I told you they’re not poison!

And another exciting thing happened at the Ottawa Farmer’s Market today. Eagle eyed Sean spotted a sign at a stall that simply read “Saskatoons” Only someone who has grown up in the prairies or eaten Sean’s mom’s Saskatoon Berry Pie would get excited over seeing such a sign in the East. So we went over to check it out and sure enough the saintly man was selling frozen Saskatoon berries that he grew on his very own farm in Osgoode! And it’s a U-pick farm so you can pick your own Saskatoons right here in the Ottawa Valley in late June! Now that’s a miracle!

We actually found a few Saskatoon bushes near Hog’s Back when we were there with Sean’s folks this summer. The 4 of us were leaning over the fence to pick the yummy morsels and this total ignoramus walked by as I was stuffing some berries into Keenan’s mouth and he confidently warned us “those are poison you know”. I’m actually happy people out here don’t know a Saskatoon berry from a hole in the ground. Just means more for us!