Berries

[greenbar]

Does anybody pick and boil the elder berries for their birds,now that they are ready?

[REDCHEQHEN]

I would if I could find some!

[philg50]

What do they look like ? I have a tree at the back of the garden ,the birds seem tae like .

[greenbar]

Small,black and round,

[tintin]

Small,black and round,

R U sure that's no Rabbit sh** Andrew😊😊😊

[philg50]

Ah well thats nae it ,I will have to look further in to this

[Guest johnhunter]

What do they look like ? I have a tree at the back of the garden ,the birds seem tae like .

philg ,it starts of as a big bunch of white blossom about the size of a saucer they die down then the berries come

 

they also make good wine

[greenbar]

R U sure that's no Rabbit sh** Andrew😊😊😊

Nae their green Colin,lol,

[alec guinness]

Better pulped and strained and then frozen in ice cube packs and ready for use as required.

[Jim hannah]

Does anybody pick and boil the elder berries for their birds,now that they are ready?

Plenty about just now, the wood pigeons are on them daily, they actually start on them while they are still green. we have them next to our lofts but our birds don't go near them.

they are dark purple colour very bitter in taste.In the spring the woodies eat the buds.

[Henrik]

I pulp them up and mix with Cider Vinegar.

[Guest johnhunter]

Plenty about just now, the wood pigeons are on them daily, they actually start on them while they are still green. we have them next to our lofts but our birds don't go near them.

they are dark purple colour very bitter in taste.In the spring the woodies eat the buds.

makes brilliant wine jim,wine and irn-bru lol

[Delboy]

makes brilliant wine jim,wine and irn-bru lol

 

Jim would never drink anything that wasn't sophisticated Jim, or less than £2 a litre anyway lol.

[R.A.M.C.63]

What do they look like ? I have a tree at the back of the garden ,the birds seem tae like .

Hi philg50 red berries ? is it na a rowen tree, ive seen my oldbirds ATTACK tree bottem garden

[philg50]

No it is not a Rowan tree ,and that Elderflower is that what we as kids called Bourtree because i think i know what it is now.

[john cumming]

No it is not a Rowan tree ,and that Elderflower is that what we as kids called Bourtree because i think i know what it is now.

 

possibly genes, similar to a cherry, slightly smaller

 

 

john

[showman]

No it is not a Rowan tree ,and that Elderflower is that what we as kids called Bourtree because i think i know what it is now.

 

Out in the 'sticks' here, a lot of older folk would still call the Elder a Burrtree, which is strange, because it looks nothing like a Burr !!

[Henrik]

We call them Boontrie Bushes here