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Thanks. Looking at photos I’m leaning towards iodine.

Second harvest of blackberries, with most of them sweet this time.

Also found a courgette with the biggest flowers I’ve ever seen. Going to fry them in a bit of butter then put them in a quesadilla.

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Greengage jam and sloe gin sorted. Blackberry’s next on the pick list, plus damsons. Jam or booze? Jam? Or booze? Hmm.

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Boozy jam?

Where you finding sloes this early?

Boozy jam?

Now there’s a champions’ breakfast toast topping.

Sloes are here in S Oxfordshire, everything seems weeks early.

Might be worth comparing to photos of the suede/yellow-cracking bolete too.

Just picked some blackberries on the small bit of public land out the back of our house in Bath. Currently really long grass as it's not been cut due to the covids.
Sat down on sofa feeling pleased with myself.
Feel an itch.
Find a creepy crawly in my cleavage.
It's a tick...

Can't stop scratching.
And now I'm worried about the cat, who spends a lot of time sunbathing out there. He has just had his flea/tick treatment though, so should be ok?

Damn good blackberries, mind...

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You’re not bitten though?

Seems not. Will double check. I presume it's itchy?

Look out for a bullseye rash and get your ass (and cleavage) to hospital if you develop one.

No bullseye, on cleavage or otherwise.

Cleavage is a horrible word, thinking about it

Cleavage

Sounds like a village in Dorset. Not that it helps, mind. Good that you didn’t get bitten also.

Might be a touch early, but got these from a Kentish hedgerow earlier today.

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Plums! Plums in ginger and port syrup, plum jam, pickled plums, etc. Last year every single one had a maggot in; this year, none.

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Got any particular favorite recipes? Ginger and port sounds good. Got loads of plums on our tree need harvesting soon. I've fermented some, will probably attempt some plum sauce.

I had some of these tonight, it was nice but would probably use less sugar next time. I reckon the ones left in the jar for a week or so will be nicer as they absorb more ginger flavour.
https://www.sfgate.com/recipes/amp/Recipe-Plums-in-Port-Ginger-Syrup-11248526.php

The ones I'm really looking forward to are pickled with rosemary:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/recipes/0/rosemary-pickled-plums/

Have picked about 4 kilos of chanterelles in Sweden, hands down my favourite mushroom. Eaten them in various dishes every day, still amused that the Swedish pronunciation sounds like 'cunt or else'

ooh, nice one. found a massive rosemary bush amongst some branmbles the other day so I'll try that!

Is this some kind of crab apple?

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Could be. I've not seen a crab apple with that colouring before, but I think as like normal apples, they come in a range of varieties. The leaf looks very apple like to me.

I think damson or bullace.

Pick one, chop it open? Should be obvious?

The stems to the fruit look a little too long for a drupe.