Day 275: I braved 94-degree heat to bring in my first harvest of jellybeans for this year. "Jellybean" is a miniature blueberry variety, miniature only insofar as the size of the bush is concerned. The berries are on the large end of the scale, and this year, I have a bumper crop. The first picking yielded a little more than a cup which got dashed with a little sugar and gobbled for dessert. I could have put them in the freezer to save until I had enough for a batch of muffins, but the temptation was too great. They are so juicy and sweet! I also brought in another two cups of gooseberries, which almost cleaned the bushes. I usually leave the smallest gooseberries for the juncoes. They love them, and since they were kind enough not to pick off all the blueberry flowers to get the nectar this year, I think they deserve a reward.
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