"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
I probably would have done the same. Your forearms and hands are going to get scratched up anyway, and I've never picked blackberries when it wasn't miserably hot and humid.
Good luck with the wine making Maybe some blackberry cobbler too? That's what I would be making.