Out with the old and in with the new. Last year we stored lots of blackberries and they were still in the freezer. Now we have lots of new blackberries almost ready to come in (Belle added 4 new plants). While on vacation, and all this week we've been enjoying blackberry lemonade. It's not the healthiest way to enjoy homegrown blackberries, but with 2 young boys and a teenage niece who is visiting, it's the best way to enjoy them!
Blackberry Lemonade Southern Living Magazine
Fresh Blackberries 3 cups
Water 7 cups
Sugar 1/4 cup
Lemonade mix 1/4
Garnish w/fresh mint and lemon slices
Directions:
Process the blackberries in a sieve.
Stir in 7 cups of water, sugar and drink mix.
Garnish if desired.
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Spring Garden Acre is a blog about our family's gardening adventures. We call our place Spring Garden Acre, because we live on Spring Road with about an acre. We're located in zone 6b of south central PA. We grow peaches, berries, vegetables and keep a few chickens for eggs and meat.
Sounds yummy! I still have some blackberries in the freezer from last year. I think I will be making a batch of blackberry jam with them since we won't be getting any berries this year from the trimmed and moved plants
ReplyDeleteJam sounds great. this way you'll have a taste here and there till next year when you berries come in again.
DeleteHave you grown Stevia?
ReplyDeleteNo, I've never tried that. Do you mean for a sweetener? I'm interested.
DeleteExactly. I've seen it in the local Garden stores around here. Perhaps it could be used as an off grid source of sweetener when us northern folk cannot grow sugar cane. Or can we?
DeleteI am so jealous! I wish we had room for berry bushes. And with Andy's new routine of using frozen berries every night in smoothies our wallet really wishes we had berry bushes also!
ReplyDeleteInteresting first time I heard about blackberry lemonade.
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