My nieces and nephews love these "little red circles". I planted this Red Lake currant about 4 years ago and it has turned into quite a stunning berry bush, loaded with little red circles that people and chipmunks love. We have to share with the wildlife around here or rather, the wildlife on occasion, shares with us. Before this bush was capable of producing the substantial harvest we are now starting to see, I was always super bummed to witness the 'munks stuffing their little fat cheeks with as many of these circles as they could stuff into their funky-munky mouths. It was simultaneously funny and not-so-much, but what can ya do?
This year however, the bush produced even more berries than they could handle and it seems that after a while the 'munks do tire of collecting them and move onto other delectables, so we were lucky enough to get these. Yep, you can see the long strands that were literally, picked off, by the critters. Nice of them to leave me a few, huh? At any rate, we managed to share at least this many and next year, I suspect will be our best year yet.
My harvest this year was enough for me to juice and make a little jelly. I grew these for my hubby who told me stories of his childhood summers in Austria where his grandmother made current jelly and soda syrup that she would bottle and then dilute with water to make a homemade "kool-aid". Now, I do the same and I have to say, "Kool-Aid, eat your little fat jug heart out!"
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