July 25, 2005
Eye spy or Now for some berries.
I have some black raspberries growing in my yard. The berries are good but you can only eat them a few at a time since it isn't an abundant crop like you get with cultured and cared for plants.
There's a large bush off of my deck and I think these are chokecherries but I don't know for sure.
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True story. When my Mom and Dad were dating he told her the wine he was making was 'dingleberry wine'. She asked him over dinner with friends, at a much later date, how his dingleberry wine was coming.
Posted by: kari on July 25, 2005 03:02 PMDavid - I just hope the berries are chokecherries for sure and then I might just try picking them and making some wine. :)
Kari - Dingleberry wine?!?!?! Yet another use for the bidet!
Posted by: Bob on July 25, 2005 03:59 PMJust be sure those chokecherries aren't Deadly Nightshade.
Posted by: Jim on July 25, 2005 10:25 PMmmmm, black raspberries are THE BEST! mmmm!!!!
Posted by: Erin on July 25, 2005 10:38 PMI've never heard of Chokecherries - Going off their name I wouldn't go anywhere near them.
Posted by: Karen on July 26, 2005 04:16 AMLove the pictures Bob!
Posted by: Ashley on July 26, 2005 09:50 AMThere are chokecherries all around my parents' house. Those don't look like chokecherries to me. The leaves are wrong, the berries aren't dark enough, and chokecherries grow on trees, not bushes.
I like chokecherries better than regular cherries, but they're tiny and 80% pit, so they're not the most efficient fruit to eat.
Posted by: Chosen on July 26, 2005 12:34 PMI'm not picking or eating them until I'm sure what they are so thanks for the advice. LOL
I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures, Ash!
Posted by: Bob on July 26, 2005 02:17 PMAs a mere Brit, don't know about chokeberries. Do black raspberries taste like red ones. Or are they more like what we know as blackberries on this side of the pond?
Posted by: grannyp on July 28, 2005 05:27 AMGrannyp - they aren't quite as juicy but they still have a nice taste like a regular raspberry. They aren't blackberries. You can tell because they have the little 'hairs' on them while blackberries are completely smoothe. :)
Posted by: Bob on July 28, 2005 10:56 AMmmm, blackberries.... lucky you!
we have a mulberry tree in our back yard. those are pretty tasty too... every have mulberries?
Posted by: Dawn (webmiztris) on July 29, 2005 11:56 AM
Start picking:
"Can You Make Wine From Chokecherries?
Yes. Chokecherry wine is as prairie as wheat, dust storms and droughts. Although the chokecherry will never compete with California grapes, it does make a drinkable, unique wine. Most people will have tried a dark heavy wine made from the wild black fruited types. However, wine made from blends or from yellow, orange or red-fruited chokecherries can be interesting, distinctive and attractive. Do not sell the chokecherry short when making wine."
http://gardenline.usask.ca/fruit/choke.html
Posted by: David on July 25, 2005 02:27 PM