Blackberries

I've written before about all the farmer's markets and abundant fresh fruits and vegetables available here in Washington, but one thing I didn't know about were the plethora of wild blackberry bushes.  They are everywhere!  To the point that people consider them a nuisance and have to pay big bucks for someone to come and rid their property of blackberry bushes.  Maybe in a few years I'll feel this way, but for now I'm in love with the idea of so many free, yummy blackberries around.

Cannon, London and Emmy are also liking the bushes - they really seem to like picking the fruit (unfortunately not eating it) and so I have been faced with oodles and oodles of blackberries to use.  So far I've frozen a bunch, made 3 blackberry pies, a batch of blackberry apple jam and a batch of blackberry rhubarb jam.  I'm toying with the idea of making blackberry wine...  Look out, you may be getting homemade blackberry products for Christmas this year!

Another container of blackberries!