Blackberries by the bucket load!

Spent a couple of hours with my big Bro' picking blackberries from a favourite family hunting ground. The berries are fantastic this year and the flavour outstanding. They may be small but they are sweet and delicious. Mum's memory of where to find crab apples was spot on too. The previous day's wind and rain had done us a huge favour as there were plenty on the ground where they had landed softly amongst the leaves in the wood. We filled the second bucket in about 10 minutes. We ended up with about 7 kilos of blackberries and about 6 kilos of crab apples!

Now thoughts turn to what to do with our bountiful harvest? From a puddings perspective there has got to be a blackberry and apple crumble naturally. The rest will go into making blackberry and crab apple jelly which I think we've got enough jars for - just! Just need to buy a couple of tonnes of sugar. Also going to do an experimental version with something we harvested last year. Bet you can't guess what that is. Check back in the next couple of days to find out. Now where's that preserve pan gone?