Garden

[cheriere]

Since March, I've been chronicling the growth of my Raspberry bushes.  They finally have enough sweet ripe berries for a delicious cobbler this Memorial Day weekend.  I'm hoping to bake a couple to bring to my family's celebration Monday.  The kids especially enjoy these.😃

I'm including pictures starting with today going backwards.  Just in case you ever decide to plant some, you'll know what to expect.  They begin with new green vines that erupt in blooms of small white flowers that eventually turn into each berry.

[santorini]

Love these!  I've never tried to grow raspberries but I love them. Congratulations! Enjoy that cobbler!

[LTT1]

@cheriere @santorini 

This is just beautiful!

YUM

ENJOY!

[geezerette]

@cheriere 

How do you keep the birds from eating them?

We used to have raspberry bushes when I was a kid and the birds ate all the ripe berries before I could pick them!😩

[cheriere]

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@geezerette wrote:

@cheriere 

How do you keep the birds from eating them?

We used to have raspberry bushes when I was a kid and the birds ate all the ripe berries before I could pick them!😩

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Lol, I guess they've been too busy working on the cherry trees.  Really though, I'm not exactly sure.  Some, of course get eaten, but not a whole lot fortunately.  They're planted on the opposite side of our unattached garage, just in front of two outbuildings.  There's two birdhouses on the buildings too, so I'm honestly not sure.  The bushes are quite large and expansive, so I'm sure they get some, maybe not just enough to notice.

[cheriere]

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@santorini wrote:

Love these!  I've never tried to grow raspberries but I love them. Congratulations! Enjoy that cobbler!

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Thank you so very much.😃❤️

Im thinking I'll just make one large cobbler and take the rest of the picked berries so the kids can much on them.  They love them both ways.

[cheriere]

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@LTT1 wrote:

@cheriere @santorini 

This is just beautiful!

YUM

ENJOY!

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I really appreciate your liking them.  I've been waiting all winter for the taste of fresh raspberries.❤️

[Estellee]

@cheriere Beautiful raspberries, now I want some cobbler 

[Kachina624]

@cheriere. I dearly love raspberries but they're too expensive to buy more than a few for cereal.   I'd never buy the quanity needed for a cobbler.  Lucky you!

[DSD2]

I'm salivating already!

I'm sure your cobbler will be delish.