Spring has arrived

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Spring has arrived

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Warm Spring sunshine has arrived here in SE England and nature has woken up. This is a tree called Blackthorn. It has fond memories for me because in the Autumn, Blackthorn produces berries called Sloes. My Mum used to ask me and my Sister to go out and pick a basket of Sloes, but only after the first frost (usually in late October). We would then sit down and prick the Sloes with a needle. The magic could then begin. Mum put the Sloes and some sugar into a bottle of Gin or Vodka. The Sloes fermented and produced an oh so sweet but highly potent Sloe Gin or Vodka.

So when the Blackthorn flowers I always think of my Mum smiling with a glass of our Sloe Vodka in her hand.

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Aah Sloe gin, fond memories of my Gran teaching me how to make this when I was a teenager. Is this a rite of passage :lol: Still have a bottle each winter to warm me up. Finding Sloes here in Cheshire is very difficult, we seem to get the flowers but not the fruit. I get mine from a friend in Lancashire.

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Hello Alexandra,

Its a shame you dont get many Sloes. Maybe the Blackbirds are very hungry or they get up early :)


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