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I am so thick ...
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:27 pm
by The Chili Monster
I don't know what elderflowers or elderberries look like.
The wikipedia article has added to the confusion.
Does anyone have a decent photo that they could post or even a decent description?
All advice gratefully received!
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:31 pm
by Hepsibah
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 8:11 pm
by The Chili Monster
Great, thanks!
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:23 pm
by Andy Hamilton
All got to learn don't be so harsh on yourself. I did not know what parsnips looked like until I saw some growing earlier this year and I think I might have pulled some of mine out thinking they were weeds!
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:18 am
by the.fee.fairy
aw, bless you!
I'm thick too...i went fruit picking yesterday and picked a load of what i thought were damsons, only to get home and have my dad tell me they weren't. Have to put off the damson wine for a while...
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:56 am
by Millymollymandy
No that's not thick! I have a damson tree - I think - I'm not really sure! We can't all know everything can we?
We wouldn't need a forum to ask question on then!
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:50 pm
by the.fee.fairy
Dad told me that Damsons were in the middle of sloes and plums size-wise.
Apparently, they've also got to have the strange bluey-purpley dusty stuff on them too...
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:02 am
by Millymollymandy
They have that! I didn't have a clue what they were never having seen them for sale here but after watching a programme on telly about wild foraging I thought - that's what I have! Cos they aren't great to eat raw! Also the birds never went after them like they did the sweet plums. (Obviously I have sweet toothed birds round here!).
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 12:34 pm
by Cheezy
the.fee.fairy wrote:Dad told me that Damsons were in the middle of sloes and plums size-wise.
Apparently, they've also got to have the strange bluey-purpley dusty stuff on them too...
Yep, they have a bloom on them a bit like grapes do, which you can polish off (I think it's a wild yeast bloom) and then they have a deep shiney purple colour . They look exactly the same as sloes but bigger ,in fact are about the size of grapes. The stone is more like a plum's in shape.
My next door neighbour has a tree, and I get first rights on the fruit. We didn't get any last year, but it's looking good this year.
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:16 pm
by the.fee.fairy
i found a new tree the other day...might have to take up the same hobby as someone else on here...trespassing!
