Black Raspberries

One day's picking...

9 jars of jam

1.5 gallons frozen

Can't forget the pie!

Until next time...

Strawberries!

This is only the second year for our strawberries, but they sure have done well!

This was the first night we picked...

We all enjoyed a bowl of ice cream and berries that night

The next night we enjoyed a strawberry pie

Then, after the next pickin', I made 15 jars of strawberry jam.

And after the third pickin', I made 9 jars of strawberry-rhubarb jam and froze about a gallon-sized bag of berries to use in pies later!

Until next time...

Yumm-O

On Friday morning my friend Carla called and invited the kiddos and I to join her and her girls at the local strawberry patch.

It's hard to believe that the strawberry season is almost over - and it's barely the middle of May! (It's typically just starting at this time)  But the berries were red and juicy and sweet - and we were able to come home with 8+ pounds!

Dallas helped me in the kitchen that afternoon.  He smashed the strawberries as we prepared to make 12 jars of jam.

I also made a pie...

And the rest we ate straight from the container!

Until next time...I'll be watching my own patch grow