Harmonious Blackberry Methodology
(Garden • Nature)
The thorniest canes produce the sweetest berries. Watch out! They are protective of their progeny.
Blackberries generally are ready for your bowl once they are large, plump, fully black and have passed by a few hours that stage of bright shininess.
Some berries want to become very large. Let them. If they don’t pop right off into your hand when you gently bump them with thumb and forefinger, leave them to grow for another day. Impatient pickers are rewarded with tart blackberries.
If you drop a blackberry on the ground, leave it there. Other less dexterous creatures crave the fruit, too, and God likes it when you share.
→ B.Dunn, Jun 28, 2009, 10 03 am
