I am the lucky owner of a 20m blackberry hedge. Last years yield was about 15kg and thus year looks to be the same.
But here’s the thing, 15kg is far too much to make jam of, so last year I experimented with wine. I got this kit https://brew2bottle.co.uk/products/better-brew-hedgerow-wine-kit-23l and just followed the instructions. And it was a great success, everyone who’s tasted it have even been to nice to say it was bad or have actually complimented the wine. But I still have half the wine left and now it’s time for 2023s harvest.
I’m still considering wine, jam and some juice but… What would you do with a lot of blackberries?
The main advantage of leather is it takes a huge quantity of fruit to make a batch.
Dang, the more you describe your setup, the more I envy the situation. Too many blackberries is an amazing problem to have!
I get it with not wanting to run a farm stand. One of my farm jobs as a kid was to watch the driveway and run out to sell people our greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers, so I know what a hassle that can be. Some people are just oblivious to personal boundaries.
We would get to the point with our harvests that we would have piles of green tomatoes and meter-long woody cucumbers. Turns out they make excellent sporting equipment for a game of vegetarian baseball.