Raspberries

Amazing fruit found growing in humble locations

Saskatoon’s, chokecherries, gooseberries, sour cherries and raspberries, "Prairie Berries" all have there place in the prairie garden. Often found growing in difficult unattended parts of the yard or garden, growing wild in the coulees or along riverbanks.

Raspberry Trifle Recipes Picked and eaten fresh, canned or frozen for use in the long winter months or made into pies.

Crisp? Crumble? Cobbler? - these are definitely a gardener's delight.

Raspberries

One of the easiest fruit bearing plants to grow in the home garden.

The Raspberry is not a "berry" at all but instead an Aggregate fruit of numerous drupelets around a central core.

An aggregate fruit developes from a flower with numerous simple pistels. An example is the raspberry, whose simple fruits are termed druelets because each is like a small drupe attached to the receptacle.

When picked the raspberry separates from the core, leaving behind a hollow fruit.

I was going to write all about growing raspberries, how to care for raspberries, varities of raspberries, how to stake and prune raspberries, how to freeze raspberries, ....

But you can check all that out at the Alberta Government site from Brooks - Agriculture and Food This is a great source of information if you are new to gardening on the prairies or want more detailed information.

Ahhhh fresh raspberries and ice cream ...

Just so you know raspberries are considered a high fibre food at 8 gms dietary fiber per cup. They are an excellent source of vitamin C and maganese, a good source of vitiman K and magnesium and contain some calcium and iron.

With that in mind -

I think that fresh picked raspberries and vanilla ice cream should be placed in a "summertime" food group all of there own!

Prairie Berry Recipes