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Tag Archives: blackberries
More Color Here
It is so busy here with all of the gardening and crafting and writing, but I just had to take some pictures and show you some of the color here at Happy Acres. Here are a two of my irises … Continue reading
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Tagged black raspberries, blackberries, cherries, gardening, irises
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Cool Blackberry Pops
It sure has been hot here! I remember as a kid, we just loved to hear that guy peddling the bicycle with a refrigerated case on the front yelling, “Popsicle Man.” I’d run inside and ask mom for a few … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, Recipes
Tagged blackberries, blackberry popsicles, gardening, popsicles, Recipes
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Putting Up Our Harvest
I’ve been busy drying tomatoes and putting up our blackberries and blueberries. Before I write more about that, Kristina had asked what the tomatoes look like when they are dried. I’ve never looked at them side by side, and thought … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, preserving, Ramblings, Recipes, tomatoes
Tagged blackberries, blackberry syrup, dried tomatoes, gardening, homemade, preserving, Recipes, tomatoes
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Blackberry Jello Recipe
So here is my recipe. So let’s get started! I put blackberries in a sauce pan. I simmered them bringing them to a boil. Then I turned off the heat and gently pushed down on them, releasing more juice. I … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, gardening, Recipes
Tagged blackberries, blackberry jello, comfort foods, homemade, homemade jello
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Blackberries are us
Our blackberries are coming on fast and furious now! What to do with all of this fruit? Well, the first thing I make is a cobbler. In case you are just joining us, here is my recipe. Then there are … Continue reading
HB in Five – Mixed Berry Muffins
One of our challenges this week was to make either bread or muffins from the Whole Wheat Mixed Berry Bread recipe in HB in Five. Even though we are knee deep in blackberries, I wanted to follow the directions and … Continue reading
End of the Iris Road
Well, I think I am at the end of the road as far as counting our irises. As I mentioned in the last blog, many have still not bloomed, but looks like they won’t this year. Here are my last … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, irises, Photography
Tagged blackberries, cherry trees, gardening, iris, raspberries
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Blackberry Cobbler
On my last post I talked about how blessed we are with blackberries. I will be making that Blackberry Syrup in the next couple of weeks, but just thinking about that made me hungry for Blackberry Cobbler. So I made … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Recipes
Tagged asparagus, blackberries, blackberry cobbler, homemade, organizing, Recipes
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Blackberry Syrup and Soda
Now that the season will soon be upon us I need to move some blackberries out of that prime real estate known as the freezer. Last year I found a way to use up some of those blackberries by making … Continue reading
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Tagged blackberries, blackberry acid, blackberry soda, blackberry syrup, gardening, homemade gifts, Recipes
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