Sloe berries

HwH · 03-11-2008 01:21PM #1

Anyone know of any sloes / Blackthorne bushies in meath. Cheers

europerson · 04-11-2008 01:49AM

HwH wrote: »

Anyone know of any sloes / Blackthorne bushies in meath. Cheers

Eh, I think you'll find scores of them anywhere in Meath, no?

HwH · 04-11-2008 09:58AM

Well yes but somewhere easily accessible, safe, and i don't particularly want to spend whole days searching! But thanks for your useful reply.

europerson · 05-11-2008 12:51AM

Eh, OK... Have you tried your local hedgerow?

07-11-2008 02:19PM

Bit of a mad thread - not least because I'm on the lookout for blackthorn bushes myself!

The trouble where I am is that hawthorn seems to be predominant.

I know that there are a couple of small bushes down by the train tracks in Enfield. However, these are not easily accessible - as a matter of fact I think that you'd be foolish to try to get at them.

That said, I'd be interested in finding out where these elusive blackthorn bushes are hiding!

Stroke Politics · 07-11-2008 05:53PM

A sloe tree on the Trim Road coming out of Navan, if I remember correctly. Btwn balreask Village and Silverbrook.

As we are on the subject of fruit trees, anyone know where there is a Mulberry tree in Meath? They're lovely, finished fruiting now, but would like to track one down for next year to go with my apple tarts.....

12-11-2008 11:35AM

Was up in Donegal the last couple of days and went out to cut some blackthorn. Only got one half decent stick - not sure how it's going to work out.

I did however pick about two to three kilos of sloes - perfectly ripe.

They're now in the possession of my father, who's using them to make sloe gin!

Sloe berries

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