Last weekend Woodlake’s Botanical Gardens in Woodlake, CA hosted its annual Berry Festival. Berries ripen in May and June just before the really hot temperatures hit.
Artichokes flower
The roses which are so beautiful in April, are just about gone. This lone bush still looked luxurious.
Roses are red…Basil is green.Blackberries are sweet. (Well not the red ones!)And, dang, what are these? My memory’s gone along with the sign.
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That artichoke flower is gorgeous!!
And wild blackberries are the sweetest! If you can still use your fingers, after all the thorns ripping you to shreds!
When you find out the name of that flower, let me know too! Thanx!
OK, now I have a good reason to go back and check. I used to live in Oregon where the blackberries grow wild, and I would dream clumps of blackberries without thorns. They used to lie in the thickets in huge clusters of huge berries. To get to them you needed scissors and gloves, and I never had either. In CA they are different. They are cultivated. You walk up, pick them, and walk away. No fuss no muss! 🙂
That artichoke flower is gorgeous!!
And wild blackberries are the sweetest! If you can still use your fingers, after all the thorns ripping you to shreds!
When you find out the name of that flower, let me know too! Thanx!
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OK, now I have a good reason to go back and check. I used to live in Oregon where the blackberries grow wild, and I would dream clumps of blackberries without thorns. They used to lie in the thickets in huge clusters of huge berries. To get to them you needed scissors and gloves, and I never had either. In CA they are different. They are cultivated. You walk up, pick them, and walk away. No fuss no muss! 🙂
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NO Thorns??? Maybe I need to go to CA!! (Not really! lol)
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They are ok, but not like OR berries!
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Fruit is sweeter when ya have to fight for it!
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Ouch!!!
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