................Blackberry Pie

I am linking up to a
Big Outdoor Party at
A southern daydreamer
She is so kind to host this party go check it out
lots of outdoorsy stuff over there

Here is my outdoor adventure this week
and yummm did it taste good
(note my small piece)
I am serious this is what I had
because I need to lose weight
Check out how much Melaine has lost over at
My Sweet Savannah
She looks fantastic
but don't enter that contest because
I need to win!

I have fond memories of

Black Berry Pie

My brothers and I would go picking them every year

just as school was about to start

They grow wild up here in the Northwest

My Mom would always send us with her Tupperware

and we would have a race to see who could get the most

It isn't easy picking those horrible little berries with

stickers that really hurt

When we moved to this home 3 years ago

I was so excited, giddy like a child

when I discovered this place had millions of

Blackberries

Invasive like they are we battle between

 killing them

&

 harvesting them

Up these stairs is a small forest

our back yard

Last year we had work done on our pond

I asked the guy if he would mind spending some time

clearing the brush

mostly blackberries

push it back to the neighbors fence

maybe someday I can have a playground up here

for the grand kids

This is what the entire area looked like

at the top of those steps

So push he did and  now

~wow~

I have a big job

maybe next year I will tackle it

but in the meantime there are still some berries

Can you see them?

Isn't it neat how they wrapped themselves around the tree

and are just hanging there like bananas?

Look how many I got

The Hubs helped because he was out there

Cutting them back

He would just cut out a big branch that was up too high

and I would not have to fight the stickers

I only had 1 finger that got stuck

It was worth it

I missed my brothers though....