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Sloes or plums?

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited August 2019
    @cassie.a.stewart  - had enough of that stuff in the sixties and seventies..... :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • TheRicksterTheRickster Posts: 85
    Cheers for the replies, and the chat around drinking habits :)
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    edited August 2019
    Don't make the gin wait @Hortum-cretae use it now for blackberries or raspberries ( done both for hubby as I don't drink it) Just a week to wait for the first tasting now.😋😁

    I've done vodka blackberries for me.😁
  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
    How do I know if our sloes  are ripe?  Can any give me instructions on how to dry them?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Why dry them?  They’re not really likely to be ripe just yet ... they’re usually picked immediately after the first sharp frost. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    They're very dark bluey/black when ripe, and softish. I believe the reason for picking after a frost is so that the skin bursts, and therefore releases the flavour if you're putting them in gin. It's not necessary though, and many people believe they're not so good by that point.
    The birds get most of mine - there was a lovely thrush gorging on them regularly  last year :)



    I've never heard of people drying them either, but they freeze well enough.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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