Due to a moderate snowfall this winter, we look forward to the berries and the flowers. The wild high-bush cranberries should do well, though we prefer and enjoy the low-bush cranberry--also called the lingonberry. We depended on this beautiful red berry for our winter supply of vitamin C. More than that, we enjoyed it for sauce--eating it with the wild moose or caribou meat. Now that we live in the urban area, the low-bush cranberry is hard to find. On occasion, God has sent the berry through friends. We still have a couple jars of canned low-bush cranberry on our pantry shelf--saving it for special occasion. Perhaps we can drive out of town someday in August, and find some cranberry! They are best after the frost, for then the very tart berry is sweeter. They are also fun to pick. You can pick them one by one, or just rake them off of the low vine into your hand!
"Thanks, Lord, for sending the blanket of winter snow, so we can enjoy the small low-bush cranberry."
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We have just finally had two days in a row of warm sunshine. Our winter here in Cheney was pretty cold and brutal. The sunshine is being kind and helping our lilacs to bloom just in time for our lilac festival! Hunting for those cranberries sounds fun. I know Sarah would enjoy that. We planted three blueberry varieties in our backyard last summer and they look like they wintered our storms and are going to produce this year!
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