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Across the Fence:  Berry Picking with Spokane Farmgirls!!  |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
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 Posted - Jul 15 2007 : 3:40:30 PM
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Carol Sue and Lavendar Fields Dreamer drove all the way down from Spokane to go berry picking with me today. We met at the old train depot in Pullman, WA then we drove to my Super Duper Berry patch. We all got bucket loads of berries! Yup! Bucketloads!
And to make a wonderful day even better! They brought be jars and goodies from Huckleberrywine!
Carol Sue and Teresa are so sweet and fun! We had so much fun! We chatted and laughed.
It was still pretty hot out, but we managed. And afterwards we were all hungry and thirsty so we went to Dairy Queen for lunch and Ice Cream!
I love meeting farmgirls and the berries are just a wonderful extra! :)
Thanks for coming down, ladies! I look forward to apple season so we can get together again!
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora! |
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Lavendar fields dreamer
True Blue Farmgirl
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little monkeys mommy
washington
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2007 : 5:15:24 PM
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Alee your such a doll and baby nora is a sweet pea!!! Had a lot of fun can't wait to do it again. Those berries were so good to eat and will make a beautiful pie this fall. And the ice cream was sooooo good with the heat.
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2007 : 9:42:38 PM
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Alee, that was a major most delightful time. You are extremely sweet and down to earth. I love your laugh and how you love Nora, sweet, just sweet.
Blackberries, what a bonus!!!!!Got home washed them and threw them in the freezer and took a nap.
Ya want a funny, the sun didn't get to me berry picking it was on the way back home>>>>>>> I have a little black Geo with no air conditioning. Yes, I was drinking, water that is.
The great thing is on the way down we got to stop at Huckleberrywines and meet here. ladies where ever her strawberry lemonade recipe is, oh my gosh, use it!!!!! It was the best I have ever had. Yummoo,
Gotta go take care of the sunburn. Guess who remembered everything but the suntan lotion. Nuts!!!!!
Thanks girls what fun, can't wait for apples.
Carol Sue
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Jul 16 2007 : 07:34:36 AM
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So glad to hear you had a great time. It was wonderful to meet you both and have a good visit. Thanks so much for coming by, it was very thoughtful of you. Buckets of berries, wow! Looking forward to next time!
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Jul 16 2007 : 08:18:33 AM
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Michelle-
There were even MORE berries than when we went! I am planning on taking my fiance and his dad either today or tomorrow. *Yes I am addicted to berries...*  I am going to take my big hedge clippers and really work on trimming some of those branches back. I would love to go and trim walkways through so that we could get the big berries in the center of the bush- but I know they would probably just grow over in a day or so! I read that wild blackberries can grow up to 2 feet a day!!
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora! |
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol Sue
Washingtonian
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Posted - Jul 16 2007 : 12:25:44 PM
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You chop away girl, have fun berry picking again. Tell us if you get the big ones!!!!!
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Jul 17 2007 : 08:26:13 AM
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Well- I ended up not going berrying yesterday. Doug, his dad, Nora and I all went to Silverwood. His dad payed for us (thankfully! It is expensive to get in!) I watched while they rode the scary rollercoster rides and walked around with them. Then we went to the water park side. Nora splashed a little in the kiddie swimming pool but the water was a bit too cold even to just splash her feet in. But she had fun I think. Then Doug's dad watched Nora while Doug and I swam in the wave pool and went on the water slides. And then we were all pretty beat from the sun so we decided it was time to go home.
I am going to end up giving Doug's dad most of my blackberries from picking with Carol Sue and Teresa since I can go back and get more any time. It looks like today we are going Garnet hunting up by St. Maries and then early tomorrow Doug's Dad is heading back to Wyoming. It's always fun to have people come up because then you sometimes get to do things you wouldn't normally do. :)
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora! |
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Tracey
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tracey
State of Confusion
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Jul 17 2007 : 6:04:10 PM
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Today turned into a bust as far as garnets went. We some some great scenery-
Oh and Michelle! We found some currants that were infested with that grub out on the mountain! Icky!! So gross!
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora! |
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Jul 18 2007 : 07:26:05 AM
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Alee, how funny is life? I just got back from staying in some cute little cabins near St. Maries, and panning for garnets! Currant grubs --ew. Kinda spoils the fun. It was good to splash around in the river and look at all the scenery. What a gorgeous place.
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
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Posted - Jul 18 2007 : 08:25:00 AM
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Oh Darn! I bet we would have seen each other too! How did you do? Get any good garnets?
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora! |
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Jul 18 2007 : 5:23:06 PM
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We had a great time. Spring Creek is the name of the place with the darling 1930's log cabins to rent. Nicest folks too. That was the treasure of the trip.
I just picked around the creek while the other folks were fishing, and found a few pin-head sized ones. Some clear purple, and the others would need to be cut to show very well. Just interesting. I guess there are big ones there, but I was just happy to be in the water w. DD and visit.
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Cindy Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Cindy
Sparks
Nevada
USA
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Posted - Jul 18 2007 : 5:26:28 PM
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