... packing and freezing For slices prepare as usual and blanch before freezing. Whole apples do nol freeze satisfactorily. Blackberries: These can be frozen straight - on a tray or they can be put into a syrup and frozen in a bag or you can blanch them first ...

... always been a special tree in Ireland (page 24), why the bog myrtle is now only a ‘scruffy little shrub’ (page 15), why blackberries are a botanist's nightmare (page 36), what is the only tree which grows in Ireland but not in Britain (page 35), which ...