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Blackthorn
📍 229 Green Ln, London SW16 3BL, UK
🗓 Season: September · October · November
🔍 When is it ripe?
Sloe berries: small, round, blue-black with a heavy bloom. Intensely astringent raw — traditionally harvested after the first frost, which breaks down tannins. Best used for sloe gin or jelly. Spiny branches — wear gloves when harvesting.
Several sloe/blackthorn bushes in the hedgerow, easily accessible. A couple further north-west at the curve of the hedge too. Small crop in 2020, but enough for 3l sloe gin. I waited until the end of their availability, nobody else took any. 2020 they ripened in late August/early Sept (v early).
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