Fluffy Tops

The top vines of the blackberries are growing quickly this time of year making it hard to reach through to get to the delicious blackberries inside.

Using a long-handled garden clipper, I cut then pulled long strands of the vines away from the bushes so visitors could pick to their hearts content.

Those exposed berries that were not picked for jams, pies and fresh eating became a treat for the cows.

The cows love berries as much as humans do and since I opened up a spot where the berries were in easy reach, the herd moved in and gently licked each ripe berry right off the exposed tangle. In the meantime, the vines that I had not been able to reach keep growing right out the top and over the area that had been trimmed.