22/10/2026
Spring is the right time to harvest wild blackberry leaf for tea. Great for gingivitis, sore throats, mouth ulcers ...and quite pleasant tasting. NB roadside canes may have been sprayed so check with the council spraying program.
It's spring and the deeply annoying wild blackberries are starting to shoot up again after winter dormancy. Give them half a chance and blackberries would take over our organic farm! The good news is that it's also time to harvest young blackberry leaves to make your own fermented blackberry leaf te