Lessons from the (Blackberry) Vine

We have quite the extensive garden here on the farm. In addition to space for the vegetables, we have a large strawberry patch, a large blueberry patch, and so many fruit trees. It's wonderful. But this time of year it's a lot of work. The soil needs to be prepped for planting. Seeds are germinated…

Lessons from Picking Blackberries

Being the end of summer and beginning of fall, the blackberries are ripe and we decided that we were going to pick some this year.  So my husband and I got to work.  I geared up with my boots and jeans and long-sleeved shirt.  My husband had the clippers for those vines that just won't…