Monday, August 31, 2009

Blackberry Heaven

Here is our little friend we have tried to use to keep the birds out of our fruit trees. And actually he didn't really work. But fun to have him in the back yard. We wish he were a little meaner, cuz the birds really liked the fruit. And the frustrating thing is they don't even eat the whole piece of fruit they only peck one side of it and leave it to the birds, oh I mean leave it to the humans. :)
Abi found this leaf in the blackberries. We thought it was original, but we did find a couple other during the year. Kinda cool.
That is the fun thing about blackberries in our yard you and eat as you pick. Glad the kids like berries!
Some of the blackberries get so big.
We probably got 4-5 gallon bags of blackberries this year. We flash freeze them and store them in the freezer for yummy treats all year long.

1 comment:

Andrea said...

Yum! I LOVE blackberries. Blackberry pancakes and Blackberry homemade icecream. Yum Yum! Also we use blank cd's tied on string to keep the birds away. It really works, because as the cd moves it makes flashes that scares the birds. Try it and it might work for you.