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    Blackberries

    Today I picked a small bowl of blackberries! Last year they were early but not this early, the bushes are simply hanging in them. Last autumn DH hacked all the brambles back to the ground and they have gone mad this summer.

    Right down the bottom of the garden is our "wild" garden (the bit we don't bother with) , it's where we have our shed, washing line tool storage but the bees and insect love it. The blackberries seem to like it too. This year I am clearing all along one side and hopefully will grow wild flowers next year so we will have a little meadow .
    "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." - Dr Seuss
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    Ooooo Enfys, are you going to make a blackberry and apple pie.
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      Not enough for that yet, Nan2, but definitely when there are 😀
      "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." - Dr Seuss
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        Goodness they are early Enfys. Lots of flowers on the bushes round here but certainly no berries.
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          The same here Clover, no berries, I'm sure yours will be delicious Enfys
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            Do you know we were in a traffic jam on the motorway last week and I happened to look out the window and there was Blackberry bushes full of Blackberries but I thought they cant be they not in season yet , but obviously they were
            Im not fat just 6ft too small
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              They are very early, Enfys. How lovely - I hope you get a nice long season of them. Is it very sheltered at the bottom of your garden. I'd love to have a wild area like that, but all that happens is that the whole garden looks weedy - not wild!

              Actually, I noticed this afternoon that the apples on one of our trees are ripening already. Usually we're picking them mid-august, but perhaps with the warm weather in May perhaps lots of fruit will be earlier than usual.

              I made a stir fry tonight using garlic and courgettes from the allotment, runner beans, tomatoes and salad leaves from the garden/greenhouse. Somehow cooking is more enjoyable with ingredients you've grown yourself.
              "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

              (Marianne Williamson)
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                That sounds delicious Daisy, I picked a handful of climbing french beans, plants I managed to find a spot for now I don't have a vegetable garden. We have lots of wild areas in our garden since OH passed away.
                What is life if full of care we have no time to stand and stare
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                  Plant - thanks. Yes, I think the stir fry was ok - OH ate it anyway!
                  "Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "

                  (Marianne Williamson)
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