I dont know if any of you have noticed but this years crop of blackberries is excellent. They seem to have lasted for ages and in the past few days they are especially large, juicy and sweet. Despite all the rain or maybe as a result of all the rain, I've never seen such a bumper crop. This weekend could be a good time to hit the small country roads & collect them. Great on their own or with ice cream or in a blackberry/apple pie. They are so good for you too - I am not sure how, they just feel that way
My 2.5 yr old loves them and for the past few days we walked the local fields collecting them for our desert after tea....
Once tasted blackberry wine and it was the nicest wine I've had - really good.
Anyone made jam with them? I love to eat crack open a pot of jam in the middle of winter - its like a window of summer in all its bloom - helps to keep going during the dark cold days of winter.......
Not sure what it is but it looks like a kind of brown web that covers the blackberries and makes them look rotten. Some of them are covered in it at the moment.
I am down to my last batch. Making apple and blackberry crumble tonite. Should have freezed some.