Foraging - Natures Food

mwa

Here in Cornwall we've had them since mid July, I have 4lbs in my freezer already!!

floyd

I nearly drove my car into a ditch once trying to see if there were any ripe berries as I was driving along

I haven't seen any ripe ones yet in the North West but I'm going to have a good look on Friday as its been nice and sunny this week, just hope it stays dry

chirpychick

we have loads too in the south east, im sure they arent normally ready this time of year!
Hubby has been picking them on the way home from work. I have about a kilo in the freezer

floss2

annie-c wrote: »

Thanks so much, is that the cliff/coastal path where people walk dogs (it leads off from the park/cafe area, at the top of the hill?)

Yes, thats it! It's a nice walk round to the museum village that I can't remember the name of!

ETA - I remembered, it's Cosmeston Village!!

Jolaaled

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

Thanks but being a lazy so and so I don't have a jelly bag to drain the stuff from (nor even a contraption strong enough to hold something to strain the "bits") so I've never pursued it

I'll get me coat :rotfl:

Bitzy...you can try using a pair of tights as a jelly bag...I put on 'leg' inside the other, to make a double layer of fabric. Seems to work ok!

HTH

hot.chick

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks the blackberrys are very early this year!! thought I was going mad!

CCP

Having read this thread I have now revised my plans for the weekend and am going blackberrying. :j

There's a huge patch on the common a couple of miles from where I live but, unfortunately, everyone in Portsmouth knows about them so it's usually a race to see who gets there first: hopefully some people will be caught out by how early the berries are this year so I might get a decent quantity for once!

boredjellybean

oooh time to read milly molly mandy goes blackberrying to my children & arm them with punnets that i've saved through the year

Ballymackeonan

They're just about ready now at the park around the corner, and after years of collecting I know where exactly to go for the ripest berries in any week... around the lake now, later in the wooded areas. Plus I encouraged some brambles into the hedge when the property next door was unoccupied for about a year, makes a burglar-proof fence that you can harvest!

wen3

Thank you Annie guess what I am going to be doing LOL