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Derryvilla Blueberry Farm, Portarlington, Co Offaly.

Tel [phone]; www.derryvillablueberries.com; [e-mail].

* Sunnyside Fruit Farm, Rathcormac, Co Cork. Tel [phone], fax [phone]. Fruit available at Midleton farmers’ market during season. Farm shop open June-September daily and Saturdays, 2-5pm, during off-season.

* Foraging: A walk on the wild side with Darina Allen at Ballymaloe Cookery School, Saturday, September 29. The morning is devoted to the hunt and the afternoon to using the spoils. Jellies from elderberries and crab apples, jams from damsons and blackberries, soups from nettles and watercress, salads from green and red orach and sorrel, Carigeen moss pudding!. Tel [phone]; www.cookingisfun.ie; [e-mail].