[stubby]

saw a few bushes of these on one of my permissions today, are they sloe berries :hmm:

seemed to be two different colours, darker on same bush

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[ferreterni]

aye, sloes. Get the gin going.

[essexjed]

defo sloes....wait till the first frost before picking.....bit softer and not so bitter.....makes a nice sloe vodka, mmmmm cant stand gin...yuk :cry:

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[bullterrier]

looks a good crop for you there stubby.. :thumbs: ...john

[steviemann]

Nice fat ens. Young tree?

[mattydski]

GIT!! :angry:

[stubby]

bullterrier, on Sep 8 2009, 06:50 PM, said:

looks a good crop for you there stubby.. :thumbs: ...john

Im the only one with permission, and theres around 40 bushes like that :clapper:

steviemann, on Sep 8 2009, 08:09 PM, said:

Nice fat ens. Young tree?

no, quite old and established by the look of it,

were supposed to be getting some frost here end of this week, so pick then, or wait till it really hits us?

[mattydski]

No.....pick....then post to Dundee...... :)

[shepp]

Bumper year for them and all other fruit for that matter.

[bullterrier]

Bagpuss, on Sep 5 2009, 10:46 PM, said:

As i have just writen this out for another member I thought I would post it on here incase anyone needs it.
My recipe is fairly basic but works for me.
Firstly I pick my Sloes/Damsons ( I prefer Damson gin as its fruitier and sweeter, but Sloe Gins better in a hip flask) and wash them then freeze them to mimic the first frost.
Then i get a large clean bottle/container,then i add 1ib ish of sloes or Damsons, 1 standard wine glass full of sugar (white or brown, brown gives a richer taste),then add a cheap (Lidles) bottle of Gin 75cl .
Shake every day for two weeks then once a week or when you remember.Leave for two months ish.It is supposed to be made by Halloween and ready for Xmas.Strain out all the fruit in a muslin strainer and re bottle the liquid, you should have about a litre now, you can add more sugar to taste if needed.If you used Damsons the fruit can be used in a crumble.This drink gets better with age if you can leave it that long.
Give it a go
Bagpuss

i think you;ll need this mate :D

[scrubworm]

you lucky so and so,we dont have sloes here,id give me left knacker for those sloes ,,,,,but i guess a spare left knacker wouldnt be any good to you .. :good: :drink:

[confused]

Pick them now ,freeze them they will burst then it saves you pricking each one.

[pencoed hunter]

Ye sloes I got some by me

[steviemann]

stubby, on Sep 8 2009, 08:50 PM, said:

bullterrier, on Sep 8 2009, 06:50 PM, said:

looks a good crop for you there stubby.. :thumbs: ...john

Im the only one with permission, and theres around 40 bushes like that :clapper:

steviemann, on Sep 8 2009, 08:09 PM, said:

Nice fat ens. Young tree?

no, quite old and established by the look of it,

were supposed to be getting some frost here end of this week, so pick then, or wait till it really hits us?

Yes pick em now before someone or something else does. Freeze them.