Raspberry

:date: 2024-07-18 19:49 :tags:

Nothing to do with a low power ARM computer this time. This is the real deal. I picked this quarter kilo about 50m from my house in our personal raspberry glade.

And yesterday I was stuffing my face with blueberries I found deep in the forest.

June was a month of pretty harsh weather. The worst on this planet in fact. The season of the year where the air is thick with clouds of frenzied piranha bugs seems to be mostly behind us now. I think the really insane mosquitoes here are what biologists call univoltine  —  meaning they just have one brood a year. However it is still not completely safe  —  I did get my wrist mauled by a black fly yesterday. That did involve 45min of rummaging through the ground foliage for berries with exposed DEET-less skin, so perhaps somewhat preventable.

I mention these seasonal details for long term planners who might one day be interested in visiting our rather beautiful swamp forest.

Keep in mind that we do not have any sharks or alligators at any time of the year!