We finally made it out to pick some kind of berry this summer....if you can even still call it summer! I love to pick strawberries (to make the yummiest freezer jam like my Gramma Bev) or blueberries because they just freeze so well and the girls love to eat them by the handful, but unfortunately we never made it this summer for either one of them. :( A friend from Bunco has an awesome farm out on Sauvie's Island, named none other than Sauvie Island Farms and they still had Chester Blackberries that were ripe and ready. Which are thornless I might add, YAY! (Check them out at:
www.sauvieislandfarms.com) Danny & Mom came with us and we picked 18 1/2 lbs. just for us...not sure how much they ended up with. :) Ella filled up her own little container, but then got bored and started eating them all out of the container. Addilyn just stuffed her face with any blackberry she could find....didn't matter if it was red, green, or even moldy! Yuck! Oh well, they both had a blast and I'm now soaking their clothes that turn out to be great bibs apparently....here's to hoping they won't stain. Addilyn went down for a nap as soon as we got back and Ella and I got right to work....you must take advantage of every minute you can when you have a 19 month old! We already made a yummy cobbler that is making the house smell so wonderful. Next we started the process for jam with Ella mashing the berries....needless to say she is now in the tub! The rest I washed and froze. Now I'm just waiting for Andy to pick-up some more sugar so I can finish the jam. Clean up the messy kitchen or try out the warm blackberry cobbler...hmmm?? ;)
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| Aren't these gorgeous? |
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| Notice the splatters all over her....even on her face! |
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| Why yes she's naked, don't you cook that way? ;) |
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| Bath time.... |
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| The finished product-YUMMY! |
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