Evidently Blackberries so why not just pick and eat when you walk past ? If high enough to avoid dog pee what's to worry about ? If you happen to pick one which contains a crawly job, just spit it out A long walk is quite often aided by the odd blackberry or two.
I was thinking more to go with the bumper crop of apples we've got on our tree this year! There's LOADS of blackberries around and something must have spread the seeds as they're now growing under our hedge!!
Off on a walk right now to a good spot we found last week 😉
mikeymustard : I just love the very idea of slow gin! It describes it perfectly - the longer you wait, the better it tastes! I have sampled some sloe gin today, made in 2016 - delicious! I have some damson gin made the same year: I have yet to sample it, but have high hopes (hic!).
I pop them in the fridge in a container with a lid on, after an hour or so any bugs climb up to the lid to get warm so you can take lid off, pop it outside and off they go.
Eat them with abandon in the UK.....but don’t do so on holiday abroad. Many countries have echinococcus, spread by foxes usually and quite nasty as a disease in humans. Eat only fruit high up, or cook it.
Just add sugar and vodka, seal jar/bottle and put in the boot of your car for a while (takes care of the shaking) strain, store for as long as you can wait..drink...
you can add vanilla or cinnamon or whatever you fancy! 😁
I've always just picked them off the bush and eaten them when I go past [above dog leg height only, of course] so if there's anyting lurking in them, I've eaten that too. All good protein.... There's loads down the lanes and on the verges round here just now. Yum yum.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
There is a fragrance to blackberries that is so evocative of childhood for me. Mum would always take us brambling in the last week of the summer holidays. Well. As long as it stopped raining for a couple of hours. If you find some growing somewhere damp they are sweet and not pippy at all. Or no more so than raspberries. A seasonal treat
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I put them in salty water, rinse them and spread on a bit of kitchen towel to dry. Then they go into the freezer so I can enjoy the taste of summer all winter. I don't do alcohol but apple and blackberry pies and crumbles are a favourite!
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Off on a walk right now to a good spot we found last week 😉
I have sampled some sloe gin today, made in 2016 - delicious! I have some damson gin made the same year: I have yet to sample it, but have high hopes (hic!).
Eat them with abandon in the UK.....but don’t do so on holiday abroad. Many countries have echinococcus, spread by foxes usually and quite nasty as a disease in humans. Eat only fruit high up, or cook it.
you can add vanilla or cinnamon or whatever you fancy! 😁
All good protein....
There's loads down the lanes and on the verges round here just now. Yum yum.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Well.
As long as it stopped raining for a couple of hours.
If you find some growing somewhere damp they are sweet and not pippy at all. Or no more so than raspberries.
A seasonal treat
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”