Blackberry Season

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It probably wasn’t ripe enough.

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I don’t think it was either, Logan…but the sweet taste of success however…more than made up for it! :smiley: There’s more to come hopefully! :+1:

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Never tasted a bitter blackberry to be honest, stick with it… plenty of sugar and spice should do the trick.

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Oh no…I want the taste of wild blackberries, for good or for bad. I’m not covering up their juicy goodness with sugar & spice. :018:

Gin, maybe… :joy:

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At risk of going (slightly) off topic this stuff is lovely!
I’m still trying to get my head around the spices involved.
I suppose it’s a secret recipe.

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Yes there’s a lot more of them from the picture Pixieknuckles.

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Ripening oh so painfully slowly :roll_eyes:

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A watched pot and all that :wink:

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sigh

I know, I know…but Winter is coming and I need to stock up :scream:

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I suppose you could pick and freeze them as they ripen.
The blackberry season is all but over down here I’ve never seen anything like it before, it’s still only August!

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Yes but you guys had a real heatwave, which would have meant rapid ripening.

Not sure mine are ready yet for picking…I’ll see how we are placed in a week or so before I think about freezing them :thinking: I just wish they would hurry up!!

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We picked another 4lb , but not many left to ripen now.

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something strange going on. more flowers on the brambles this late summer. now more young fruit have arrived. the birds are eating well :clap:

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I don’t mind the bird helping themselves…so long as they don’t get greedy! :018:

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i was told a second crop often means a severe winter is on the way. i must get more logs split and chopped up or the memsahib will be nagging me and my little girl will be shivering. bad daddy!

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Omg…omg…I made blackberry & apple jam, guys…! (Also scones, but that’s old hat…I’m all about the jam! )This stuff is amazing!!

Now…I do have a confession…it was more like a thick sauce because I didn’t have enough pectin in the apples, so I need to get some pectin sugar.

But oh my word…this stuff is delicious!! My own brambles…gosh I love country living!

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Hey …I want some too!
The bread looks pretty gorgeous :drooling_face:

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It is (even if I say so myself) made with yogurt dough, apple sauce and sultanas. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

I could live on this…if it wasn’t for diabetes and stuff :roll_eyes:

Also, thank you :heavy_heart_exclamation:

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It looks scrummy yummy :heart_eyes:

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Thanks Ripple…:heart_eyes: I’m quite proud of myself :yum:

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