Comments on: Frugal Fun in the Fruitlands: Week of 7/23/07 http://www.frugalfruitlands.net/2007/07/23/frugal-fun-in-the-fruitlands-week-of-72307/ Living Less Large in Central MA Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:52:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: lise http://www.frugalfruitlands.net/2007/07/23/frugal-fun-in-the-fruitlands-week-of-72307/comment-page-1/#comment-21 lise Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:17:33 +0000 http://www.electric-monk.net/lise/2007/07/23/frugal-fun-in-the-fruitlands-week-of-72307/#comment-21 @Chad: How hard is it to make preserves? Does it require the whole equipment + hassle of canning? I have to admit that $2.50/lb is an unbeatable price for raspberries, and if I knew what to do with pounds of raspberries, I might be tempted to purchase more, since I do love them so much. When you think about it, the real expense of fruits like raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, etc, is the travel cost. They can't be picked when they're unripe and then shipped, like bananas; they only come off the briars/bushes when they're completely ripe. Therefore they're fragile and don't travel well, which is why you end up paying so much for a pint of them in store. @Chad: How hard is it to make preserves? Does it require the whole equipment + hassle of canning? I have to admit that $2.50/lb is an unbeatable price for raspberries, and if I knew what to do with pounds of raspberries, I might be tempted to purchase more, since I do love them so much.

When you think about it, the real expense of fruits like raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, etc, is the travel cost. They can’t be picked when they’re unripe and then shipped, like bananas; they only come off the briars/bushes when they’re completely ripe. Therefore they’re fragile and don’t travel well, which is why you end up paying so much for a pint of them in store.

]]> By: Chad http://www.frugalfruitlands.net/2007/07/23/frugal-fun-in-the-fruitlands-week-of-72307/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Chad Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:00:43 +0000 http://www.electric-monk.net/lise/2007/07/23/frugal-fun-in-the-fruitlands-week-of-72307/#comment-20 fruit picking is a great inexpensive way to fill a morning, or a day, depending on what you get and what you do with it. A few months back, Amanda and I went out to our local farm and got strawberries at $2/lb. Not only did we fill a morning with 15lbs. of strawberries, but also filled a good chunk of time making strawberry preserves; inexpensive, fun, and productive! fruit picking is a great inexpensive way to fill a morning, or a day, depending on what you get and what you do with it. A few months back, Amanda and I went out to our local farm and got strawberries at $2/lb. Not only did we fill a morning with 15lbs. of strawberries, but also filled a good chunk of time making strawberry preserves; inexpensive, fun, and productive!

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