Blackberry Season

This summer drought has been the best thing for our berry crops this year. Our raspberries were never ending, and now the blackberries are starting to be ready for picking.

Blackberries surround our fence line so we are not lacking. I picked our first bowl last night. Despite the prickly stems, when you lift the stalks, the ripest berries just fall without asking, right into the bowl.

I'm not a cook, or a chef, or even a very good baker, but I found a wonderfully easy recipe on the net for a blackberry crumble. Called for 4 cups of berries, and I just happened to have 5. It actually turned out!!! Wow! (It could have had more crumble though). I'll bake another.

I guess that's what we will be living on for the next few weeks. I love blackberries! Blackberries for breakfast in the morning! Yum yum!