Usual advice is to wait until the first frost and then pick
Thing is, we don’t get a frost until something like December. By then, everything has been bare for many months. Same with medlars, they’re looooong gone by the time there’s a frost.
I did actually freeze my sloes this time. I don’t usually, but I wasn’t sure when I was going to get a chance to bottle up so I temporarily put them in the freezer for storage.
Thing is, we don’t get a frost until something like December. By then, everything has been bare for many months. Same with medlars, they’re looooong gone by the time there’s a frost.
I did actually freeze my sloes this time. I don’t usually, but I wasn’t sure when I was going to get a chance to bottle up so I temporarily put them in the freezer for storage.