Today is the last day of our major summer fundraiser, but I lucked out, and got to work another site today. Sheesh, yesterday, with it's "pushing triple digits" heat, was enough of an ordeal.
The site that I worked today has plenty of wineberry brambles, so as soon as everyone else left, and I locked up, I went to work, gathering as many ripe aggregations of drupelets (hey, I'm a pedant!) as I could. It was ouchy, ouchy work with all those spiny brambles, but it's worth it, even though I wasn't making fifty dollars an hour doing it. Tomorrow, I'll be making jam with friends again.
Many of the brambles still bear their fuzzy unripe fruits, so I imagine I'll be able to gorge myself on wineberries for at least another week. It's a pretty damn good fringe benefit!
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6 comments:
Do those "fuzzy" thorns stick in your skin? The picture looks like they'd be irritating.
(But it's the gnats that really get me, when it comes to skin irritation.)
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Is this an elephant deal, where the wineberries ferment in your stomach & you get a buzz on?
Do those "fuzzy" thorns stick in your skin? The picture looks like they'd be irritating.
The thorny ones do, the fuzzy ones don't. Harvesting the suckers is a real labor of love.
Is this an elephant deal, where the wineberries ferment in your stomach & you get a buzz on?
I should be so lucky!
I'm not sure if I've mentioned how much I hate picking berries before but just in case I haven't .. I hate picking berries.
But, I DO love eating them. And jam.. by the way. :)
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((Hugs))
Laura
P.S. I'd totally pick them for $50 an hour though!
Everybody be quiet. Sssssshhhh. Stop. Listen. I have something important to say. Hold up.
WINEBERRY WINE.
Did I just blow your mind?
P.S. I'd totally pick them for $50 an hour though!
I know, right?
WINEBERRY WINE.
WHOA...
Blogger needs a "Keanu" tag.
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