WHATS NEW FOR 2015

Vince · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:50 am Post subject: Re: WHATS NEW FOR 2015

I'm with you Tiks...I looooove mulberries, oh and blackberries, and rasberries. Laughing

Seriously though, as a kid Dad used to take us up into Foxground, in between Gerringong and Berry on the NSW South Coast, and we could get all three berries in the bush there...well the mulberries were in the house yard of the old home he used to live in, along with some rasberries. The blackberries were thick everywhere, and so juicy. We would pick a couple of buckets full of the mulberries and blackberries and Mum would make jam and tarts out of them. The rasberries we chomped on the spot (not enough of them for anything else). Another one we enjoyed were lilly pillies. They would make a nice breakfast type jam...a bit tart, but still nice. Hardest part was getting up into the tree to get the best lilly pilly fruit.

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Getting back on topic...growing or picking berries, and making your own jams and tarts saves paying out big bucks for a mass produced product where you are paying taxes when purchasing. They are also a lot healthier and better for you.

Bushmaster · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 9:55 am Post subject: Re: WHATS NEW FOR 2015

Blackberries in Missouri? Well...Kinda. Small and seedy. Not like the ones in Oregon and Washington. Plump and sweet.

Suzanne · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 2:26 pm Post subject: Re: WHATS NEW FOR 2015

Well then Bushy I'll be thinkin of you when I sip some. Maybe you have some of those armadillo berries?or deer berries? road apples? naw that'd be too s--ty for coffee.

salty
Suz

tikkat3 · Super Member Joined: Jul 30, 2006 Posts: 800

Great part of the world Vince,
blackberry picking with a painters plank to walk on into the bushes
just had to watch out for the black snakes
and the 22 for a few bunnies

Vince · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 1:47 am Post subject: Re: WHATS NEW FOR 2015

Exactly mate. Biggest Red Belly Black snake I ever saw was in Foxground...must have been close to 2.5 metres long, and as thick as your arm.