplyDeleteI hope the pick up wasn't damaged by the hail. I'm sure the noise was scary enough. No more harvests for us since we moved last year. I enjoy reading about yours.
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