the walk to work has shown itself to be packed with sloe berries.. before i pick them and commit to gin, anyone a sloe expert? can they be confused with anything poisonous, or are they a no brainer.
I see a good supply of dark purple berries with a dusty surface, growing against the branch on a thorny bush..
sloes?
sounds about right, fruit of the blackthorn bush,
your supposed to pick em after a frost.....(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/wink.gif)
here ya go...
http://www.sloe.biz/
well.. we've just had the first frost, so its foraging time
-edit- those are the kiddies, there are tonnes of them by the lake..
update....
registered on sloe.biz *yay, another forum!*
and have 3/4 of a liter of sloe gin brewing.. did a bit of 'foraging' this evening on the way home from work, and close on a kilo of sloes later, a delicious beverage is brewing...
there are thousands of sloes around here this year, (http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/up.gif)
gonna do some sloe wine,gin and vodka for the annual hostilities in dec....(http://mkb-cc.yanksrule.co.uk//Forum/smileys/tongue.gif)