Raspberry Bliss…
Raspberries! Raspberries! Raspberries!
It is such a great year for berries. I guess they liked the cool wet spring and early weeks of summer and our lower-than-average mid-summer temps have shown favor to the berries as well.
The rest of my garden? …not so much!
Our spring/summer weather has been very hard on most of the garden but I’m still enjoying it and I think it’s beautiful.
And…it’s not over yet!
The raspberries though are certainly the gift that keep giving and giving.
Truly a delight of summer!
They are also a beautiful addition to flower arrangements.
My nephew, Joel {1}, has discovered the rewards of finding the red berries. We have a new row that his dad planted this spring and it is just the right size. He toddles his way along ‘his row’ and finds all of the red berries.
I’ve come to a sad realization this year. Making jam is horribly expensive {and involves WAY TOO MUCH sugar!!!}. It’s a good thing that I don’t have to buy berries or containers. I grew up with freezer jam and so have my kids but it’s slipping into more of a for-special-occasions thing around here.