Do kids still pick blackberries wild?

[callingeveryone]

Just wondering if kids still do this or not?

[Digestive28]

Yes. But none ready near us, is a few raspberries though and they are delicious

[FisherThem]

We do every year!

[Watto1]

I take my kids every year. Great fun and free food!

[Dacadactyl]

Yeah mine do on occasion. We picked them religiously in a good local spot til the eldest was about 12, now we'll just bring tupperware if we go on a walk and pick them if we see any.

[EddieMunsen]

We take our kids every autumn, and then make jam.

[callingeveryone]

Oh good. Glad to see it does still happen.

[BamBamBambi]

I take my kids too.

Although I freeze them and add them to my gins 😂😂

[ChildrenOfRuin]

We did this with the DC last year

[IHeartGeneHunt]

Yes and raspberries. We were out picking raspberries this morning

[orangeclubsarebest]

Yes mine do. Well the teens are beyond it now but the little one still does.

[Saschka]

Yep, and we’re in London (zone 2). There are loads in the park and by the railway line. The main issue is getting to them before the birds and squirrels eat them.

DBro gathers wild elderflower and garlic as well. I can’t be bothered, but it is easily available.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

Every year.

[Terryer]

We have a lot along the lane we live on, but last year a gang of seven or eight blokes came in a van and stripped the lot.

[Bovrilla]

Yep, mine do too

We stew and freeze some for crumbles and then some go into my hedgerow gin

[Chocolateatanyop]

Yes we do … it’s a good way to get teens out on a walk

[Mizzem]

We live rurally and eat wild food year round. Blackberries season is a particular favourite. This year my partner is making a masive rumtopf so we will be picking loads!

[mast0650]

Don't know about kids, but we certainly do! Every time my husband goes out cycling in late summer he takes an empty box with him and fills it up.

[GarlicGrace]

Round here, it's a few kids and a swarm of adults! Every year, I abandon my fantasy of a lazy wander, picking a few berries - it's worse than the fight for the supermarket yellow labels

Yesterday, though, I did beat the birds to the cherry tree. Small win for me and my insomnia

[DobbyTheHouseElk]

Yes, but not now. Too early. In a few months everyone will be out with plastic bags getting the blackberries. The wild ones have so much flavour and perfect for crumbles.

[SwordToFlamethrower]

Of course! Encourage it! Make pies, have fun, enjoy!

[UpTheAnte]

Yes! We have to time it well though, too soon and they're unripe. Too late and neighbours from the lane swipe them.

[847arc]

Yes, and sloes for gin

[avocadotofu]

Yes. We pick a few when we see them. My son loves it!

[TakeMe2Insanity]

We live in London and my DC actively watches the local bushes we pass by daily. So they aren’t in wild but neither are we!