Legend has it the one should never collect the first blackberries
and one should always be
quick to collect the blackberries
before the 29th of september
because that denotes the date when
lucifer was thrown out of heaven
they call it St michaelmas day or
archangel michael day
and that date is when lucifer
the devil was thrown out of heaven
to get back at god and all the
archangels, lucifer was pretty miffed
for being thrown out of heaven
so he decided to pee all over the
blackberry bushes
so be quick before the
29th of september collect your blackberries
turn them into your syrups your stews
your pies whatever you're going to do
with it
and yes you can have blackberry stew
make them into medicine because they are
so rich of medicine
they are full of vitamin A
vitamin E
they are absolutely packed
with antioxidants
of course vitamin C
being the most obvious
i mean this colour is just unbelievable
look at that is so deep and
so red and so lush
and so giving all of these antioxidants are so good
it is anti-carcinogenic you
know anything that
works at being such a strong
antioxidant is going to protect you
from cell death and will give
you optimum life-giving nutrients
historically herbalists have
always used it for eye
and oral care
it's amazing to think that the more blackberries you eat
the better your oral hygiene so how
fantastic is that
and for eye care, so a little bit like
the bilberry
also very good for digestion
it has very soothing tannins in it
that are very anti-inflammatory on the
digestive system
so they can be very protective for
people with ulcers
of course in moderation and under
supervision is always the the way i
would recommend
little people love them look at that
little being just munching away there
everybody loves a blackberry let's be
honest they are so
so so good for you so nutritious so delicious
so get out there start collecting them
before the 29th of september
and start making that medicine
put them in with some rose hips
that's what i'm going to do pop them in
with some rose hips put in some
elderberries make some beautiful syrup
with honey this time just to keep
us all going through the winter and just
through this change in season
i mean nature gives us exactly what we need
it's just getting a little bit cooler
now quite a bit cooler actually it's
going from summer into autumn and winter
so Nature gives you the most amount of vitamin C so that you can handle this change
so go out get picking and enjoy and
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