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Picking bilberries

8/8/2018

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The local lanes are lined with bilberries. We've been watching them ripen over the last few weeks and in early July we finally got round to picking some. 
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Bilberries are tiny, and they don't really taste very nice raw. It takes a long time to pick a worthwhile crop. But it's a pleasant evening's work pottering up and down the lanes in the sunshine, and it gave us a chance to inspect some of our dry stone walls. 
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Eventually we picked a couple of tubs full and headed home.
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This lot went into the freezer, and then into a couple of batches of scones, which I seem to have neglected to take photos of. 

Next up is blackberries, and I've already spotted a few ripe ones while out running, so I must pop down the field and check ours at the weekend. There's something cheery about eating food that just grows without being planted. ​
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