Berry time @ Glen Mar!

It's berry time! 2nd batch of black raspberries. Batch #1 was on 7/4. The larger berries are as big as a nickel.

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Jammin' @ Christmas time!

I usually make my black raspberry jam in September but never got around to it. Ircink family pierogi gathering this evening and I wanted to get some jam to my aunts and uncle. 23, 8-ounce jars. 32 last year. I swear I had the same amount of quart bags of raspberries. I did have the same amount.

Odd.

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Blueberries. 2014.

First black raspberries of the season! Popped overnight. Yeahhh for me! 

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First batch.

Black raspberries at Glen Mar. Half a quart. Lots more to come. Last year I made 20, 8 ounce jars of jam. We'll see....

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Why seek thee the living among the dead?

Fresh mulberries from the cemetery. Thanks, Bernie!

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Strawberries Feel...

...scrumptious. Refreshing. Figure it out. Wash'em. Cut'em. And throw some sugar on and let sit and it's a fairly quick, easy summer snack. Thanks, Mom.

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Apple of her eye.

Nina's apples. Thanks, baby.

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Cranberry, adj., "a complete and utter idiot"

#7 definition of "cranberry" from the Urban Dictionary online. That's not the "cranberry" I was thinking of when I picked this puppy up at an antique store in Santa Barbara last weekend. It's a reproduction, but a nice conversation piece from my home state.

Did you know that cranberries are a native species to Wisconsin and are the state's leading fruit crop both in terms of acreage and value? I didn't. Cranberries are produced on about 13,600 acres in 19 of Wisconsin's 72 counties (1996 statistic).

So next time you pop a cranberry in your mouth, think of me and Wisconsin. And the next time you cross paths with an idiot - just call him/her a "cranberry".

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