The hedgerow is dripping with blackberries. They are considered a weed, and the Council tries to keep them in check with spraying, but it’s a bit of a loosing battle and there are plenty of locations where you can safely pick the fruit, and I refuse to think poorly of such a generous plant. I can walk five steps from our gate to the opposite fence line …
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