Day 337: The raspberries are comin' on! I picked half a dozen each of the two days before yesterday, and then a whole cup. That's just for starters. The vines are loaded as usual because I treat this "everbearing" variety (Heritage) as a fall-bearing one, which is to say that once they're done fruiting in the fall, I mow them flat. That means I don't get a spring fruit, but it also means that the fall yield is mch higher. It also means that I don't have to stare at leafless raspberry vines all winter. You might think I'd freeze these now and make jam or jelly out of them later, but that's not the way I roll. Nope, I sprinkle a little sugar on each picking before putting it in the freezer, and then comes winter and the months when I'm really craving fruit. The raspberries will be there, already lightly sugared, to have as a barely-thawed treat.
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