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Blackberry

Blackberry. Rubus fructicosus, Bramble The Blackberry season has now just finished. Fruit gathered in, jam’s, pies and preserves made. Ok I only made a few pies this year. I have strong memories of blackberry picking in my childhood during the late 50’s and early sixties. ... Read review

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Blackberry days

Advantages: great fruits and good for wildlife too
Disadvantages: maggots

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The Blackberry season has now just finished. Fruit gathered in, jam’s, pies and preserves made. Ok I only made a few pies this year.

I have strong memories of blackberry picking in my childhood during the late 50’s and early sixties.
I lived in a small village in Cambridgeshire and in late August early September the family mother father sister aunt uncle cousins would go on a blackberry picking picnic. ...
...produce the most wonderful concoctions blackberry jelly a seedless jam I can still remember dunking my crust of bread in the warm jelly that was not cool enough yet to set. Mum would make blackberry and apple pies and preserve some for winter use by bottling them, I guess no one bottles these days with the arrival of freezers in the home kitchen.

Yes my memories of blackberry picking are truly idyllic country images from the past a ... more

mumsymary 02.11.2004 (02.11.2004)
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Blackberry Fields forever ?!

Advantages: One of natures free fruits
Disadvantages: none

...gatherings from the hedgerows. Blackberry picking just has to take most of us back to our childhood and sunny afternoons when we were sent off with a tattered brown paper bag to gather some blackberries to make either jam, jelly or an apple and blackberry pie. Off we went to scour the perimeter of the fields in search of those blue-black shiny berries that grew prolifically in the hedgerows. Woe betide you if you weren't wearing long sleeves to ...
...buy cultivated blackberry bushes to plant either in your garden or allotment but I would far rather go and hunt for my treasure. Blackberry bushes start to produce flower in the Spring ready to produce fruit late Summer to early Autumn. The bushes grow tall and wide and will make a takeover bid if they are left to their own devices. The blackberry bushes have medium sized rich green leaves that are deeply veined and jagged edged, the fragrant ...

Sarahjh1 28.03.2009 · Read full review
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Blackberry bush and fruit

Advantages: Fruit, attracts wildlife
Disadvantages: Thorns, invasive

The blackberry bush is a common sight in rural areas where it can grow in hedges and produces masses of fruit. It can grow to several metres and frequently uses tree branches for support. Wild blackberry grows very quickly and sends runners out which soon take root and increase the size of the plant, making it invasive. The runners tend to go upwards initially and then return towards the soil where they can obtain additional nutrients. This plant ...
...take over and become a handful. In large gardens and preferably fields in a hedge out of the way on the boundary this plant would be best as it can grow uncontrolled, therefore increasing in size and producing more berries. A note of caution- the runners frequently become tangled so it is difficult to remove them from a hedge and therefore if this might be a problem you should prevent the bush from getting large to start with so preventing the problem ...

J-D-C 12.02.2007 · Read full review
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