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There's a cobbler baking in the oven right now. I got 20 gallons off my bushes last year but only three gallons this year because of a late frost. That didn't hurt me because I usually let the neighbors have most of them after I get what I want. I've got probably a half gallon left that can be picked and then I'm going to trim them back and put some time release fertilizer on them. I like this time of year because instead of eating a fat breakfast I eat fresh picked blueberries over Cheerios instead. I like to freeze at least eight quarts of them for holiday pies or cobblers. I planted five bushes near the house. I found five more scattered around my little farm that were apparently "planted" by birds. All the wild plants plus a couple of Huckleberry bushes appear to be different varieties. All are delicious.
 
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In RI, we have the small state thinking when it comes to travel. When I was 30 I moved to the next town over which was kind of rural. Nobody would ever come to visit me. 10 miles was too far, except for blueberry season. I had loads of wild low bush berries behind my house, so every year my relatives would load a couple cars and make a pilgrimage to my house to pick berries.

What strain did you plant ?
 
I love blueberries. I tried growing them on this pile of rocks we live on but they did not work out. However about 5 miles away is a very nice berry farm that has great blueberries. We have been picking there for 10 years. We got 7 gallons this year and I freeze them in quart bags to eat throughout the year. Having some on oatmeal in a few minutes.
 
Hard to beat any fresh berries. I have some frozen Blackberries still, they will become a cobbler next week. Got a bumper crop coming on now.
 
charlie sherrill said:
There's a cobbler baking in the oven right now. I got 20 gallons off my bushes last year but only three gallons this year because of a late frost. That didn't hurt me because I usually let the neighbors have most of them after I get what I want. I've got probably a half gallon left that can be picked and then I'm going to trim them back and put some time release fertilizer on them. I like this time of year because instead of eating a fat breakfast I eat fresh picked blueberries over Cheerios instead. I like to freeze at least eight quarts of them for holiday pies or cobblers. I planted five bushes near the house. I found five more scattered around my little farm that were apparently "planted" by birds. All the wild plants plus a couple of Huckleberry bushes appear to be different varieties. All are delicious.
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What’s your cobbler recipe?
Larry
 
Question?

How do you discourage the birds from eating the berries? Mine were full but are all gone now and we got none.
 
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smitholdtimer said:
How do you discourage the birds from eating the berries? Mine were full but are all gone now and we got none.
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We use fine weave nylon netting. One piece over the top, wrap a second piece around the bush and pin the two together with clothespins. Make sure there aren’t any gaps at the base. Sunlight gets in but the birds stay out.
 
Raspberries coming in good. Blackberries will be great this year as the crab-apples for jelly. Plums are not doing well as is the are the pears.
Cherries if I can reach them are great. Rhubarb is not doing well this year.
I just make Jam and jelly. No pies or cobbler.
 
One of my favorite parts of backpacking in alaska was just filling my cargo pocket w blueberries. Those pants were stained blue (until they magically shrunk...strange) for as long as I had them.
 
When we lived on the farm, I had 3 or more acres of un mowed field that went to seed for 25 to 30 years. In it grew Blackberries, more Blackberries and still more blackberries! Our kids were required to help pick from the time they were three! Many years berries were not measures in quarts but in 5 gallon buckets!

About 20 years ago I got up one Spring Saturday morning and looked out the kitchen window and the whole farm was covered in white frost. I figured that was crop down the drain! That was alot of out fruit for the year. I went out after breakfast. The brilliant white I saw wasn't frost, but every plant and tree was in full bloom! In the 30 years we lived there, that year all the different fruits had bumper crops.

My wife's grand mother had taught us to freeze berries on cookie sheets then put them i the plastic bags bread come in. Our freezers looked like we had stacked them full of cord woof there were so many bags of fruit!!

Ivan
 
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