One of Justin’s neighbors, Jack Montgomery, has been gathering the tiny wild blackberries for the past 2 weeks or so. The amazing part is he also just had arthroscopic surgery to open a 90%-blocked artery. Doctors went in through small incisions in his wrist and groin, kept him overnight, sent him home and told him to rest. But Jack has a hard time sitting still, so he gathered the blackberries for short periods of time every day. His slow-but-steady method has yielded 100 pounds so far. Next on Jack’s agenda: jams, jellies, and pies! And he wanted me to know, he does all the canning and baking, not his wife.
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