We are finally having some hot weather on the west coast. It makes me want to play hooky and just 'be' in the yard. I have a few projects for the weekend. I would like to get the raspberry bed built, the first section of my three bin compost system and make blackberry jam. I went to Karen's house today and we picked blackberries. It was really nice. I got an ice-cream bucket full. As a little treat, she gave me one of the crabs that her husband pulled out of the water just this morning. How cool is that? I boiled it up and will save it til lunch tomorrow. Fresh local crab, on a beautiful salad made from my own garden. Wow. This is what I was dreaming of when this all started.
**to update...that crab was delicious. One of the best salads I've ever had!
That sounds fantastic. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI will say...the crab was unbelievably yummy. Picked lettuce from my garden and a tomato and then added the fig I bought today, I wanted to see if I wanted a fig tree. I think I do!
ReplyDeleteYou have that many blackberry to make jam? That's nice. I saw your raised beds in a previous post. Did you just purchase the planks and put them together?
ReplyDeleteI picked an ice cream bucket full. Very full. It only took us about 15 minutes. One ice cream bucket of blackberries = one batch of jam, two very full ice cube trays and a left over sandwich sized ziplock bag. I break up the fruit ice cubes, put them in a labeled freezer bag and bring them out through the winter. I use the fruit cubes in natural organic yogurt or we will treat ourselves to some good ice-cream and share a fruit cube between the two of us.
ReplyDeleteThe raised beds are six inch wide spruce boards treated with Lifetime wood sealer. We stacked them two high so the beds are a foot deep. We are about to make an irregular shaped bed. That'll be a challenge.