First blackberries of the year!

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Colin Miles
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At long last this morning I was able to go down to the bottom of my garden and pick some blackberries amongst the wild brambles there! Not that many, but actually eatable. Maybe tomorrow as well?
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They're very late Colin, are they in the shade? You've reminded me to have another look for some to go with an apple pie. Thanks.
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We eventually had a good few to pick here - but much later and sparser than usual. Fortunately plenty of apples to cook with themImage
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And St Michaelmas has already been and gone ! :shock: Cheers, Tony.
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No Plumpudding - these are in the Sun! The ones in the shade are just flowering! It's been that kind of year. Very early strawberries then everything became late - Sweetcorn only just ripening - or finished early - Runner Beans.
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We have had a week of rain and fog and the blackberries are all squashy now.. which is as well as the freezer is full.

Runner beans still coming..
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Don't know about the first blackberries, but my strawberries have all started flowering and fruiting again in the current warm weather. Poor plants will be totally exhausted after this!

There's a saying "Don't pick blackberries after the end of September because the devil has pi**ed on them" but I'm still picking mine, and as a result of recent wave of sunshine they're still tasting fin and haven't yet developed that 'rotting/mouldy' taste.
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Primrose wrote:Don't know about the first blackberries, but my strawberries have all started flowering and fruiting again in the current warm weather. Poor plants will be totally exhausted after this!

There's a saying "Don't pick blackberries after the end of September because the devil has pi**ed on them" but I'm still picking mine, and as a result of recent wave of sunshine they're still tasting fin and haven't yet developed that 'rotting/mouldy' taste.


It is actually that an insect invades around that time. The name escapes me but i am sure somone here will know. Lays its eggs in them I seem to remember...
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Primrose wrote:
There's a saying "Don't pick blackberries after the end of September because the devil has pi**ed on them"


The "cut-off date" is the 11th of October - Michaelmas Day on the Julian calendar. The belief goes back much further than the switch to the Gregorian calendar in 1752. So another week to enjoy :)
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