tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post312008703416028788..comments2024-03-27T12:20:38.538-05:00Comments on JUST ME: berries for my birthdayDonna. Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18393352099473686196noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-48006252143712974242010-07-08T11:18:39.137-05:002010-07-08T11:18:39.137-05:00Hope you had a very nice birthday yesterday and ma...Hope you had a very nice birthday yesterday and many more to come.Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007728342316668058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-77481820850135239902010-07-08T10:26:40.870-05:002010-07-08T10:26:40.870-05:00Happy Birthday Donna! Pies look great! KarenHappy Birthday Donna! Pies look great! KarenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-25719290312866013622010-07-08T10:14:42.383-05:002010-07-08T10:14:42.383-05:00WILD NATIVE BLACKBERRIES, OH WHAT MEMORIES. ONE OF...WILD NATIVE BLACKBERRIES, OH WHAT MEMORIES. ONE OF GOD'S GIFTS.<br /><br /> MISSOURI, OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS HAVE THE BEST OF WILD BLACKBERRIES.<br /> I CAN STILL REMEMBER THE SOUND OF A HANDFUL OF BLACKBERRIES HITTING THE BOTTOM OF AN EMPTY BUCKET ATTACHED TO THE OVERHALL SUSPENDERS OF THE BERRY PICKER. IT MIGHT BE FIFTY YARDS AWAY AND THAT EARLY MORNING SOUND CARRIED WELL WHEN THE BERRIES HIT THE BOTTOM OF THE BUCKET.<br /><br /> WE PICKED MANY GALLONS. <br /> MOTHER AND THE OLDER GIRLS MADE JAMS AND JELLIES, FILLING GLASSES, JARS AND CROCKS FOR FAMILY'S USE DURING WINTER AND SUCH A HELP DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION.<br /> SUGAR WAS FOUR OR FIVE CENTS A POUND.<br /> WE BOUGHT FLOUR BY THE FIFTY POUND BAG, CANT REMEMBER THE PRICE THOUGH WAS VERY CHEAP. NOT MUCH MONEY IN OUR HOUSEHOLD.<br /> OH FOR ONE OF MOTHER'S BLACKBERRY COBBLERS NOW.<br /> SAM JULY 2010 CANON CITY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-49590191720346181202010-07-08T10:12:42.807-05:002010-07-08T10:12:42.807-05:00I love blackberry pie. That should be enough for y...I love blackberry pie. That should be enough for you and Cliff. HelenHelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10157512726495946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-80258012470880121302010-07-08T08:11:42.389-05:002010-07-08T08:11:42.389-05:00Beautiful big berries! We had wild berries on our...Beautiful big berries! We had wild berries on our acreage too but we also had chiggers and ticks! We didn't pick many berries. We started out with 7 acreas and added to it too. We bought the walnut woods in back and the pasture further up and ended up with 21 acres.Lindienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36183952.post-42456395554870118712010-07-08T07:21:56.058-05:002010-07-08T07:21:56.058-05:00Enjoy that pie. The berries look wonderful!Enjoy that pie. The berries look wonderful!I'm mostly known as 'MA'https://www.blogger.com/profile/12107548726472541669noreply@blogger.com