Andra Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Enough for some nice gin! Fishing was poor so I went picked a hat and pocket full sat on the bank ate a good few too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the crowman Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 Well I did have a great crop.....until the Lord of the manor wanted to do some hedge trimming 🙁🙁🙁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holliday Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Mediocre in West Kent. Part of the trouble is the farmer, an Egyptian gentleman whom has been discussed on here previously, has had all the blackthorn bushes cut back hard, and I mean hard. Unless you take a pair of steps your chances of getting any will be nowt, especially after Mrs H & I had gleaned the best of what was in reach. I have 6 litres steeping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 I found another crop last weekend and got an extra half pint which added to my litre of gin, hope it makes a difference. Cheers Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) Andra, what are those fruits in your picture? Sorry Andra I was on my phone and didn't see post no. 25. Damsons they are then. How nice. Edited October 12, 2016 by JDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalmac Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Seemed promising my way (Colchester, Essex)... I was checking them for ripeness every so often and things were moving along ok... Then I took different dog walking route for a few weeks, we had lots of late hot weather, came back and most of them have shrivelled and died :-(. Those that were left were dark and ripe, but not much yield from the bushes considering. A bumper amount of crab apples this way however... (was collecting some up when what felt like a dozen fell onto my head - even the dog looked like she was laughing at me! p.s This year I'm going to make some sloe vodka, and then once I am ready for bottling, I will keep the sloes and make a vodka sloe and crab apple jelly :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Prawn Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Picked over ten pounds in an hour by me, all fat and juicy!! Lost quite a bit of skin though - why did nature decide to give them such big thorns and to ensure they're also surrounded by brambles all the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pesky pigeon Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Can somebody tell me if its best to wait until there has been a frost before you pick sloes, or just pick them when you find them as I have found quite a good crop of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon69 Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Can somebody tell me if its best to wait until there has been a frost before you pick sloes, or just pick them when you find them as I have found quite a good crop of them. Pick them, then freeze them! I freeze them twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holliday Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Can somebody tell me if its best to wait until there has been a frost before you pick sloes, or just pick them when you find them as I have found quite a good crop of them. I like to think of myself as a sloe aficionado and going by some of the previous comments they could well be under par. If you tell me their location I'll be happy to drop by and give them the once over for you. There is no charge for this, purely out of the goodness of my own heart as that's the kind of guy I am. I know, some do say I'm a fool to myself with such acts of charity and kindness :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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