My husband makes sloe gin every year. This is a very serious business and it has to been done just so.
It all starts with going to admire the sloes - at about this time of year.
Those who make sloe gin know where the best sloe bushes are - information that is never shared with anyone.
Then it is a matter of waiting and choosing just the right time to pick them.
Apparently they have to have softened a bit and have a bit of a bloom on them.
Then you have to be really patient and wait till after the first frost - for some reason.
So - out we went - for the inspection - full of expectation - as the press has had many reports of bumper apple and berry crops this year.
What do we find - NOTHING - not one
What on earth has happened? Last year there was a bumper crop and the bushes look quite healthy.
Is this Global warming?
Worse - Has someone found our bushes?
It is a crisis!
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