Hedgerow fruit

We have had three campaigns down Horton Lane now and have what must be getting on for a gallon of frozen blackberries in the freezer - the technique being to freeze them spread out on baking trays and then to bag them up when frozen. Excellent for tarting up cooking apples over the winter.

Plenty of berries to be had down Horton Lane, with plenty of variety. Those illustrated being one of the more hairy varieties.

Size was not everything as we found that one variety had small berries, but they were firm and easy to pick - so perhaps a better bet than a variety with big but squishy berries.

Those on the western side of the lane, those getting the morning rather than the afternoon sun, seem to have ripened a week or more before those on the eastern side. Now a little past their best.

All this hedgerow lore in one post!