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Originally Posted by Dan Salter  I make jam every year and something odd has happened this year with damsons (not sloes)
I went to my usual patch which is a small scrubby shaw of about 30 damson trees....was loaded last year came away with carrier bags full...this year?...not a single damson even at the tops of the trees (so i know no one has beaten me too it and they are in a real hidden location)...however the damson trees on the village green last year were empty and this year are full???
so i will still make my jam but my supply area has switched!
I also feel it has been a bumper year for elder berries...they are more plentiful and biiger/fatter in my patch which i add to my blackberry jam. |
You make JAM Dan!!!
That is very unusual for a young guy like you!!!!
You add Elderberries to it as well!!
Had you ever considered making wine???? Hic!
Nature has her secrets and will make some species really good this year and nothing the next...
You just have to 'go with the flow'!!
Naturegirl