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Blackberry · Chamomile · Grape · Mulberry · Sumac
🗓 Season: July · August · September · October · May · June
🔍 When is it ripe?
Blackberry: Fully black (not red or dark red) and comes off the stem with no resistance — zero pull. Dull rather than shiny; a shiny black berry is still slightly underripe and tart. Eat the same day for best flavour.
Grape: Berries fully coloured and slightly soft. Stem where it joins the bunch turns woody and brown. Seeds easily visible inside. Sweet throughout when fully ripe — taste from different parts of the cluster as they ripen unevenly. Grapes do not continue ripening after harvest.
Mulberry: Ripe when fully coloured (white, red, or black by species) and falls at a touch. Spread a sheet and shake the branches. Extremely perishable — process or eat immediately.
I have found all the fruits and herbs listed above. Some were more plentiful than others. The sumac (which makes a lemony peppery tea) is plentiful. The wild mustang grapes are plentiful but need processed into jelly or wine to enjoy. The chamomile is plentiful but I have yet to harvest any. The blackberries are in short supply, I usually graze them when I take the dogs to the park. I don't know about the mulberries because I found them after the season was over.
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