Bosco Berries

For seven years we have lived in Central Uganda. 

It is an understatement to say we enjoy the people, the work we do, the landscape and a lot of the foods available here. WE LOVE OUR LIVES HERE!!! 

BUT, we have missed the berries of summer. Occasionally, we see strawberries and maybe even blueberries or raspberries for sell at the supermarket in Kampala, but the price is extremely prohibitive! I can't justify paying those prices for a few juicy, sweet bites! 

Last year we were blessed beyond measure when we were introduced to BOSCO BERRIES!  Now, don't go looking in the horticulture books for the likes of such a name. It is our own nomenclature, but are probably closely related to mulberries or huckleberries.

We call them Bosco Berries because our co-worker, Uncle Bosco grows them in his compound, and generously shares with us.

In Uncle Bosco's compound you can find a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. He is the proverbial green thumb!  Mangoes, guavas, lemon grass, papaya, tomatoes, maize, beans, numerous flowers and Bosco Berries to name a FEW.

He has invited the kids to pick as many berries as they can each day, provided they also pick some for him at that same time! 

So, they reach and climb and fill plastic containers and always say thank you at the end of the picking.

Then they bring them to me and I transform them into all kinds of treats--treats we missed out on the first six years of our existence here at New Hope. 

Praise God for Uncle Bosco and the introduction of the Bosco Berry to our lives!!!!

Last year, before we left for the U.S. he shared a cutting from his bush. I have seen a few berries on it already!  We're looking forward to an abundance in the next few years. Won't you come and taste of the goodness of the Lord here with us at New Hope? 

Yum. Yum