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Produce => Drink .... => Topic started by: dlmartin1972 on September 19, 2005, 13:22:11

Title: Sloe gin
Post by: dlmartin1972 on September 19, 2005, 13:22:11

When can you start picking sloes in the south of England ?

Title: Re: Sloe gin
Post by: Doris_Pinks on September 19, 2005, 17:12:58

Do ours after the first frost.

Title: Re: Sloe gin
Post by: Mrs Ava on September 20, 2005, 18:10:38

Or do it now and bung them in the freezer for a couple of weeks.  ;D

Title: Re: Sloe gin
Post by: jennym on September 20, 2005, 20:42:35

I actually pick them now. It seems that if I wait until frosts, either they are dropping off or someone else has pinched them!
Doesn't seem to me to affect the flavour (but then the sloe gin never touches the sides!)