Stories Collected While Living in France
Blackberries
Very few this year, I stead of stained hands from blackberry juice I had more scratches than berries, and those I did pick were not plump. The handful above is after a mile of walking along dried-up berry bushes, the vegetation aching for water.
Nevertheless, I am determined to find some more to make at least one pot of jam.
The heat has been so extreme. I hope you can find more of your precious berries.
God bless us all
Love Jeanne
I hope you do! The blackberry plants around our neighborhood were chopped down last year.A small container of the berries is $6 at grocery stores. Cheaper to buy jam than to make it and not as much fun.
My golden raspberries didn’t do well this year either. I never get much from it anyway. The birds get most of them along with the weird little grapes next to that raspberry bush.
I’m impressed with your self-control. I would have rationalized that if there weren’t enough for jam that I should pop them into my mouth! Hope you’re successful in your hunt.
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