Monday, August 11, 2008

Berries...

A couple of weeks ago I went berry picking out in our back yard but after gettting back I realized that I really didn't know what I was picking, there seemed to be three different types of berries or rather 3 different kinds of trees, so i wanted to be sure, so I through that batch out.

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I then got out my little berry book and started looking them up. I went out again yesterday and filled up a juice jug. What I picked was called squash berries and there is some discrepencies in where I look if they are high bush cranberries or not. Some say they are the same and some say they are not. So I'm not sure what I'll do with them. I'm thinking of trying a jelly but I need some jars. The process seems simple enough at the moment. There is a ton of bushes behind our house. I may try closer to the river next time as  I saw some low bush cranberries there the last time I was out.