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Blackberry · Hawthorn · Olive
🗓 Season: July · August · September · October · November · December
🔍 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.
Hawthorn: Deep red haws (berries) develop from green. Ripe when dark red and slightly soft. Edible raw but mealy — better for haw jelly, syrup, or wine. Contains a large stone. Improve after first frost.
Olive: Harvest time depends on intended use: green olives (October, firm, very bitter — require curing); turning olives (November, red-purple, half-ripe — for oil or eating); black olives (December, fully ripe, shrivelling — sweeter, for oil). All must be cured before eating — never eat straight from the tree.
A few mature olive and hawthorn trees on the edge of the field.
Many blackberry bushes, although the area probably does get sprayed so be careful when harvesting blackberries. If the bush shows any signs of distress, such as curled, shriveled leaves DO NOT pick.
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