Re: elder and blackberries.
On Mon 20 Sep, D.A. BRECKON wrote:
> Hi Alan,
>
> When I returned from Austria last Friday, I found my lass and her
> pals had been out and had picked me 20lbs.elderberries,
> 30lbs.blackberries and 10lbs.sloes. They put them in the freezer in
> 5lb.lots!! They all came up on Sat. and left with a few quid in their
> pockets. The elderberries I will dry in order to concentrate the
> flavour. Most of the blackberries will be turned into wine, the rest
> into jelly and jam. THe sloes will go into sloe gin!! Berries from my
> hawthorn tree will also be added to gin to improve the flavour!!
>
> I hope you dont get the impession that I am a bit of a boozer (hic)!!
>
> Catch you later, Dave.
>
I am impressed with the quantities. We are having a problem with the
(dessert) grapes. They are slung up on ageing binder twine, two lengths
broke
recently and we spent the morning rescuing just that lot and fitting
galvanised fencing wires to take the weight. The were really heavy and
we still have four times as uch on the remaining binder twine and are
praying that it holds out. I never did get round all the cultivated
blackberries, it's too late now, nothing worth picking.
--
Allan Day Hereford allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
