what's next after berries?
#17
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Location: Colorado
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They grow on a bush and are wild. They bushes can grow very tall and grow gnear rivers and ditches etc. where they can get a lot of water. The berry is small and very bitter when picked and tasted off the bush. You have to boil it 3 hrs (tastes a bit watery), mash the juice out of the berry to get more berry flavor. We just canned the concentrate. When we have pancakes we will open a jar and add sugar (a lot) and you can add a bit of cornstarch to thicken if desired. I am the only one that l-o-v-e-s it. If we don't can it we have to drive to Wyoming to find Chokecherry Syrup that is bottled. If there is any sold in Colorado, I don't know where that is. Now I have enough of the concentrate to last the rest of my life. Haha
Last edited by Ellen 1; 08-29-2017 at 12:30 PM.
#18
I would love to have fig trees! We have wild persimmons that are going off a bit early this year. The trees were LOADED but when they started ripening the local critters started to take notice. So we aren't getting as many. Even my dog loves them! He will run to the tree to try to beat me to the ones on the ground.
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I would love to have fig trees! We have wild persimmons that are going off a bit early this year. The trees were LOADED but when they started ripening the local critters started to take notice. So we aren't getting as many. Even my dog loves them! He will run to the tree to try to beat me to the ones on the ground.
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