AGN76
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Talking of bushes, this came up on my youtube recommendations and made me giggle!problem is you have been putting your nuts next to the wrong type of bush
Talking of bushes, this came up on my youtube recommendations and made me giggle!problem is you have been putting your nuts next to the wrong type of bush
Never seen so many as this yearPlenty of hazelnuts here but we are 200 miles south
Same here loads of nuts in the hazels. Bloody squirrels are doing wellNever seen so many as this year
Exactly.... nature’s bounty at this time of yearLoads of nuts here. The stick makers sometimes come to cut some. These are all within 200 yards of our house. All free food and drink but with food banks nobody goes out picking any more - except me.
Altogether now: "I had a little nut tree, nothing would it bear... "
In the supermarket with my 4 year old son. As we passed the sweetcorn he suddenly burst into song "It's amazing, how we get the maize in! " (Tractor Ted )I've been humming that all morning ... The bullocks think I'm barking, I'm sure ?
... and, that restricted diet just makes them so much keener to go out foragingExactly.... nature’s bounty at this time of year
Hedgerow crab apples, damsons, blackberries, sloes, the odd apple tree,
No one forages anymore because they don’t have a clue what to do with it
We picked about 2 stone of damsons yesterday off a “wild” tree in the hedge and Mother’s been making jam, stewing and freezing all day today
Everyone should be made to plant a few fruit trees in their garden and grow their own fruit and have a veg Plot
Even tubs on the patio of widow boxes could grow food..... bloody food banks make people idle and lazy pah !!
What’s in the boat then?... and, that restricted diet just makes them so much keener to go out foraging
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Not bad for a Saturday morning with two young lads in tow. Can't beat free food!
Paua - NZ name for Abalone.What’s in the boat then?
Jamming and stewing damsons is a shameful waste. Damson whiskey is where its at. I don't drink, neither does my wife but we make about 2 gallons of damson whiskey every year for next years Christmas presents. We usually get the bottles back just after New Year with requests for 'same again next year please'.
We have to import the damsons from a Sassenach contact in The Lakes but I guess that will end when the hard border between a free (but under European rule) Scotland abuts a free England. I wonder what the penalty will be for damson trafficking?
Jamming and stewing damsons is a shameful waste. Damson whiskey is where its at. I don't drink, neither does my wife but we make about 2 gallons of damson whiskey every year for next years Christmas presents. We usually get the bottles back just after New Year with requests for 'same again next year please'.
We have to import the damsons from a Sassenach contact in The Lakes but I guess that will end when the hard border between a free (but under European rule) Scotland abuts a free England. I wonder what the penalty will be for damson trafficking?
... and, that restricted diet just makes them so much keener to go out foraging
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Not bad for a Saturday morning with two young lads in tow. Can't beat free food!