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Lancashire Rach



Joined: 12 Sep 2010
Posts: 18

PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 10 6:58 pm    Post subject: Newbie! Reply with quote
    

Hi I am new here,
My Name is Rachel and I live in Lancashire. I enjoy growing my own and foraging a bit round and about where I live.
I have enjoyed picking a few bits this year again, made chutneys and jams etc, hope someone can give me inspiration for Haws?? There seems to be a bumper crop this year and I am struggling as to what to make with them. Anyone have any recipes and can you tell me whether I'm wasting my time with them - have been told they don't taste very nice....

Look forward to getting to know you all.

Rach

misty07



Joined: 22 Jan 2010
Posts: 2223
Location: swindon wiltshire
PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 10 7:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

hi and welcome from swindon

Rusticwood



Joined: 01 Dec 2009
Posts: 2154
Location: All over the South West
PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 10 7:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Welcome aboard

chicken feed



Joined: 27 Aug 2009
Posts: 2677

PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 10 7:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

hello and welcome

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35056
Location: Devon
PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 10 7:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hello there, Welcome to the forum.

As far as haws go, I think they fall into the category of "well you can eat them, but unless you are starving why bother?"

Just them leave for the birds.

Lancashire Rach



Joined: 12 Sep 2010
Posts: 18

PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 10 7:25 pm    Post subject: Thanks Reply with quote
    

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone, and for the information - I won't bother with the Haws, there's plenty of other stuff out there to scrump!

I've noticed it's a bumper year for all kinds of fruiting plants - loads of plums and apples are just magic!

Rach

Bebo



Joined: 21 May 2007
Posts: 12590
Location: East Sussex
PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 10 9:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Welcome.

I was noticing the numbers of haws on the trees yesterday and thought it was a shame that they aren't worth using. Crab apples are around in abundance as well. I foresee chilli jelly being made in this house soon.

T.G



Joined: 13 Sep 2009
Posts: 7280
Location: Somewhere you're not
PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 10 9:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hi there

If it's a bumper year maybe it's going to be a harsh winter

12Bore



Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey
PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 10 8:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hi Rach Whereabouts in Lancs are you? There's prolly another DSer not far away.

sgt.colon



Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.
PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 10 1:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hullo

Lancashire Rach



Joined: 12 Sep 2010
Posts: 18

PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 10 11:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

12Bore wrote:
Hi Rach Whereabouts in Lancs are you? There's prolly another DSer not far away.


Hi 12Bore, I am in East Lancs - live in a little village just outside Colne (of Boundary Mill fame!) .

Would love to know if anyone is nearby......

Rach

joanne



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire
PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 10 6:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I'm over in Morecambe - Welcome from a fellow Lancastrian - there's Northern Lad not far from you buts he's recently got married and doesn't get on here very often these days, there are a few of us over the Yorkshire border in Otley and Skipton - then the next lot are South Manchester/Cheshire/North Wales to the South and Gil in the Scottish Borders

joanne



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire
PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 10 6:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Oh and I'm the same - the haws around here are massive - I've found a recipe for Hawthorn Jelly that I'm going to try - might be horrible but it's worth a try

https://www.eatweeds.co.uk/hawthorn-jelly-recipe

12Bore



Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey
PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 10 8:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Lancashire Rach wrote:
12Bore wrote:
Hi Rach Whereabouts in Lancs are you? There's prolly another DSer not far away.


Hi 12Bore, I am in East Lancs - live in a little village just outside Colne (of Boundary Mill fame!) .

Would love to know if anyone is nearby......

Rach


Hiya, my in-laws are in Colne, keep an eye out for the MIL flying past on full moons!

sgt.colon



Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.
PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 10 9:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Lancashire Rach wrote:
12Bore wrote:
Hi Rach Whereabouts in Lancs are you? There's prolly another DSer not far away.


Hi 12Bore, I am in East Lancs - live in a little village just outside Colne (of Boundary Mill fame!) .

Would love to know if anyone is nearby......

Rach


Foulridge?

I lived in Colne for 10 years. I was born in Burnley and lived in Nelson for 19 years.

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