Garden

[cheriere]

My blackberries are getting ripe!  I've already picked more than a gallon to make a cobbler!  These are very large hybrid blackberries called Triple Crown.  They grow without any seeds or thorns to deal with, for which I'm grateful!😃

I've included pictures for how they start by forming from flowers, before they grow in green, turn red, then finally black.  If you enlarge the center of the flower, you'll see the long, thin pieces that form the berry.❤️

[KingstonMom]

Oh yum!

Put some in a bowl, pour over some lite cream and it's heaven!

[haddon9]

They look wonderful!

I love them with blueberries, raspberries & sometimes strawberries mixed together!

[BlueFinch]

I went down the rabbit hole researching blackberries, since I wondered if they were just black raspberries. It seems they're not, so I guess I've never eaten a true blackberry. It  also seems my location is not the greatest environment for growing berries, among other things.

Loved the photos. Looks like you have yet another item with a great harvest. They look yummy. You guys have some green thumbs. 

[cheriere]

@BlueFinch 

Thank you.😃❤️

I wish you were able to grow them where you live.  I think you'd love them.  They're a lot sweeter than raspberries and make the best pies, cobblers, jams, or just a sweet treat alone.

These vines don't take a very long time to establish.  We've already got three really full rows that run the whole length of our fenced back garden.

[cheriere]

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@KingstonMom wrote:

Oh yum!

Put some in a bowl, pour over some lite cream and it's heaven!

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I love them that way too!😃❤️

I wish I could be better about not wanting to put a bit of sugar on top though.  They're very sweet without it.  I guess it's just a bad habit I need to break.

[cheriere]

@haddon9 

Thank you so much.😃❤️

I love to mix them with other berries too.  I just put out my first ever blueberry bushes this year.  I sure hope they do well here.

[GingerHead]

@cheriere 

Beautiful!

I love blackberries, they grow wild here and they also grew wild in the South where my grandmother lived. Every year she'd put up jars and jars of the best blackberry jelly that everyone just loved. She'd make jelly, not jam which is a lot harder because you have to get all the seeds out and with blackberries that is quite the chore! 

Even though they grow wild here we also planted a bunch just because they're easier to access on your own property. Our plants are youngish and don't look anywhere near as good as yours. Love them!

Thanks for the pictures!

[cheriere]

@GingerHead 

Thank you so much.😃❤️

I too grew up eating the wild variety of blackberries.  I also remember my grandmother and mom having to use the cheesecloth method for making homemade jelly.  You're absolutely right about it being much, much harder to make that way.

I'm really happy you got some of the other blackberries to put on your property.  You sure won't regret it and I'm sure they'll fill out and spread in no time.  They're so much easier to work with, both picking and eating.  I'm so thankful not to be dealing with thorns anymore.  Plus, these blackberries seem to grow so much bigger and without those seeds.  I hope you enjoy yours as much as we do.❤️❤️❤️

[msgb]

My husband has blackberries each morning for breakfast. How fortunate that you have such a treat.