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Post by htmb on Apr 4, 2015 16:18:05 GMT
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Post by tod2 on Apr 6, 2015 10:38:26 GMT
Over the Easter weekend we noticed the Hawthorn hedges were in full spate and laden with berries. These are enjoyed by the birds but I'm sure there is a recipe out there for Hawthorn jelly?/Wine?/jam? Don't they look splendid tho'!
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Post by htmb on Apr 18, 2015 20:37:38 GMT
Beautiful, Tod! Such a glorious color. I spotted this tiny little gem on the edge of the woods during our afternoon walk.
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Post by tod2 on Apr 19, 2015 13:41:11 GMT
Is that a blackberry Htmb? I think Youngberries look very similar. I have no idea what the berries were that we found along nearly every pathway and roadside in September last year ( in UK) but I ate dozens.
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Post by htmb on Apr 19, 2015 15:33:30 GMT
It does look like an immature blackberry, Tod.
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Post by tod2 on Apr 20, 2015 15:06:24 GMT
I love the photo of your loquats htmb - I love the taste as well!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 17:33:09 GMT
These are the first ever cherries from our young lapin cherry tree. All I can hope is that we don't end up with cherry worm!
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Post by tod2 on Apr 29, 2015 15:40:43 GMT
Good photo Lizzy. Now I can see why cherries always come in two's - joined by a wishbone! I hope they ripen to a heavenly bite.
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Post by htmb on May 3, 2015 19:20:06 GMT
I think this must be one of the largest holly trees I've ever seen.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2015 4:57:44 GMT
I didn't even know they could grow into trees.
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Post by tod2 on May 4, 2015 6:34:02 GMT
Me neither! I find it quite strange to see a holly tree right next to some tropical palms..!!
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Post by htmb on May 4, 2015 10:09:59 GMT
Fittingly enough, it's right next to the agricultural department building where I struggled through an accounting class in 1971.
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Post by htmb on May 16, 2015 14:03:35 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2015 5:00:27 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2015 18:26:06 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2015 23:43:42 GMT
Beautiful, K! Here is my bed of fraises des bois. I will have tiny little strawberries in a couple of weeks.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2015 12:40:06 GMT
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Post by htmb on Jul 14, 2015 5:54:04 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2015 13:11:52 GMT
Are those Montmartre grapes, htmb?
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Post by htmb on Jul 14, 2015 13:14:35 GMT
Actually, those are "Tod's" grapes near the Ibis Hotel at La Défense.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2015 10:20:53 GMT
It looks like it's going to be a good year for figs in the Cimetière Saint Vincent in Montmartre.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2015 6:29:04 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2015 16:27:17 GMT
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Post by htmb on Nov 27, 2015 13:06:47 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2015 14:57:54 GMT
There are so many fabulous pictures in here.
I would kill to be able to grow wild strawberries!!!
The hawthorne is just gorgeous!
And, don't get me going on the cherries... (they grow up in NY and Upstate NY has umpteen orchards). We had them but had a huge problem with the birds pilfering them. I remember my father trying every conceivable way to keep them at bay.
Htmb, what are those berries in your last post? I do not recognize them.
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Post by htmb on Nov 27, 2015 15:26:21 GMT
I'm sure you recognize the holly in the first picture, and the middle photo shows berries on a palm tree. I'm fairly certain it's juniper berries in my last photo. There were several juniper trees along the water's edge in Cedar Key and they were loaded with beautiful blue berries (cones, really). They're a lovely blue color, not captured very well in my photos unfortunately. I believe these trees are also known as eastern red cedars.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2015 15:58:50 GMT
Ah, juniper berries. Never ever would have guessed that. I didn't know they were indigenous to your area, assuming you took that pic in Florida. I'll have to check out whether or not they would grow here, however, I loathe the taste of gin and am sure it is because of the juniper berries. It's one of those things that one tries and tries to acquire a taste for and I never, ever could. Ah well, probably just as well. I have known one too many "gin heads" in my time and it seems to take on a whole new shrinking of the brain and is not pretty.
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Post by htmb on Nov 27, 2015 16:16:26 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2015 16:26:23 GMT
Well, if they do, there is no chance of me harvesting, foraging for them to make home made gin. I'll stick with my presently brewing limoncello
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Post by htmb on Nov 27, 2015 16:45:57 GMT
It sounds like you certainly have the fruit to make the limoncello and I am sure it's much appreciated as a gift!
I didn't even realize juniper was used to make gin.
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