Friday night, DH and I decided to see if any of the black raspberries were ripe. Soaked ourselves in bug repellant, took a bucket out and...
20 minutes later had about 4 1/2 POUNDS of black raspberries.
Washed them off good... We probably ate another pound... And then turned them into a pie (no sugar added) and some preserves (one jar...More to come!)... And when Mom and I looked last night, there were almost as many ripe again!
Me - 39, situational depression
DH - 41, depression, PTSD... Disabled Vet
Raven - 18M, PC, lives with bio mom
Onyxx - 16F, depression, PTSD, bipolar, FINALLY in behavioral RTC!!!
Jett - 13M, ADD/LD/FAS (?!), typical teen with sprinkles - UGH
Possum, Squirrel & Bubbles - LOLCats and LOLDog
Yummy!
JJJ
Kanga DD#1 GFG Schitzoaffective; out of our home since 2008 Thank God!
Eeyore DS#1 age 16 PCish, PDD-Aspergers; Vyvanse 70mg, Trileptal 600mg, Celexa 40mg
Piglet DD#2 age 14, PC ADD; Adderal 20mg, Ritalin 20mg PRN
Tigger DS#2 age 12, strong-willed indigo child; Autism & Epilepsy; Clonodine .2mg, Lamictal 300mg, Ativan 1mg
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Yum!
My raspberry bush in the backyard will be ready in about 2 more weeks. I'm looking forward to a good harvest, if the local wild rabbits don't get to them first.
Enjoy your raspberry pie and preserves.
Me: 43 yrs old "Aspie-lite".
DH: 55 yrs old, love of my life.
Step-D: 34 yr old girl. Growing up, at last!
GFG: 22 yr old boy. Asperger's, Bipolar, Seroquel SR. Lamictal. Not my bio-son, but MY boy. At long-term RTC since 11/01/07
Little PC: 10! yr old boy, SID, Aspie, Anxiety, Asthma, my joy. A charmer.
Baby Tyrantina: 2 yr-old girl. Little angel. ASD-ish.
Baby Tyrannosaur: 2 yr-old boy. Also a little angel. Image of Little PC. ASD-ish too.
The blackberries around here have been large, juicy and wonderful! My fav is oatmeal with blackberries for breakfast!
Sounds like you will be needing to preserve all those berries - wouldn't it be nice to have some nice warm berries in the dead of winter?
Sharon
Sharon a.k.a. "the foolish optimist"Mod in General & Healthful Living
GFG: Son, 16, dx ADHD highly impulsive/combined in 5/02 and depression in 12/03 - 20 mg of vyvansel - undx'd anxiety and social issues - expert gamer, creative and funny, loves his family - great kid!
PC: Daughter 21 - loves and protects her brother, in local college and in her own place - a joy!
I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.
-- Agatha Christie
The pie was wonderful... And I'll be out there again tonight, picking... More are ready.
I can't WAIT to get these canned!!!
Me - 39, situational depression
DH - 41, depression, PTSD... Disabled Vet
Raven - 18M, PC, lives with bio mom
Onyxx - 16F, depression, PTSD, bipolar, FINALLY in behavioral RTC!!!
Jett - 13M, ADD/LD/FAS (?!), typical teen with sprinkles - UGH
Possum, Squirrel & Bubbles - LOLCats and LOLDog
I have to plant some raspberries! LOVE THEM!
Cast of Characters:
Me (Mary) - 49, stressed, overweight, Effexor XR, Metformin
DH - 50, ADD, Ritalin, married 11 years
GFG (Miss KT) - 20, ADHD/ODD, Ritalin, college junior!
Son #1 - 29, electrician
Son #2 - 28, computer guru, married to K, baby girl Maddie
Buddy - Jack Russell
3 senior cats & 3 naughty toy panthers
2 bunnies - Apolo Rabbit Ohno and Niamh
"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
Mary - will they grow out there? They love humidity. I've no idea what it's like there, but it's SOGGY here.
Me - 39, situational depression
DH - 41, depression, PTSD... Disabled Vet
Raven - 18M, PC, lives with bio mom
Onyxx - 16F, depression, PTSD, bipolar, FINALLY in behavioral RTC!!!
Jett - 13M, ADD/LD/FAS (?!), typical teen with sprinkles - UGH
Possum, Squirrel & Bubbles - LOLCats and LOLDog
MMMmmm. ......I had a bad experience picking fruit once and will never go again. I was barefoot in Canada on a blueberry farm. I stepped on some black biting anthill and in 2 seconds my entire foot was black with ants, all going up my leg biting me. I started screaming and took off my pants. Dh got the ants off. But I'm glad you had fun, I would be too scared to do that.
ME-age 45
GFG-age 24, doing well
PC-age 20 boy, student
PC -age 18 boy depression, I walk on eggshells day and night
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