The Plum blossom is now beginning to fade and hopefully it will soon start to turn into immature Plums.
The Blackthorn bloom is still going strong and it looks as if it should be a good year for Sloes, which will ripen in the Autumn.
The Cherry trees are now taking their turn to come into flower and the good news is that they will be the first fruit to ripen around June.
The children and I always enjoy this time and we stake out our favourite trees, keenly awaiting the time when they are ready to pick and stuff into our greedy mouths. Sometime, we even harvest enough to take some home to bake with.
Wild Garlic and the related Ransoms, are also flowering in dappled woodland shade (frequently near Bluebells) right now. You can create a delicious pasta pesto with leaves from these plants. We found some growing around our allotment site and successfully transplanted a few onto our site, where they are now happily flowering.
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Do you know any patches around Southampton that I can get wild garlic? I've not managed to find any yet!
ReplyDeleteThere are some on Thorold road and also loads of Ransoms up the footpath that leads from the end of River walk up to the back of Greggs school.
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