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re: Finding a ripe berry patch is one of life's little pleasures.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 6:05 pm to fr33manator
Posted on 4/21/24 at 6:05 pm to fr33manator
Looks like the perfect spot for a GDCK to post up.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 6:08 pm to fr33manator
Went to Frenchtown Rd conservation area today and saw a ton of em but most were still red.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 6:09 pm to Hangover Haven
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We just always called them "blackberries," actually never heard them called "dewberries" until now.
Dewberries ran along the ground and were earlier than blackberries. Also larger and sweeter. We knew the difference as kids, somehow. I lost all fear of nature while picking blackberries. Stinging insects were never all that bad, heat and humidity you got used to. We never had any snake problems. The cobblers after made it all worth it. It just made me want to explore the hidden places all that much more.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 6:21 pm to fr33manator
Watch out for snake spit.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 6:24 pm to fr33manator
This is AWESOME… Now we know what to show the hospital!!!!!!
Posted on 4/21/24 at 6:26 pm to fr33manator
We have a killer supply of mushrooms to forage on our property near st Fran.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 6:29 pm to fr33manator
Have fun scratching dem chiggers off your nuts.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:09 pm to fr33manator
Ohhhh, berries-berries. Okay, proceed ig
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:37 pm to fr33manator
Oh man, core memory for me as a kid, riding our bikes to the closest blackberry spots, picking buckets full and eating them with a little sugar on top.
I was telling my wife the other day that I can’t wait to take the kids pick some when they get a little older.
I was telling my wife the other day that I can’t wait to take the kids pick some when they get a little older.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:51 pm to fr33manator
Farther north and my bushes are just now blooming. Good looking berries you found!
I've been listening to too many animal attack stories lately. Every time I see a berry patch now I'm looking around for bears!
I've been listening to too many animal attack stories lately. Every time I see a berry patch now I'm looking around for bears!
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:48 pm to LegendInMyMind
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Every time I see a berry patch now I'm looking around for bears!
Not too many bears in South Louisiana. Except around Catholic High
Posted on 4/21/24 at 10:01 pm to fr33manator
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Not too many bears in South Louisiana.
We don't have many here, either......I still look around.
I just listened to a story of a black bear attack where the bear feasted on the twig and berries of two guys after killing a woman and ripping the throat out of one of the guys. It got me skittish!
ETA: The state mammal for Louisiana is the Louisiana Black Bear. They're population has really bounced back in the past few decades. Watch your back, baw.
This post was edited on 4/21/24 at 10:06 pm
Posted on 4/21/24 at 10:26 pm to fr33manator
Mulberries >>>> Blackberries
Posted on 4/21/24 at 10:31 pm to rsbd
Grandparents had a mulberry tree on the west side of the house. We'd get old sheets and lay them under the tree, then get a ladder and get up in the tree and shake the limbs to make the mulberries fall out
Posted on 4/21/24 at 10:43 pm to fr33manator
That's my fence! So, you're the clowns stealin' my good berries!
Posted on 4/22/24 at 12:01 am to sqerty
If you're gonna come after me, you better berry me.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 12:16 am to fr33manator
Now that I’m back from python ketchin’ in the ‘glades, I’m ready to hit a blackberry spot I’ve been waiting on to ripen. It has literally eleventy billion berries. I could fill garbage bags with them.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 1:07 am to fr33manator
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Grandparents had a mulberry tree on the west side of the house. We'd get old sheets and lay them under the tree, then get a ladder and get up in the tree and shake the limbs to make the mulberries fall out
If you find a mulberry tree in the swamp the big snapping turtles will be there in the spring to gorge themselves on carbs. Set a line. You will catch a big one.
This post was edited on 4/22/24 at 4:42 am
Posted on 4/22/24 at 2:11 am to LegendInMyMind
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Farther north and my bushes are just now blooming.
Same here, at least a month away from having dewberries. Temps in mid 40s right now.
Man I love them though. Wild plums too, but I don't even know where any are anymore.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 5:34 am to fr33manator
This is the first year we've actually been able to pick on our property, and the vines have been loaded. I think we've picked almost 3 gallons since late last week, and still plenty to go.
And the blackberries won't be ready for another 2 weeks or so...
And the blackberries won't be ready for another 2 weeks or so...
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