The kids and I have been trying to go on walks around the neighborhood while the weather has been so nice. We try to incorporate a bit of blackberry picking during these walks. We scoped out a potentially good picking spot that we could come back to with the Husband, when he had some time off. Two Saturdays ago, he finally had some time off so we could go! The cool thing is that the patch is within walking distance of our home and nobody has touched it, so I do not feel at all bad about getting free blackberries. It would be terrible to let them all go to waste ;)
Lulu did a great job of picking! She picked more than I did and only ate a few. We let her get the low berries.
Sticky did enough picking to accomplish this and a few more stains on her hands and clothes.
We picked enough berries for me to make this:
This past Friday we were able to pick raspberries, my personal favorite. We went to a u-pick farm and picked 4 pounds! I told the Husband we needed enough to be able to eat as many as we wanted for a few days and make a pie. I guess we should have picked more, because we did not have enough for a pie. We might need to go back and remedy that.
Once again, Lulu did a great job picking.
I picked a few more than her this time, with the help of Smiley.
Sticky did a lot of this
At one point I had to rescue her empty bucket from in between the rows. It must have been holding her back.
We also were able to pick a few tomatoes and some corn. YUM! Sticky picked a nice green tomato and carried it around with her the rest of the morning. I'd like to try fried green tomatoes. We'll see if it seems worth it for one tomato.
The girls had so much fun. We are definitely going to try it again before the season is over.
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