BlackBerry harvest results in a drought year:

This is so disappointing. We usually get around 50 to 60 lb of blackberries every year. That carries us through the full year as we freeze them. This year we've got just under 24 lb. There are lots more on the bushes but they are hard and dry and not worth harvesting as they don't even taste very good. Not enough water. These were not really wild, as I did clear out the dead canes during the Spring to make picking them a little easier, but otherwise they have been sown wild and normally just grow on their own. I have never watered them. So I guess we're going to have to buy some during the year for our breakfasts.

I'm sure this will be reflective of the fruit crops all around us. This bodes ill for the price of fruit during the coming year. Sigh.

#drought #fruitHarvest #Blackberries #EllieKPosts

I'll be with the LifeCycles crew at #CommunitySharing day at #WellandCommunityOrchard today 🍏🍎🍐🍑🍇

Our annual Community Sharing Day is our way to celebrate the urban orchard, as well as distribute extra fruit at the peak of the season! We will have activities including tasting heritage apple varieties, a scavenger hunt, orchard tours, cider pressing, asking a fruit tree expert and of course there will be fruit to take home.

#LifecyclesProject #ViewRoyal #Wsanec #Saanich #Lekwungen #VictoriaBC #Grassroots #NonProfit #CommunityOrchard #FreeEvents #CommunityFood #LegacyPark #VictoriaBC #CommunityBased #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #fruits #FruitTrees #orchard #FoodTrees #FoodSecurity #FruitHarvest #CommunityWork #Harvest #YYJ #CiderPressing

Jam or lots of crumbles?

The last of the yellow plums now picked. It’s been a good year.

These are ‘Pershore Yellow Egg’ and are definitely a cooking variety. Eaten raw they have the texture of cotton wool and little flavour but cooked the juice is the clearest golden yellow and the flavour’s superb.
#GrowYourOwn #gardening #fruit #FruitHarvest #cotswolds #HomegrownFood

My friend's #YellowPlums tree fruited early this year. I got some #plums for my family to eat. Fresh picked fruits are one of the best things about Summer.

#fruit #Ladysmith #StoneFruits #FreshHarvest #VancouverIsland #Summer #FoodSecurity #FreshFruit #Food #OrchardHarvest #FruitHarvest #VanIsle #NorthCowichan #PacificNorthwest

I could have sent a proposal/estimate to a client this Friday morning, but I thought "Meh, who reads those on a Friday afternoon?" and instead I spent over an hour picking juneberries in the HQ's #garden before the #fruittrees dry out 😅

Fairly good #fruitharvest I must say.

Fresh baked Autumn Apple dumplings with raisins soaked in bourbon.
What's your favorite choice?😋
✴️ custard sauce
✴️ ice and whipped cream
✴️ Dulce de Leche

#pastry #desserts #fruitharvest