I had a nightmare the other night that all the marionberries had ripened and been picked already. I was facing the prospect of actually buying jam ALL YEAR LONG. It terrified me.
After two days of worry and trying to shake my residual fright, I decided to face my fear. Even though there wasn’t time in the day at all, I dragged the two youngest kids out to Sauvie Island to see for myself. (Francis is in bike camp this week). We picked for an hour or so, but it was obvious that the berries will be in the field for another week or maybe even two. Ahhh. Sweet reprieve. I am going to make it. Midnight berry picking will not be necessary. Life is kind sometimes.
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I certainly understand your concern about Marionberries and hitting the right time. While we were down in Ashland a continuing nagging worry was that all mine were going to be ripened and gone by the time I got back. Fortunately, things are slow this year so we returned to berries that were simply thinking about being ripe in a couple days. Life is good!
July 28th, 2010
I also think about being ripe.
July 28th, 2010
Yummmmm!
July 29th, 2010
I have been picking my two bushes for about 2 weeks and they are starting to wind down. But I have a lot of beautiful packages of berries in the freezer ready for cobblers and scones. I can’t bring myself to make jam yet cause I am always afraid I won’t have enough frozen berries to make it through the winter. Maybe next year?
July 30th, 2010
Here are the fears that the love of berries bring us. Maybe we love too much!
July 31st, 2010
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