Wow, has it been that long since my last post!
Well we’re all still here – out and about with the dogs – enjoying the summer and getting used to the idea of autumn.
This morning we’ve been scrumping for blackberries, Georgie and Jessie eating the ones on the lower branches while I’ve been keeping to those above dog height. And as any dog owner knows – dogs seem to love blackberries! Well ours do anyway.
It’s actually coming to the end of the blackberry season.
In Brighton – where it tends to be a little warmer than further north in the UK – we’ve been picking them throughout August. It seems to get earlier and earlier each year.
I read a few entries in a school log book of the 1870s in Norfolk, and the children were picking blackberries in October. So there’s proof if we ever needed it.
When I got home I saw that a couple of apples on our patio were ready for picking so I decided to make a blackberry and apple crumble.
8oz plain flour
3oz butter
3oz sugar
generous layer of stewed apples and fresh blackberries
35 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees
Assume it was delicious – we’ll be having it tonight with some vanilla ice-cream – YUMMY!!
Our dogs love every kind of berry. I can’t imagine going berry picking with them ~ we’d not come home with any at all!
That crumble looks delish. There’s not much better in the world that fresh fruit crumbles.