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<\/a>Strawberries, raspberries, and red currants.<\/p><\/div>\n
This is the third picking of strawberries and raspberries, with lots more of each type still yet to get ripe.\u00a0 The red currants are just now ready for picking, and this bowl is just from one plant (we have six of them).\u00a0 This is all the red currants I got last year, so we’re delighted!\u00a0 I think I’ll make red currant jelly instead of red currant jam this time around.\u00a0 For now I’ll be freezing these fruits and deal with them later.<\/p>\n
The pie cherry tree is so heavy with fruit the branches are bending over.\u00a0 In another day or two at most, those will need to be picked, pitted, and then frozen.\u00a0 Yikes.\u00a0 Last year we harvested 30 pounds of pie cherries.\u00a0 This year looks like it will be easily way more than that, but I don’t want to hazard a guess.\u00a0 It’s too scary.<\/p>\n
The gooseberries are ready to be picked, too.\u00a0 Combat berry picking, here we come \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Josta berries are also ready to be picked.\u00a0 At least those don’t have thorns and won’t fight back.\u00a0 This year we will have many pounds of those to deal with.\u00a0 Pretty easy, I’ll just freeze them as we pick them.<\/p>\n