Blackberry Blossoms

That is one of the lines of one of Samantha’s favorite books – “Jamberry” by Bruce Degan.

We LOVE our blackberries.  I’m not sure exactly which variety they are, but they are big and gorgeous and taste incredible.  And the very best part –  they are thornless!  These particular blackberry vines came from my mother’s house in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma years ago and then made another move with us from our house in Lewisville to our house here in Flower Mound.  We have given many of the errant runners to friends and family over the years.

We usually get about 10 to 15 gallons of blackberries a year starting sometime around July 4th.  Well, except last year.  You see, our house backs up to a busy city street with a grassy strip and a side walk.  the vines were growing through the fence in a way that we couldn’t easily prune them from our side, but we thought we would just share with passersby.  We suspect that the city didn’t appreciate that and poisioned them.  A neighbor confirms that she saw someone out there spraying something.  Anyway, most of them died.  They are making a come back, however and they now have blooms on them. Hopefully we will have enough for a couple of Mom’s “A Cup, A Cup, A Cup Blackberry Cobbler”. And from now on, we will just have to be careful and make sure not to share them with the world at large – just with friends and family.