You may remember last year when I mentioned that Zeke loves blackberries. This year we have a large crop down near where Fouche Gap Road crosses the top of the mountain. They are mostly tiny, green pebbles, but a few have ripened. They are pretty small.
It turns out that Sam likes them.
Zeke got one, too.
Most of the blackberries are quite small. Northwest Georgia, including out part of Floyd County, is currently in severe drought conditions, so I suspect that they will remain small unless the weather pattern changes.
The mulberries seem to be ripening reasonably well, and they seem to be of normal size, which is about the size of a good, wild blackberry.
Recently I have been seeing a fox crossing into and out of our yard in the afternoon, much earlier than we usually see one. Leah is not leaving unattended cat food out, so I couldn’t figure out what the fox was doing. And then I noticed black fox poop under the large mulberry tree in the yard. The mulberries are dropping onto the ground, and the fox is eating them.
Wednesday afternoon after our walk I took Zeke and Sam by the mulberry. I picked a few and gave them to the dogs. I tried one last year. To me it tasted a lot like a blackberry. The dogs have offered no opinion on the taste other than to eat them off the ground.
I’m surprised that you have drought conditions there. I thought there had been a crazy amount of rain in the southeast this year. Sure hope you get a good soaking so there is no fire danger. The fire season starts earlier and earlier in California every year now. Pretty soon, it will be fire season all the time. Nice to see those berries ripening there.
Robin — I knew we had not had much rain lately, but I was a little surprised to see us in “severe drought.” I have a suspicion that as the years pass and precipitation averages change, this will be considered normal rainfall for this time of year.
I’ve seen a fair amount of news coverage about the extended fire season in the West. Fortunately, the vegetation doesn’t dry out as much here. Even without rain, the humidity is typically quite high.