Jars of Blackberries

On Sunday we jarred almost all of the berries. We ended up with about 35 pints of jam, 4 pints of jelly, and six pints of blackberry brandy, which is still in the works. We have to let the brandy sit for at least two months. We also froze about 16 cups of berries to use later for a barbecue sauce that Debbie's uncle makes.

So many damn berries!!

These are all the berries laid out to dry. It was about this time we all decided next time we might only need one box full.

Blackberry Drying

So, we got a little over zealous picking and ended up with about 60 pounds of blackberries, two boxes full. We are a little rediculous! That night we also had to clean all the berries and lay them out to dry so that they wouldn't mold. Andrew got the job of spreading them all out. We were doing that until about 2am.

Blackberry Picking

It was raining outside while we actually picked berries so I didnt take any pictures. We took a ferry across the Puget Sound to Debbie's grandfather's farm to pick blackberries near Bainbridge Island. The picture coming back was much prettier than the picture going.