Steven L. Smith, Bellingham, WA Home Inspector (King of the House)

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Thank you berry much

 Well, the sunshine was out today and I had a day off and some time out in the garden. It has been several days, but I took a look at the berries. I tend to grow some of the fruit, the wife does the flowers and vegetables. The first photo is the blackberries. They look robust this year, but they are not going to be ripe for a month or so. This plant is really neat, thornless -- no stickers at all. Below that is the raspberries. They are ripe now. If you do not know it, Whatcom County is one of the few, and among the largest, of the raspberry growing areas in the nation. I did an inspection yesterday, and a huge commercial raspberry field was just across the street. 

 

Thornless blackberry, 25 year old plant

 

Raspberries, 8 year old plant

Thanks for looking.

Steven L. Smith

Bellingham WA home inspector

        

        

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9 comments • Steven L. Smith, Bellingham, Wa. Home Inspector • July 01 2007 11:47PM

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Ohhhh, Now I am getting Hungry
Posted by John Occhi. ePRO, Five Star Certified, Riverside Cnty REO Expert, 951.443.6259 (Excellence in Real Estate Tm @ Allison James Estates & Homes) over 4 years ago
Steven - Now you've hit a nerve!  Oh how I wish I could come up there and pick some of those great berries.  Whe we lived in Olympia, I canned blackberries, cherries, raspberries, blueberries, Wenatchee peaches, and made concord grape juice.  Ohhhhhh how I miss those days.
Posted by Laguna Homes|Laguna Condos| Laguna Real Estate|Marlene Bridges (Village Real Estate Services, Inc.) over 4 years ago
You have the best berries down there! I distinctly remember Marion Berry pie I had at a shop in LaConner. And the blackberries all down the coast in August! I once made jams form them over the campfire one summer many years ago - a delightful memory! 
Posted by Deborah Pearce (Living Spaces Interior Design & Home Staging ) over 4 years ago

Steven:  I grew up in berry country in Corbett, Oregon (Columbia Gorge).   My brother is still a berry farmer and he gives us frozen berries (blueberries, marionberries, raspberries) in 5 gallon bags to last me all year.  Yumm.

 

Posted by Carol Williams Wenatchee Real Estate (Willinger Real Estate) over 4 years ago
YUM!!! One of my favorite things about summer is all the wonderful fresh berries!
Posted by Portsmouth NH Homes Condos - Ann Cummings New Hampshire REALTOR® (RE/MAX Coast to Coast - Portsmouth New Hampshire) over 4 years ago

Steven,

Those raspberries look delicious, now I'm ready for a snack. You are so lucky, I can't grow anything! :)

Posted by Somerset MA Real Estate ~ Suzanne Sands (Pavao Real Estate) over 4 years ago

This was a berry good post!

 

BLOG ON!

Posted by » Bill Burress Nationwide Mortgage Originator over 4 years ago
Bad jokes aside, Where did you find the native blackberries?  These aren't to be confused with the prolific, non-native and invasive noxious weed called Himalayan blackberries.  Whoever brought those thugs to this area should have been shot.  The native berries are smaller and sweeter and prized by anyone who knows about them.
Posted by David Helm, Bellingham, Wa. Licensed Home Insp (Helm Home Inspections) over 4 years ago

Steven,  They look delicious ! Raspberries are my favourite fruit. Much rather look at these pics than some of your 'crawl-space' horror pics.  ((-:

Jo 

Posted by Jo-Anne Smith- Oakville, Burlington and Mississauga Region Real Estate, Ont (Brekland Realty Group) over 4 years ago

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