Time is ripe for this berry

As the weather turns cooler, people will be paying over the counter for cures for seasonal colds and sniffles. But we don’t have to look far for free vitamin C.

Time is ripe for this berry

As the weather turns cooler, people will be paying over the counter for cures for seasonal colds and sniffles. But we don’t have to look far for free vitamin C.

It’s on the ditches and hedgerows in the countryside and in green areas of towns and cities: It’s in blackberries, fruit of the bramble.

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