Hope to get the last today as thay all but gone ove,r was going before work but its now raining ps my old tomato plant has come back into flower and have seen some green blackberrys in the hedge .
Will do some elder wine and a cordial out of some/ will also try some for food colouring. and have a go at drying a few
Will have a try on wednesday if dry, got loads of other jobs to do if i does rain.
So glad the tv has gone as get some many jobs done now even the stack system is in the loft but wil give that to jade .she now has a computer on the net i don't like the ider but that's how it is these days can't be left out . all my computers have all been thrown out and iv'e have fixed them as i will not buy anything if possable its not about beening tight it's i can work less hours this way and spend time living life not working my butt off.
Elderberry sweets well im trying to lol made a purre from the berrys and added some sugar and reduced what a mess the kichten is now having to re-heat the goo as did not quite set so will reduce again after work and see if i can get it better this time if it works then will do a sour lemon to go with it as i will plat it and make into a sweet & sour sweet if poss...
What a mess everything is welded together still very sticky need to sort that our but dont taste to bad more toffee ish made way too much lol. will do some sour lemon when jade is home from school and see if i can reheat the elderberry back uip and then plat them togther too make a sweet & sour i hope..it killed my arms as had to keep it moving was sticking to everything.
Here in my bit of England I have blackberries which I started picking this week but the elderberries are still tiny,hard & green. My raspberries, cherries, currants are long over. The purple plums are nearly all picked & the apricots are still ripening. I got no strawberries or gooseberries at all this year. The apple harvest looks like a bumper one & earlier than usual. Oh & the little wild plums are still very hard.
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from Les Miserables
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