Blackberries

Today the 29th July my daughters 55th birthday,
walking the dogs early as there is to be a party
Look what I found... :D :D

 

Yours are a bit ahead of ours but there are a few ripe ones around! They are early this year, aren't they?
Hope your party goes well!

 

Mmmm... Yum!

Blackberries are still green up here but there are some nice wild raspberries about.

Enjoy the party rosietu

 

Blackberry and apple crumble....
Haven't seen any wild raspberries here.
Summer fruit pudding....
Blackcurrant or redcurrant sorbet with cassis.....
Sorry! Yes, have a good time.

 

You lucky devil. Still very green here in west Wales, looks a lot on all the bushes around my garden but desperately need rain!

 

The ripening of blackberries across the country is one of the key indicators being monitored as part of climate change studies See http://www.naturescalendar.org.uk/

Yes - they are very early this year and so are Rowan berries.

 

They are out here also i shall wait for my friend to visit next week and take her blackberry picking she can do the stretching..and i will take the easy ones..

 

My grandsons love blackberry and apple pie both are almost ready here in Mid Wales another week perhaps.
I quite like it with custard, lovely.

 

Just picked another bowl full lovely with Greek Yogurt, We evidently had rain here yesterday so every things freshened up It did not rain on the party that was good news, we hit a downpour on the way home around Winchester still that will plump out the berries now...natures free harvest good innit?

 

Hi Wildflower, beware the lower down you pick the more likely a little dog has been by :D :D

 

Still waiting for them to ripen then i'm out there before someone else comes.Last year my hubby told me to watch the ditches as they are deep,i'm thinking what is he talking about then oh! into the ditch it was so funny ijust laid there laughing til my daughter helped me out. Sorry guys maybe i should have put this on the Muppet show.

[ 29. August 2006, 07:52 AM: Message edited by: Gogs ]

 

Sounds like something I'd do, Gogs. Reminds me of many, many years ago when we went skiing for the first time. My BinL taught skiing and we had basic tips etc in advance. One thing was never to stand with your back down the slope. We were all there (on the baby slopes) and he said something, I turned around ... yep, backwards, and off I went down the slope, arms flailing, me squealing and landed in a mound of snow at the bottom. None of us could stop laughing! :D :D :D

Enjoy some of those berries for me, too!

 

this year in Cornwall the blackberries are the biggest ive seen in many a year,loved the story LOL :D

 

My blackberries have produced a bumper crop this year and I have been picking them for a few weeks now...they must be good as I lost a fair few last Saturday afternoon/evening.....a two legged 'pest' paid a visit...I was being polite