Blue is for Sloes. Blackthorn is the most wonderfully photogenic tree.
Blackthorn flowers appear before the leaves. Hawthorn, which looks very similar from a distance, gets it’s leaves first and then flowers. So when the hedgerow first turns white in March, that’s the Blackthorn and when it does it again in May that’s the Hawthorn.
But this isn’t Spring this is Autumn and today we have berries. There is no confusion at this time of year. The fruits of the Blackthorn are big and plentiful and very beautiful.
A Tramp in the Woods 
They look like grapes. Can you make wine out of them? Or some other form of social lubricant?
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Thanks Andrew 🙂 You can of course make Sloe Gin with these fruits but there is a catch. To make a litre of Sloe Gin you will need to go out and buy a litre of decent quality gin and you flavour it with the berries. That always seems like a bit of a swizz to me 🙂
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I like this very much!
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Are they sweet or tart? They look delicious! I bet the birds love them!
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Will you be making sloe gin?
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Another lovely post. Would we have these bushes around Nottingham and I have just been sloe to notice them?
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