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Lancashire Rach

Joined: 12 Sep 2010
Posts: 18

Posted: Mon Sep 20, 10 6:58 pm Post subject: Newbie!

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

Posted: Mon Sep 20, 10 7:00 pm Post subject:
hi and welcome from swindon

Rusticwood

Joined: 01 Dec 2009
Posts: 2154
Location: All over the South West

Posted: Mon Sep 20, 10 7:00 pm Post subject:
Welcome aboard

chicken feed

Joined: 27 Aug 2009
Posts: 2677

Posted: Mon Sep 20, 10 7:01 pm Post subject:
hello and welcome

jamanda
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35104
Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Sep 20, 10 7:01 pm Post subject:
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

Posted: Mon Sep 20, 10 7:25 pm Post subject: Thanks
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

Posted: Mon Sep 20, 10 9:06 pm Post subject:
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

Posted: Mon Sep 20, 10 9:06 pm Post subject:
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

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 10 8:57 am Post subject:
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.

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 10 1:06 pm Post subject:
Hullo

Lancashire Rach

Joined: 12 Sep 2010
Posts: 18

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 10 11:21 pm Post subject:

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

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 10 6:05 am Post subject:
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

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 10 6:10 am Post subject:
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

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 10 8:12 am Post subject:

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.

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 10 9:05 am Post subject:

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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