There are still more blackberries. So far, I have canned 12 pints of blackberry jelly. That took about 6 quarts of blackberries. Since then the kids and I have picked another 2 quarts of berries. And, it doesn't look like it is ever going to stop. Two bramble patches are finally picked out. But, there are at least three more patches close to the house that are still ripening or even only have immature berries. Then there's the multitude on the back part of the farm. That area is my normal picking area and, in good years, I have always been able to pick enough to make another 12 pints of jam. I could pick more back there, but by that time I'm tired of the heat and the mosquito bites. I usually decide I have enough and leave the rest to the June bugs. I haven't gotten to that point this year. The new canes are so close to the house I can't pass them by without picking berries. Now, the weather has turned pleasant and berry picking this week might even be fun.
I will, of course, leave some of the berries for the bugs and birds to eat and spread the seeds, but not nearly as much as I have in the past. We'll have blackberries all year long this time.
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