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Picking Blackberries for Health and Pleasure

Picking blackberries on a sunny Autumn day is a great family activity. Blackberries are packed with taste and vitamins and normally in great abundance a true gift of nature. Of course it's best to let younger or unwilling children play but as a desk worker I find it very satisfying and relaxing to gradually fill my basket with a heap of gleaming black treasure.

There's nothing more relaxing or satisfying than picking Blackberries on a glorious Fall weekend indeed there's something almost spiritual about it.

My favorite recipe for Blackberries is Blackberry Crumble with custard or ice cream, but see many more below

All About Blackberries

The blackberry is an edible fruit produced by any of several species in the Rubus genus of the Rosaceae family. The fruit is not a true berry; botanically it is termed an aggregate fruit. The plants typically have biennial canes and perennial roots. Blackberries and raspberries are also called caneberries or brambles. It is a widespread, and well known group of over 375 species (quote Wikipedia)

Blackberry Recipes and Propagation

Blackberry Propagation

Many berries are now grown commercially and domestically
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Blackberry Facts

Blackberry Picking Tips

  • Even though it may be hot you need good protective anti-bramble shoes
  • You need several communal baskets to empty your blackberries in
  • You need plastic backs or smaller baskets for the pickers
  • Bare legs not advisable they will suffer attack from nettles and worse the spikes on brambles
  • Bring a small first-aid kit
  • A picnic of course , plenty to drink
  • There are many varieties of wild blackberries only a few are ideal and easy to pick these have many drupelets
  • The best blackberries are often under branches or leaves so examine your bush from many angles
  • Generally the red berries are unripe and should be left
  • Sun facing bushes will ripen earlier in the season, later on in the season you need to find the bushes facing west.
  • Don't wash blackberries until you are ready to consume as washed berries will spoil quicker

Blackberry Crumble Recipe


  • Preheat oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
  • To make filling, peel, core and cut apples into six pieces. Cut each piece into 5mm/¼in thick slices.
  • Heat butter in saucepan. Add apples and gently sauté.
  • Add sugar and cinnamon. Continue stirring until apples are just cooked.
  • Add blackberries to apples and stir very gently.
  • To make the topping, lightly rub butter into flour and sugar until crumbly.
  • Spoon apples and blackberries into shallow, oval 23cm/9in ovenproof dish. Sprinkle crumble mixture over top until fruit is just covered.
  • Place in oven for 10-30 minutes or until light golden brown. Serve

The Perfect Blackberry Crumble 

Blackberry Picking Poll

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Don't Eat the Shiny Berries

I beleive these are BLACK BRYONY

We must teach our children not to eat these which are highly poisonous.

Teaching your kids about Nature

What May Be Eaten
and What Must Not

Blackberries Nature's Gleaming Black Treasure

Blackberries Nature's Gleaming Black Treasure 

Blackberry Picking Feedback

  • JaguarJulie Sep 25, 2010 @ 8:58 am | delete
    Gadzooks, but I haven't picked blackberries in years and I do mean years! Thanks for bringing me back.
  • vallain Feb 2, 2010 @ 3:39 pm | delete
    I pick wild blackberries in the summer in New Hampshire and eat them before I can get them home.
  • thesuccess Feb 2, 2010 @ 3:49 pm | delete
    Vallain
    They first comment is especially welcome. II shall think of you picking your blackberries next summer
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