We were walking on the property the other day and we came across several wild blackberry bushes. This is great as I had one planted in the garden this year and it did nothing. So we found this to be a wonderful surprise. I might try to transplant a few of them in another area.
We took the kids for a walk with us today and had them help us pick some blackberries for them to eat as a snack. They love berries of any kind and we thought this would be good for them to know where the berries they eat come from and sometimes the pain of picking them. Yes, these are wild and have thorns on the bushes.
They are really small right now but there is a lot of berries on them. They are not large berries, by no means, but they had fun running around picking them and sometimes getting poked by a thorn or two.
I think I will dig some of these up and transplant them to a different location on the homestead. When we get started cleaning up some of them will be in the way and I think that amending the soil someplace and planting they will grow great and we can have lots of blackberries. I do not know where they can from they were just there this spring.
We were out there about an hour or so and we got quite a few. Well, enough for the grandkids to enjoy before bedtime tonight if they make it that long. I bet before this post is typed and added to Steemit they will be gone. It is all good in a few days we will have to fight the bees and things and go get some more.
This fall after all the berries are gone I will have to trim them back, so I can transplant these to another place on our little homestead. That way we can enjoy them next year too and have the joy of watching them grow and be able to have fresh berries next year.
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