Chickie'sMomaInNH
Garden Master
oh just forget thinking about getting them on the plane. you know TSA would confiscate them in a heartbeat!ninnymary said:Hmmm...let's see...with airfare, how much will those blackberries cost me? Hmmm...
Mary

oh just forget thinking about getting them on the plane. you know TSA would confiscate them in a heartbeat!ninnymary said:Hmmm...let's see...with airfare, how much will those blackberries cost me? Hmmm...
Mary

See Marshall ... we have a personal friend, who was my High School Classmate, is a Sheriff in California. So I hear quite a few stories of drug/ " Mary Wanna " busts. Quite a few growing "Mary Wanna" on organic farms among corn, pole beans , pole tomatoes, as well as grape vines. There are drug related murdered bodies found in vinyards and orchards almost on a weekly bases. About 2 years ago, we were looking to buy a home an small acreage or small town near Vancouver, Wa. The realtor showed us a vacant Bank owned 5 acre parcel with a 3 bedroom home. The former owners were busted by the Sheriff. There was a sign on the front gate " xxx organic farms" with a small stand for sale crops . There was about 1 1/2 acres in vegatable garden and small orchard, a chicken coop with run and the rest in woods. Among the woods was quite a few very large tangles of wild blackberries . In the woods and blackberries and the garden we found stump evidence of "Mary Wanna" seized by the Sheriff, as well as brocken/ discarded drug manufacturing equipment and many, many empty chemical bottles. So, not everyone claiming to be "organic" are in it for the love of this beautiful planet.marshallsmyth said:Yea, Major's are nice n neat!
Bob, "organic" does not mean "Mary Wana" growing. That's a prejudice to lose. Organic means a love of this beautiful planet.
Right now my Navajo thornless is finishing the last few berries, and my Burbank Thornless is getting past its seasonal production, still ripening some. Oh, and my Loganberry has made a few late berries waiting. Those are my FAVORITE! They have that subtle Raspberry flavor, are pretty large, and pick basically like Raspberries. My version has thorns and wants to grow prostrate so this winter I'll be tying it up onto stakes. Hopefully there will be some suckers to propagate with, else I'll do cuttings or layerings. Supposedly the Fall Gold and Indian Summer Raspberries make flowers for a late summer/fall crop. Haven't yet.
Mine will never be as neat as Major's but they sure will not be the mess that your u-pick place has them in. Right now it's a jungle though. They are new plants and I want them to grow big and happy this year. But Indian Summer! Those get mostly pulled this winter and I'll have a lot of new plants for friends who have the space for a berry that wants to take over the world.
row Edit to add : I grew up next door to the police chief. There were 2-5 squad cars in front of his and our houses on a daily evening basis. Therefore , I kept my nose clean. 
