Picking Raspberries

Ohio is like a jungle. It rains so much here and is so humid that you have everything wild growing in your backyard. We don't even try to tame the small forest in our yard, but we will enjoy it's fruits! We have wild raspberries and wild grapes (who knew there was such a thing as wild grapes)?! Right now the raspberries are ripe so we've been picking them before the birds eat them. Gabriel had such a good time! He kept saying, "I pick stawbewie." "Stawbewie sour." I would tell him they are raspberries but he was convinced they were strawberries. Wild raspberries are a little more tart than your regular, farmed raspberries...but they are still yummy and oh-so-good for you!
Our Little Explorer

Picking "stawbewies"

Gotta taste 'em

Then you gotta eat 'em

Then of course you squish 'em

Then you admire your collection

We found a friend - Japanese Beetle (they actually aren't friendly for berry crops, but Gabriel liked looking at it).

Yummy, wild raspberries!