William and I went out to Early’s Farm and Garden on Saturday and picked up some Saskatoon berry bushes. We were planning on getting three bushes, and they had three varieties, so we got one of each. The bushes were a Mother’s day present for Erin, on her first Mother’s day as a mother.

We dug up some cedars that we had in the back yard, and replaced them with these Saskatoon bushes. I’ve never been a fan of cedars, so that was one of the things I’ve been meaning to do for a long time now. The bushes went in fine, and don’t appear to have died just yet, so that’s good. When we were planting them though, I read the little write-up on each variety a little more closely. I read the first two while at Early’s, but since they both had a variation on the theme of “Sweet, juicy, good tasting purplish fruit,” on them, I assumed that the third would be the same. Turns out that the third bush describes them as “edible.” Not exactly a ringing endorsement. Anyway, I figure there are probably one or two people out there who are reading this, and have never seen a Saskatoon berry, let alone tasted them… For you, check out The Riverbend Plantation, where they apparently sell all manner of Saskatoon berry products. I just picked that link at random out of google though.

Simpson’s quote of the day: “Let the fools have their ‘tar-tar’ sauce.” - Mr. Burns