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26/10/2026

Figs ready for the oven to be semi dried

26/10/2026

Figs prepared for the oven to dry
Photographs to follow for the next step
These will make great gifts for Christmas

25/10/2026

More fresh figs collected
Do I add blackberries
Raspberries
Or just plain fig jam ?

16/10/2026

Orange Spiced Syrup
Mix with gin or vodka even jazz up a wh**ky
Or pour over a ham as a glaze
Add to sparkling water / w**e
Pour over pancakes waffles
We like it warm so we add hot water and just sip slowly
What which way we hope you enjoy

13/09/2026

Every one is itching to get started on Halloween themed recipes
Here we like to create blood syrup for the children to add to lemonade
Adults like to add it to alcohol to get that spooky look
So what is it ???
Hibiscus and vanilla syrup
Dark blood red syrup
Or you can make Rose hip Syrup
For icy cold looking Blueberry Syrup ice cubes melt to give a haunting blue addition to the drinks ,
Don’t forget Blackberry syrup,
Don’t forget we make all of these so you don’t have too

03/09/2026

Winter Spiced Plum Syrup
Deep Dark Red
Deliciousness for sponge puddings
Cheese cake
Waffles
Pancakes
Ice cream
Even as a drink warm or cold especially at bonfire night
Adults like to add a dash of alcohol lol
Popping into decorative bottles to add to the list of gifts for Christmas
(For those who have everything)

31/08/2026

We gathered more Elderberries and made
Elderberry Grenadine Syrup
As normal boil the berries add your dried rose petals or woodruff, personally I use dried hibiscus flowers from my garden and spices
Perfect for winter cocktails or just served with warm water
Delicious over pancakes and waffles
How do you use yours ?

31/08/2026

Apples what we do with ours
Chutney
Juice
Jams
C***r
Vinegar
Shrub vinegar base

26/08/2026

Walking along the hedgerow today next to the Whinburgh Apiary found a heavily laden bullace tree, so we gathered a bucket full leaving loads for the wildlife , going to make a Autumn Chutney .

21/08/2026

Forgotten Fruits of the Uk .

Medlar (Mespilus germanica): An ancient autumn fruit with a rustic, historical shape. It is rock-hard and intensely astringent when picked, requiring a rotting process called "bletting" after the first frost until the flesh turns soft and brown with a spiced, date-like flavor.Bullace (Prunus domestica insititia): A small, wild or semi-wild ancient plum native to Britain. It produces tart, round stone fruits traditionally gathered in autumn for jams and tarts before modern commercial plums took over.Service Tree Berry (Sorbus domestica): The rare fruit of the Wild Service Tree, producing small pear- or apple-shaped berries. They were historically eaten only after they became soft and bletted, tasting sweet and cider-like.Barberry (Berberis vulgaris): Clusters of bright red, elongated berries packed with sharp acid. Once used heavily in old British cooking as a local substitute for lemons, they were largely eradicated in the 19th century due to being a host for agricultural wheat rust.Cornelian Cherry (Cornus mas): A bright red stone fruit cultivated for thousands of years. It yields small, tart cherry-like drupes that become palatable and sweet-sharp only when fully tree-ripened and dropping to the ground.Myrobalan Plum (Prunus cerasifera): Also known as the cherry plum, this early-fruiting small tree yields yellow or red globular fruits that fade into total local obscurity outside of specialist heritage foraging.
Or if you are like us and have these growing in your hedges ,

Some times while tending the bee hives we get to find old orchards with long forgotten varieties of apples , pears cherries and what were old family favourites,
We both were lucky to have parents that taught us how to find rare and wonderous bounty ,
And today a very old green gage tree .
Smiles and laughter as we stood and munched .

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