From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   On 7/4/2023 3:56 AM, songbird wrote:   
   > T wrote:   
   > ...thimbleberries...   
   >> You would need jewels glasses to see them!   
   >> I think I will break down and spend the   
   >> $30 and buy a plant.   
   >   
   >    your conditions are likely completely   
   > inhospitable for them - i'd not waste the $.   
   >   
   >    i used to live in the Upper Peninsula of   
   > Michigan where they grew in the wild.  they   
   > did not grow in an arid hot climate - i would   
   > find them growing in the woods and along the   
   > edges where it was usually partly shaded and   
   > cool and moist almost constantly.   
   >   
   >    where you are at i think they'd fry.   
   >   
   >    on top of that they have a very unusual   
   > flavor - i found it rather cloyingly sweet and   
   > just barely edible but i'd rather grow   
   > raspberries if given the choice (and i liked   
   > the golden raspberry variety the best - but   
   > that is my own personal preference :).   
      
   My first kiss for my delightful wife was a thimbleberry kiss. Definitely   
   surprised her.   
      
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