blackberry picking

thriftlady_2

I think blackberrying is a national right ! I've never heard of any laws regarding gathering wild berries etc. Obviously if the plant is growing in someone's garden it's off limits, but other than that pick away;)

twink

i make sure i pick well away from the road, dont want them full of lead from petrol fumes

comping_cat

We go blackberry picking every year, although ours are still green/pink at the moment, so i think it will be next month before we can start!!!!

thriftlady - is there anyway of finding out if something is definatly a sloe? This year near my house we have berrys that look exactly like the sloes in the link you posted above, but ive never noticed them around here before!!!! I dont want to start picking them, sticking them in my gin (the best place for them!!!) and then find ive picked something poisonous!!!!!

stumpjumper

twink wrote:

i make sure i pick well away from the road, dont want them full of lead from petrol fumes

Lead's been banned in petrol for quite a few years now so that's not a worry anymore.

twink

forgot about that stumpjumper, suppose still best to pick away from the road, must say our biggest crop of brambles is by the river anyway

jayarr_2

anyone know if theyre ripe in manchester area yet..its a long walk to where mine are and i dont fancy it if theres no reward at the end!!

MIRRY_2

had alot of luck this morning, took kids down to the local castle with the football and on the way we cut down a country style road and found some blackberries again, so I quickly emptied my 2 carrier bags telling the kids to carry there ball and bats lol. There were loads to pick and then I couldnt belive it as I was picking I found apples growing too , they were high up so we used the bats to pull them closer and I managed to pick 9 apples.

apple and blackberry jam ,all free lol.

youngie

if you want to identify berries etc why not check out the local library you could also borrow books to see what you can do with your harvest

recovering_spendaholic

We went looking yesterday but none ready to pick by me yet (Lancs)

Dead_Eye_Jones

Was I the only one wondering why this wasnt in the tech forum?

http://www.blackberry.com/