How Do You Pick Wild Blackberries Or Black Raspberries?
It’s that time of year again. Blackberry winter has just passed. You can see the blackberry bushes covering hillsides with beautiful white blooms. Soon the berries will be ripe and ready to pick. This also is a wonderful organic treat that you can find naturally growing itself. Wild blackberries are great for desserts, jellies and jams, or even making homemade wine if you’re feeling adventurous. A good plan for picking blackberries is to first write down where you have seen blackberry bushes. The end of May is the perfect time because they are blooming. It is easier to take note now where you see them instead of waiting a month and hoping that you remember or scouring to find blackberries across the hillsides when they blend in with the green fields. By the end of June these berries should be ready. Start checking them regularly around this time. Once you see dark black berries then they are ready to pick. Be careful when approaching blackberry bushes. They are covered with thorns and
