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\"blackberries<\/a>Is it going to be a good year for foraging?\u00a0 Last week I went on the train to a family funeral shortly after going on holiday. What’s interesting is going to different parts of the country to see how agriculture or at least plants are faring.\u00a0 As I went further south I expected the plants in the fields and gardens I saw to be ahead of mine. What is interesting is its less clear cut than that. Even in my locality I see plants that I have in my garden are behind my near neighbours. On holiday on the Isle of Man I saw plants that I grow were generally behind my garden in Scotland, although there were exceptions.<\/p>\n

What is surprising is that after such a cold May is what a good year we going to have for fruit and foraging.\u00a0 On the train the embankments were covered in brambles, these were coated with in flowers or developing fruit.\u00a0 Looking at Apple trees these were the same, from one end of the country to the other the harvest is also going to be very good.\u00a0 My apple tree much to my surprise after coming into flower too early compared with its pollination partners and then suffering a period of cold weather is going to have a great crop (as long as we do not have gales).\u00a0 There are exceptions though.\u00a0 My gooseberry bushes have not cropped as well this year and my vegetables are at least a month behind (in the case of some root vegetables such as parsnips this may mean no crop).\u00a0 At the hotel I was staying at before the funeral there was a cherry tree in the grounds. It was covered in ripe cherries of which I sampled a few after foraging.\u00a0 Delicious they were too -its going to be a great year for foraging.<\/p>\n

Neil<\/p>\n

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