Friday, July 29, 2011

Raspberries - day 1

One of our neighbors (retired couple) has been especially helpful to these Newbies in the Northwoods.  When they asked us a favor, we said yes immediately.   They were going on vacation for a week so...could we come over and take care of their garden while they were gone?  The garden is huge with a tall fence and then an electric fence farther out.  It is the peak of harvest for many things..mainly raspberries...rows and rows of raspberries.  Day 1 - we figured how to get inside both fences; we brought several large containers; we bought 2 children's sand buckets from the Dollar Store so we could hang them from a loose belt leaving both hands free to pick; we were astounded at the 10 cups that we picked.  There would have been more I feel - because my bucket was twice as full as Case's.  I think he was eating more than he was putting in the bucket.  We came home at 9 am and had vanilla ice cream and fresh raspberries - lots of them. 

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