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08-09-2005, 11:28 AM
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| HEXUS.timelord.  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: On the Battle Field
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| Blackberry week No..not blummin mobile phone's... REAL BLACKBERRY'S  I have been picking them while walking my dogs every morning for a week, but the mammoth rain we had in Bucks a few days ago, and now the warmish heat...has ripened and plumped them up a treat! So...if you still enjoy the whole fruit picking thing, the memories of trips out with your parents when you were a kid (like my Dad used to do with me) and the resulting jam or thick sauce making with the bags of resultant fruit.... NOW is the time This morning there were so many I was suffering target rich enviroment syndrome, where yo udon't know which ones to pick, and you pick less and drop more than when there's only a few! And don't forget the rules! Never pick ALL the ripe fruit of the branch, always leave ONE ripe blackberry on the branch, as it will help the others non ripe ones to ripen faster. Don't take a thing polythene bag, cos you'll get it half full and then a blackberry bramble thron will grab at it, trying to recapture the fruit you've stolen from it, and the lot will fall out of the hole in the tesco bag! Eat every 10th one....cos you can They all taste different, from bush to bush, and that's the beauty of fresh british fruit picking Good luck Blackberry Pickers of the UK Go get your bowls, and some cream!   Agent = Hardware Homosapien | Zak33 = Hardware Homonid - just call me "Lucy" |
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08-09-2005, 11:33 AM
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| Hater of Cheap ISPS  Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: M28, Manchester
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| Originally Posted by Zak33 Ahh.. the fruit... hmmmm
I once had a bad incident involving blackberries as a small child where one had a worm or larva of something in it wiggling in the 1/2 eaten part in my hand after I bit into it.... Never again I tell you - I can't even stand the sight of them now, I'm mentally scarred for life ( I await a witty post by Nick saying I'm mental anyway ) *shudders* Last edited by Lee @ SCAN; 08-09-2005 at 11:52 AM.. |
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08-09-2005, 11:55 AM
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| HEXUS.timelord. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: On the Battle Field
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| GARDEN.....  bet you thought you might never say that, my friend But now you CAN Agent = Hardware Homosapien | Zak33 = Hardware Homonid - just call me "Lucy" |
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08-09-2005, 11:57 AM
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| 'ave it.  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Right here - right now.
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| Originally Posted by Zak33
 Well not strictly 'in' as such, top right of the photo, over hanging the broken fence at the bottom - and its loaded   Last edited by Skii; 08-09-2005 at 11:59 AM.. |
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08-09-2005, 12:11 PM
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| Had our first blackberry feast on bank holiday weekend. Loads in the woods and on the common, and we have cultivated ones on the allotment. Also lots of neighbours leave surplus apples at their drive entrances, blackberry and apple cumble, YUM  |
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08-09-2005, 12:13 PM
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| HEXUS.timelord. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: On the Battle Field
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| Originally Posted by Mrs Dak
Ooooh I love B&A Crumble Agent = Hardware Homosapien | Zak33 = Hardware Homonid - just call me "Lucy" |
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08-09-2005, 12:16 PM
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| Meow.  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Manchester
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| Bloody hell you lot, you'll be talking about the war next, and how kids aren't as well behaved these days Team Fishcake - Silly comedy sketches and writings XS Malarkey Comedy Club Twitter | FaceBook | MySpace |
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08-09-2005, 12:18 PM
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| Pink & Fluffy!  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Glarsgow
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| we were going to pick our brambles last week, but then my mum stood on them whilst cutting the grass :/ I saw some stupid people picking berries on the side of a busy dual carriage way the other day, but they were EATING THEM STRAIGHT OFF THE BUSHES! mmm petrol flavoured :S  |
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08-09-2005, 12:46 PM
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| Smell my cheese!  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Gallows Howe
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 | Did blackberry & apple pie last night with real custard! Rhubarb crumble tonight... Then it's on to the gooseberries...  then THIS, THIS and THIS and you need a HEXUS T-Shirt ...Size matters -> Sig Sizes |
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08-09-2005, 12:54 PM
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| i worked on a fruit farm for a summer.. ate moer strawberries than you'd think is possible. rubarb and gooseberry are still *the* daddys for fruit youghurt or crumble though hughlunnon@yahoo.com | I have sigs turned off.. |
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08-09-2005, 01:13 PM
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| Drop it like it's hot  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Surrey, South East
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| We used to borrow Blackberries from our neighbour's bush that kinda overlooked our fence It's gone now though  Home cinema: Toshiba 42XV555DB Full HD LCD | Onkyo TX-SR705 | NAD C352 | Monitor Audio Bronze B2 | Monitor Audio Bronze C | Monitor Audio Bronze BFX | Yamaha NSC120 | BK Monolith sub | Toshiba HD-EP35 HD-DVD | Samsung BD-P1400 BluRay Player | Pioneer DV-575 | Squeezebox3 | Virgin Media V+ Box PC: Asus P5B | Core2duo 2.13GHz | 2GB DDR2 PC6400 | Inno3d iChill 7900GS | Auzentech X-Plosion 7.1 | 250GB | 500GB | NEC DVDRW | Dual AG Neovo 19" HTPC: | Core2Duo E6420 2.13GHz | 2GB DDR2 | 250GBx2 | Radeon X1300 | Terratec Aureon 7.1 | Windows MCE 2005 Laptop: 1.5GHz Centrino | 512MB | 60GB | 15" Wide TFT | Wifi | DVDRW |
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08-09-2005, 02:43 PM
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| H3XU5 Cap-i-tan.  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: On the HEXUS.social bridge - Warp Speed Mr Warf!
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| Our apples have just ripened too... might have to go and find some blackberries to make a crumble with... yummy. HEXUS.social Co-ordinator & [H3XU5].lan Team Captain Events coming soon:
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08-09-2005, 02:59 PM
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| Pink & Fluffy! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Glarsgow
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| rhubarb rocks, but it's out of season my mum's bf grows it and she brings some home whenever she's up at his, but it's getting more and more bitter cos the season has finished must have apple crumble for pudding tonight me thinks! |
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08-09-2005, 03:54 PM
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| Muttonheaded  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Right in the Pickle Barrel
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| Originally Posted by Mike Fishcake
During the war, we didn't have blackberries... they was all rationed.... and kids were much better behaved than they are today i tells ya.. cor... I dunno - wot's the world comin to eh??   |
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