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Blackberry · Blackthorn
📍 84 Melton Rd, Barrow upon Soar, Loughborough LE12 8NX, UK
🗓 Season: July · August · September · October · November
🔍 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.
Blackthorn: Sloe berries: small, round, blue-black with a heavy bloom. Intensely astringent raw — traditionally harvested after the first frost, which breaks down tannins. Best used for sloe gin or jelly. Spiny branches — wear gloves when harvesting.
Good sloes and blackberries around the perimeter of the whole village. These are farthest from the road up either the bridleway or footpath behind the new estate (at the top of the hill).
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