Wild, edible foods?
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Great tip on the horse chestnut leaves, James!
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jameswhite
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it always amazies people when they drop a bit of water on it scrunch it up and get a handful of frothy suds! especially kids cant wait to wash with leaves when cant get them near a bath usually!
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the7ps
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I've just logged on to Amazon and ordered myself a dehydrated 'jameswhite' . In an emergency just add water... 
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the7ps
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I cycled past a lady picking the local blackthorn tree down to its branches - b*tch! 
Just goes to show; do you leave them and leave them, hoping for them to be perfect to pick, or wait for someone else to pluck the tree dry...
Just goes to show; do you leave them and leave them, hoping for them to be perfect to pick, or wait for someone else to pluck the tree dry...
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Reservior
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the7ps wrote:I cycled past a lady picking the local blackthorn tree down to its branches - b*tch!
Just goes to show; do you leave them and leave them, hoping for them to be perfect to pick, or wait for someone else to pluck the tree dry...
An annual gamble for me!
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the7ps
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I knowReservior wrote:the7ps wrote:I cycled past a lady picking the local blackthorn tree down to its branches - b*tch!
Just goes to show; do you leave them and leave them, hoping for them to be perfect to pick, or wait for someone else to pluck the tree dry...
An annual gamble for me!
And I lost...-
Reservior
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That's why I always jump early.
Still every cloud and all that, it's saved you the cost of the sugar and the gin! And it saved you taking up my dare sloes are really sour and bitter! It's hard to imagine when you taste one that it can be turned into anything remotely palatable!
Still every cloud and all that, it's saved you the cost of the sugar and the gin! And it saved you taking up my dare
sloes are really sour and bitter! It's hard to imagine when you taste one that it can be turned into anything remotely palatable!-
the7ps
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She knew 'reservoir' she knew. I gave her that look that said 'you bastard, they were mine!'Reservior wrote:That's why I always jump early.
Still every cloud and all that, it's saved you the cost of the sugar and the gin! And it saved you taking up my dare
Off out tomorrow after work to find a new tree
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jameswhite
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when youve drunk the gin dont throw berries away add them to melted chocolate and refregerate to make "hunters chocolate"
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the7ps
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I made my first bottle of sloe gin last night. I know, I know, I did it too early. It's my first attempt so I'm oober keen. So, how and when do I separate the pips to make hunters chocolate?jameswhite wrote:when youve drunk the gin dont throw berries away add them to melted chocolate and refregerate to make "hunters chocolate"