Gin!
Sep 27th 2017, 3:09 am
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I couldn't agree more Hannah it doesn't seem autumn without the joy of brambling and picking sloes....I did plant a blackberry bush which turned its toes up after two years....do any parts of Canada have blackberries growing wild? Did any well meaning Victorians plant them anywhere you are that may have run amok and survived?
I have spent a few weekends killing Japanese Knotweed here in NB, the noxious winters haven't given the stuff any problems and it's thriving here...just not brambles!
I have spent a few weekends killing Japanese Knotweed here in NB, the noxious winters haven't given the stuff any problems and it's thriving here...just not brambles!
All over the Lower Mainland of BC, growing like weeds (literally!) anywhere they can ..... very common along rail tracks, sides of roads, any undeveloped land, etc etc, especially the very large Himalayan blackberry (which is probably the ones that are sold in the stores).
Also found on some of the Gulf Islands, and probably on Vancouver Island
We used to have 2 or 3 excellent sites to go picking ................ we get 3 or 4 4-litre ice-cream buckets at a time. Then freeze to make pies in the winter, or make jam.
Sep 27th 2017, 3:11 am
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Hannah ...... not sure where you live.
If in Vancouver, OH has found the First Nations-run liquor store at the old Fraser Arms on Southwest Marine Drive to be at least $2 or $3 dollars cheaper than the government stores.
If in Vancouver, OH has found the First Nations-run liquor store at the old Fraser Arms on Southwest Marine Drive to be at least $2 or $3 dollars cheaper than the government stores.
Sep 27th 2017, 3:12 am
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All over the Lower Mainland of BC, growing like weeds (literally!) anywhere they can ..... very common along rail tracks, sides of roads, any undeveloped land, etc etc, especially the very large Himalayan blackberry (which is probably the ones that are sold in the stores).
Also found on some of the Gulf Islands, and probably on Vancouver Island
We used to have 2 or 3 excellent sites to go picking ................ we get 3 or 4 4-litre ice-cream buckets at a time. Then freeze to make pies in the winter, or make jam.
Also found on some of the Gulf Islands, and probably on Vancouver Island
We used to have 2 or 3 excellent sites to go picking ................ we get 3 or 4 4-litre ice-cream buckets at a time. Then freeze to make pies in the winter, or make jam.
Sep 27th 2017, 3:14 am
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Sep 27th 2017, 2:12 pm
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Castanet • Wild Blackberries - View topic
When I discovered Saskatoon berries growing in the hills above Oliver I got really excited and picked a bunch, only to find that they were no good, too woody and not enough pulp to use for anything. Good luck with the blackberries.
When I discovered Saskatoon berries growing in the hills above Oliver I got really excited and picked a bunch, only to find that they were no good, too woody and not enough pulp to use for anything. Good luck with the blackberries.
Sep 27th 2017, 8:38 pm
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I don't think so .............. the climate could be wrong for them.
I know my sister-in-law from Smithers went wild when they discovered blackberries growing near one of the ferry terminals on the Island, had her family pick as many as they had containers for ............ and then had to beg the use of our kitchen to make jam as they were not immediately going back home.
I know my sister-in-law from Smithers went wild when they discovered blackberries growing near one of the ferry terminals on the Island, had her family pick as many as they had containers for ............ and then had to beg the use of our kitchen to make jam as they were not immediately going back home.
Sep 27th 2017, 8:54 pm
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The duty free shop on the way back from the US is a lot cheaper if you can do that. Then you can use the good stuff and its still cheaper than getting ripped off in Canada. 
