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12-09-2013, 03:45 PM
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I'm being lazy. Anyone seen any sloes ready for picking yet? I don't want to go trudging miles across the fields with my achy feet, just to find they are nowhere near ready
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12-09-2013, 03:48 PM
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Not quite ready here yet another couple of weeks at least I would suggest, but we had a very late start here for everything this year.
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12-09-2013, 03:59 PM
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Hmm - Sloe gin - yummy! Sloe chutney - even yummier!
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12-09-2013, 04:18 PM
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Ooohh, never heard of Sloe Chutney, that sounds good.
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13-09-2013, 02:50 PM
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Tried Sloe Gin Marmalade ?
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13-09-2013, 05:43 PM
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No, never heard of that either. You are a clever lot.
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14-09-2013, 08:23 AM
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I have never heard of a "Sloe" what is it? obviously a fruit,but from what?


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14-09-2013, 08:28 AM
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Billy,

It's wild form is called Blackthorn it's true name Prunus Spinosa a relative of the Plum Tree.
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14-09-2013, 09:07 AM
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Thanks Sandi,i have never heard the word before?
will look it up on google see if there is a picture!

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14-09-2013, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Mups ->
I'm being lazy. Anyone seen any sloes ready for picking yet? I don't want to go trudging miles across the fields with my achy feet, just to find they are nowhere near ready
yet!
Jean sloes are not usually ready until October preferably after the first frost.
I like sloe and apple jelly , lovely with pork /game/cold meat.
 
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