autumn, natures bounty in the hedgerows - go forage

[Joy Yeomans]

Sunday, kept the kids busy while dad was slurry spreading (note not on our field!), walked all the boundary fields collecting damsons, apples, blackberries, kids loved it, and filled the pull along cart with free food:thumbup1: - anybody else go forage

[alex_m]

Already got two bottles of suffolk hedgerow sloe gin on the go.

Also many blackberry and apple crumbles will be made.

Thinking of making bullus (sp?) vodka aswell. Good results last year.

 

[Charlieh]

yep apples, damsons, sloes, hazel nuts, didnt pick any blackberries this time and we missed out on bilberries as well, which we normally go and pick a load for apple and bilberry crumble. Got a couple of ducks in the freezer as well, does that count?

[alex_m]

i find it funny that people will actually buy a punnet of blackberries from tesco, in autumn...

[Chris Sheppard]

We've got blackberry gin and sloe gin on the go but that's it at the mo.

 

Got a lone raspberry cane in the garden trying to put some on - thought that was quite good for it's first year as wasn't expecting anything this year.

 

We're right on a flight line for Canadas but have too many neighbours that wouldn't approve and the landlord is only a few hundred yards down the village.

[alex_m]

We've got blackberry gin

we tried that last year but didny like the taste. it was much improved with a bit of lemonade...

[Joy Yeomans]

i find it funny that people will actually buy a punnet of blackberries from tesco, in autumn...

 

yes wusses - we only came back with a few midge bites, nettle stings and a few thorn cuts, throwing the cruck up to knock the apples off dodging that and with sheep round your ankes nicking the pickings and trying to knock us over - what are people like:blushing:

 

and charlieh, i knew youd have to bag a bigger forage than us - show off:001_tt2: will have to take mr. concentration with me next time to beat you:lol:

[Charlieh]

We're right on a flight line for Canadas but have too many neighbours that wouldn't approve and the landlord is only a few hundred yards down the village.

I shot 4 on the open morning of the season last year, so filled the freezer, havent managed to intercept any yet this year just mallards. Need a nice young one before christmas

[Charlieh]

in fairness i picked a fair bit of that off the roof of the defender, its a nice mobile platform to work off, only making a small bit of sloe gin as i prefer damson much nicer

[Yorkshireman]

we got geese flying over too ,, bit high yet need an exocet to knock them bleeders down

 

Elderberries & sloe look good when I wandered down the field the other day