EJ
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| Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:40 pm Post subject: Berries...at this time of year? |
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Just goes to show how mild it has been in Essex this year. Whilst at the plot on Christmas day daughter number one and I enjoyed a flush of raspberries - our little treat! These aren't an autumn variety but a summer one, and they should have finished months ago!
They were DELICIOUS!
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 Astonising!!
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Polly
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| Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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I love raspberries - wish I could pick those and have a snack.
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Aaawww EJ that's not fair!! Imagine showing us a piccie of those luscious raspberries and telling us how delicious they were when our bushes are bare here.  I think it's about time I moved to Essex. 
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EJ, we are sort of used to having things grow and bloom out of season because of our weather but not berries like that. Unlike others, I do not care for raspberries, so you can have mine too. 
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glendann
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I'm not a raspberries eatter either bot now strawberries is another story.
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cajunbelle
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I love raspberries, so I want some too. Do they grow in Louisiana? I wonder.
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Amazing, raspberries in December (and nearly January, for that matter) - yum!
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EJ
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It is funny how some people are stawb lovers and some raspberries. As much as I adore strawbs, I would eat the rasps first every time, they are my absolute favourite and thankfully on our allotment site, there is a huge patch of them by the gate, and old Jack doesn't mind me pinching one on my way through. 
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Netty
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That's amazing EJ! I've had raspberries in my garden for 3 years and never had a berry from them! This year, they are getting replaced with strawberry plants.
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bethie
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| Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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Yummmm. My all time favorite. They grow pretty well here in the South.
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reggaefan
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| Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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The berries are beautiful never tasted fresh raspberries so I don't know about the taste
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