Comments on: Poor Sloe Berry Harvest http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/10/07/poor-sloe-berry-harvest/ The latest reports of world wide rock & ice climbing (and other extreme) fun and adventure! Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:37:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mary Baker http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/10/07/poor-sloe-berry-harvest/#comment-6121 Mary Baker Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:50:15 +0000 http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=2765#comment-6121 Glad it is not just me desperate to make sloe gin but looks like all bushes in Essex have been stripped, but just bad year. DON'T throw sloes away make into sloe brandy by using cheap brandy good quantity of sugar and the left over sloes, it only takes a month til you can sample!!! Glad it is not just me desperate to make sloe gin but looks like all bushes in Essex have been stripped, but just bad year. DON’T throw sloes away make into sloe brandy by using cheap brandy good quantity of sugar and the left over sloes, it only takes a month til you can sample!!!

]]> By: Richard http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/10/07/poor-sloe-berry-harvest/#comment-5436 Richard Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:01:31 +0000 http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=2765#comment-5436 Yum. Perhaps it's time I learned to recognise a Blackthorn tree. Yum. Perhaps it’s time I learned to recognise a Blackthorn tree.

]]> By: Anna http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/10/07/poor-sloe-berry-harvest/#comment-5386 Anna Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:58:13 +0000 http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=2765#comment-5386 looking forward to trying the chocolate idea - if you don't eat it all first! looking forward to trying the chocolate idea – if you don’t eat it all first!

]]> By: Rachel White http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/10/07/poor-sloe-berry-harvest/#comment-5378 Rachel White Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:17:18 +0000 http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=2765#comment-5378 Have you tried the chocolate idea yet? Let us know! :grin: Have you tried the chocolate idea yet? Let us know! :grin:

]]> By: Laetitia http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/10/07/poor-sloe-berry-harvest/#comment-5348 Laetitia Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:57:13 +0000 http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=2765#comment-5348 What???? Send me the directions - but don't tell anyone else. Apparently they had large fat sloes down south in early September, but they're all gone now. I made the sloe gin last night - only had 300g of berries so less than 1 litre of gin :cry: What????
Send me the directions – but don’t tell anyone else.
Apparently they had large fat sloes down south in early September, but they’re all gone now.
I made the sloe gin last night – only had 300g of berries so less than 1 litre of gin :cry:

]]> By: David http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/2008/10/07/poor-sloe-berry-harvest/#comment-5347 David Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:50:26 +0000 http://www.sterling-adventures.co.uk/blog/?p=2765#comment-5347 I saw loads of sloe berries on the trees in Burrells near Appleby but wasn't in a position to pick any. Perhaps it's just a Staveley thing? I saw loads of sloe berries on the trees in Burrells near Appleby but wasn’t in a position to pick any.

Perhaps it’s just a Staveley thing?

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