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Welcome to the Frog Hollow Farm blog! I've been blogging since January 2010 and have switched from Blogger to Word Press, but I'm back to Blogger because, for me, it's easier to use. My husband and I live on a little farm in Northwest New Jersey. We have some chickens and a very large vegetable garden with asparagus and raspberries, and rows and rows of sunflowers, snapdragons and zinnias. Traveling, entertaining, gardening, spending time with family, studying Italian, blogging and reading keep us busy and happy. With all of this going on, moving towards a simpler life seems almost impossible but it's definitely a daily goal.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Raspberries and Summer Sundays

Frog Hollow Farm's raspberries are just beginning to ripen in the garden.  Our raspberry bushes take up three rows and are placed between the asparagus patch and one row of blackberry bushes.

FHFB has two varieties of raspberries planted; the traditional red berries and a pretty golden yellow berry.  The golden berries seem to be ripening first, although I did find a few of the red jewels while picking today.

This berry bowl is from a potter in Asheville, North Carolina.  It has holes in the bottom of the bowl and a little dish that it sits on to collect any water after washing the berries.  I love the colors that the potter used in this bowl - all berry colors: raspberry pink,  deep blueberry blue. a dark blackberry purple and green.   


Hope that you are enjoying this holiday weekend.  Join me over at The Tablescaper's Summer Sundays to see all of the wonderful blog posts about what summer means! 

Ciao, bella!

17 comments:

  1. How wonderful to be able to pick fresh berries right from your own tree and eat them straight away! I would love to do that. Enjoy them all!

    Best wishes and happy week,
    Natasha.

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  2. The berries look great and I love that bowl-Happy 4th!

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  3. Beautiful raspberries.

    The bowl is fabulous.

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  4. Yummy~ one of my most favorite fruits! I love the golden raspberries! They are so different. This has raspberry jam written all over it!
    Beautiful and inspiring images!
    Yvonne

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  5. The raspberries look so good and fresh and the bowl they're in is so pretty and practical. Happy 4th!...Christine

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  6. I love raspberries and it looks like you're getting a bumper crop! The golden raspberries are beautiful and so unique.

    Thanks so much for joining "Summer Sundays"!

    - The Tablescaper

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  7. Your berries are beautiful. The berry bowl is intriguing, I've never heard of such a thing, but it sounds very practical as you described it, as well as attractive.

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  8. How wonderful to have your own berries. We have to bring ours home from the market. Love raspberries and these look delicious!
    Happy 4th of July! ~ sarah

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  9. I love raspberries too. I should plant some bushes.

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  10. HI FARM GIRL,
    FIRST TIME I SAW YELLOW RASPBERRIES, THEY LOOK DELICIOUS. YOUR BERRY GARDEN SOUNDS GREAT, YOU HAVE QUITE A SELECTION. HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO YOU AND FARM BOY, WE ARE HAVING A BBQ TODAY, JUST US.
    LOVE, AUNT RIZ

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  11. How sweet is picking your own strawberries! What a fun summer thing to do! Happy 4th of JULY! Jacqueline

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  12. Raspberries are my very favourite fruit and now I am contemplating going out and finding some! Thanks for sharing!

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  13. Oh, I am so jealous. I haven't found the space for raspberry bushes and they are my favorite. Yellow ones are so lovely. Enjoy your crop. Your photos are beautiful.

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  14. Hi Ann Marie,
    Your berries look scrumptious!! I love the berry bowl, I have pieces from North Carolina that I just love. I bet you will make some wonderful things from your garden all season long. I Hope you had a great 4th and are having a nice Summer. My husband picked something up on the plane ride back from Bermuda and he gave it to me. I have been coughing like crazy for 2 weeks now and took antibiotics etc. but have trudged through it and hosted parties over the weekend..I should have been resting more. We are suppose to be in Vermont/Lake George now but I postponed it until I am better.
    Oh well...
    Hope you have a wonderful day and I just love your garden posts!!
    xoxo

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  15. What a handy fruit bowl that is. Pretty too! You have the most unique items! I have never tried those yellow raspberries...and didn't even know there was such a thing. I'll be watching for them for certain now though.

    Bella, I placed your troll button at the bottom left of my blog. It looks cute! Thank you for adding my Bea Button to yours. If you need it made smaller, please let me know and I'll be happy to resize it for you! (:

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