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<p>Dr Michelle McKeown: "While many wild plants are delicious and nutritious, others are, frankly, out to get you. Some of the most poisonous species in Ireland look uncannily like their edible cousins."</p>

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Foraging in Ireland: A feast or fatal mistake?

Let’s be clear: foraging is not a game of chance. Mistakes can be costly, and in the worst cases, fatal. And remember, in the great supermarket of nature, there are no refunds

<p>Blackberry-stained hands from picking a bumper crop. Cork city, Sunday, August 31. Pictures: Larry Cummins</p>

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Donal Hickey: Best blackberry season in years, isn't it?

<p>Ragwort, bramble flowers, ox eye daisy, thistle, cow parsley, teasel... "These are generous plants that offer a lifeline to bees and butterflies, at least as deserving of space as anything we might intentionally plant or grow" — Anja Murray</p>

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Anja Murray: Don't reject the generosity of wild self-sown flowering plants

Picking blackberries

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Blackberries — the superfood coming to a bramble near you right about now

Nature food - blackberries bunch on a farm.

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Donal Hickey: The blackberries are only mighty this year — don't delay picking them

Donal Hickey: Have you spotted any parakeets or hornets among invaders here?

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Donal Hickey: Have you spotted any parakeets or hornets among invaders here?

Nature food - blackberries bunch on a farm.

Juanita Browne: Time to enjoy the blackberries

Sméara dubha are free food enjoyed here since ancient times — just make sure to pick them before Halloween

Tue, 13 Sep, 2022

Fresh Raw Organic Blackberries in a Bowl

How to grow your own blackberries

These delicious fruits are really easy to grow — even if you don’t have much space

Tue, 30 Aug, 2022

Image of raspberry and strawberry pavlova meringue cake recipe with egg whites, fresh summer fruit berries / black forest fruits

Darina Allen: Four easy recipes that make the most of blackberry season

My foolproof lemon curd recipe and you have to try this blackberry pavlova

Sat, 11 Sep, 2021

Recipe ideas from Michelle Darmody: Blackberries

Recipe ideas from Michelle Darmody: Blackberries

Certain fruits or flowers mark the ending of a season each year. 

Sat, 08 Oct, 2016

Blackberries are super versatile, few fruits offer so many options

Blackberries are super versatile, few fruits offer so many options

* Crème de Mure (Blackberry Liqueur)

Sat, 10 Sep, 2016