Harvesting in the rain

We were late to pick our middling aronia harvest this year by about a week to 10 days. I was on-call last weekend with my paying job and was needed there. As with the previous post, yes, I was all wet this past Sunday.

It seems that as the planting season was wet, it is fitting that the harvest season be rainy as well.

Aronia berries are about the same size as blueberries and we use them as a substitute for blueberries and raisins in recipes. The health benefits of aronias are reported to be higher than other berries as well. While tart right off the vine, the cooking process takes that out of them. Mixing uncooked aronias with other berries in a blender and you don't notice.

We made a few bottles of wine from last year's harvest and it produced a dry port.

Here's a close up of a few berries:

Yep, all wet.