A v. quick pre-work post from me. Last night I was going to make more gherkin pickles as there'd been another good crop come on since Friday......
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| Nonchalant gherkins |
But after work yesterday I went foraging for elderberries....I found a small tree I hadn't noticed before and it had amazing berries, yippee! It was kind of growing behind and from the base of another tree so had been hidden. Anyway, picking what I could reach from this tree and a couple of others gave me a big bag-ful, which then took most of the evening to pick off the stems.
If you're making a jelly or whatever straight away I think you can just use the whole lot without picking off (as you'll be straining off the liquid anyway) but I'll be waiting for apples, so have frozen them ( made some space in the freezer by using up some quorn and frozen rasps and gooseberries last night....not together, that wouldn't be pleasant.
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| Into the freezer |
Right, off to work, boo.
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That's quite a haul I bet the birds weren't pleased with you.
ReplyDeleteAh, the birds are happy enough....They still have more than me (amazing how many elders there are around once you start looking). I picked from 3 trees and reckon there must be about 15 in that area alone (and there's all the ones I can't reach of course...I'm only little) :D
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