Comments on: Blackberries: Heck Yeah

By: jvon

jvon — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:15:14 +0000

I have about three solid acres of blackberries on some property up near Lake Stevens. To say that I hate them doesn’t quite convey my feelings on it.

By: J.R.

J.R. — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:46:00 +0000

You know what is more crazy than buying blackberries at the store? Buying a live blackberry VINE in a pot at your local nursery!

Yes, they do sell blackberry vines. My wife and I were just at Lowe’s this weekend, and we were appalled.

As if you couldn’t drive ten blocks in any direction and dig one out of your neighbor’s yard (knowing that their reaction would range somewhere between indifference and overflowing gratitude).

Seriously. What kind of moron BUYS a blackberry bush in the Pacific Northwest?

By: Charles Dean

Charles Dean — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:50:26 +0000

This is funny. Anyone who didn’t grow up in the Northwest thinks that our blackberries are one of the greatest things ever. Blackberries simply don’t grow like this anywhere else in the country. I always pick a ton.

For other blackberry fun, buy 2 bottles of blackberry wine from Pasek Cellars in Mount Vernon and drink them both. It’s made from 100% blackberries. I mean, the only thing better than picking blackberries is getting drunk on them, don’t you think?

By: Patti

Patti — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:22:31 +0000

Nice story. Reminds me of the time my grandmother visited from Texas; she thought it was wonderful to find all that fruit free for the picking. She wouldn’t stop, “wait, there’s more”, and ended up with the scratches to prove her enthusiasm. Blackberry pie followed.

By: vanderleun

vanderleun — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:13:42 +0000

Excellent observation. Last summer I made an informal audit of the Queen Anne alleys. Just hanging over the fences ready for picking one can find numerous kinds of apples, endless blackberries and raspberries and grapes. There is even, in one location, a kiwi tree that bears at the end of August. Local produce. And free.