Late Season Garden Surprise

You've just got to love those unexpected late season surprises from the garden.  About a month ago I was walking by one of the berry patches when I noticed there were raspberries ripening on some of the plants.  Yum!  There were about 6 or seven, just enough for the three of us to wish there were more.

Then about a week ago I looked again, this time knowing berries were going to be ripe soon, and got to share a handful with Cody.

Today I went out again and sure enough, a good sized handful this time, 1/3 - 1/2 cup perhaps.  I wondered to myself how long it would be before we would be able to harvest berries like I remember picking from when I was growing up, which seems like about 2 quarts every couple of days.  There were so many that even though we ate a lot of berries while we were picking them, we always took lots and lots inside and they would make for a great after dinner snack or something.  I don't know how mom ever had enough to make jam, but we just always had THAT many berries each year. 

I got our berries this year from someplace I ran across online.  The priced was very affordable and they were absolutely gorgeous plants.  While I'm trying to be patient and could let my berry patch expand on it's own, I think I may place another order next spring and 'help it along' some.  If anyone interested, I ordered them from Pense Nursery.