Raspberries - Week 16 - More Jam

The raspberries were looking so sweet, I had to make some homemade biscuits to go with the jam we made out of them!

Smiles!

Erika, The Unexpected Farm Girl 

Owner, Just Raspberries, LLC

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Raspberries - Week 15 - Thoughts of Jam!

It's official! We have a new name. Just Raspberries, LLC. Mega smiles over here!

Scrumptious, healthy berries from our farm to your table. And a 1st this week, JAM! Yummy.

Smiles!

Erika, The Unexpected Farm Girl 

Owner, Just Raspberries, LLC

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Raspberries - Week 14 - Raspberry Tea!

Delicious looking harvest!

Yummy raspberry popsicles on a hot July day.

Raspberry leaves straight from the source to experiment with making hot tea. Turned out quite tasty.

Click here: The Unexpected Farm Girl - The Prequel for photos & amusing stories from the 2008 - 2011 part of The Unexpected Farm Girl's journey. 

Smiles!

The Unexpected Farm Girl (Erika)

Raspberries Week 13 - Fertigation

It's a scorcher most days out here, but we are busy setting up the fertilizer injector so we can add fertilizer directly to the irrigation line.

Yum. Had to make sure I took a photo before I ate these, they looked (and tasted) SO good!

It's HOT

LOVE telling the difference between the varietals.

Fertigation

Click here: The Unexpected Farm Girl - The Prequel for photos & amusing stories from the 2008 - 2011 part of The Unexpected Farm Girl's journey. 

Smiles!

The Unexpected Farm Girl (Erika)

Raspberries Week 12 - Taste Testing the First Harvest of 2015!

What a treat to arrive at the farm and uncover this beauty, among others.

And ahhh, now the part I've been eagerly awaiting, where I can start to get to know and compare the flavor profiles of our different varieties.

The Unexpected Farm Girl and Thing 1 collecting a few berries for a personal taste test

Thing 2 can't wait to get the berries home to taste.

my official taste testers (and best sons EVER!)

packed up for another unofficial taste test with my yoga class - great, helpful comments on flavor profiles

polka raspberry

From farm to table....from raspberries to yummy raspberry sorbet in only a few minutes!

"I am SO not eating the sorbet before we even scoop it out for everyone."

Click here: The Unexpected Farm Girl - The Prequel for photos & amusing stories from the 2008 - 2011 part of The Unexpected Farm Girl's journey. 

Smiles!

The Unexpected Farm Girl (Erika)

Raspberries Week 11 - Hakuna Matata....Yum!

Hakuna Matata. No Worries, 'cause they're baaaaaaaaccckkkkk! Our first raspberries for 2015 have made an appearance!

polana raspberry

polka raspberry - a little bigger, a little firmer

niwot black raspberries 

Click here: The Unexpected Farm Girl - The Prequel for photos & amusing stories from the 2008 - 2011 part of The Unexpected Farm Girl's journey. 

Smiles!

The Unexpected Farm Girl (Erika)

Raspberries Week 9 - Ready or Not, Here They Come!

Beautiful, even when still green. 

Polana Raspberries - Week 9

Week 9 and it feels so great to be walking around in the 92 degree weather, pulling weeds while Husband cuts the grass. We saw one little peek of red on a berry and it was so exciting!

Now THIS is determination. This Niwot black raspberry is not even fully in the ground and it's still growing strong.

Growing black raspberries (note, not blackberries) is new to us. These Bristol are getting wild and spreading out in all different directions already.

Bristol Black Raspberry - Week 9

Bristol Black Raspberry - Week 9

Polana Raspberries - Week 9

Polana Raspberries - Week 9

Another beautiful site on the farm....the flowers.

Click here: The Unexpected Farm Girl - The Prequel for photos & amusing stories from the 2008 - 2011 part of The Unexpected Farm Girl's journey. 

Smiles!

The Unexpected Farm Girl (Erika)