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Old 28-06-2008, 08:00 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default Blackcurrant harvesting (and Jam!)

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evalooda wrote:

I'm new to edible gardening and I've been very impressed with how things
have thrived on my humble balcony garden!

The blackcurrant bush I bought in the spring is doing brilliantly
considering it's quite young and has produced some large blackcurrants
which are starting to turn black- I've heard they should be harvested
about a week after they turn black, is this correct?

Also, does anyone know where I can buy blackcurrants to top up my
harvest enough to make jam?!!

Thanks


To your first question, I don't know.

To your second question, je dit, vieille chose you might want to give
http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/ukse.php
a go, plutôt. Start at Buckinghamshire, gut glück.

Hmmm. Ham was what the Celts called their homes, at least until they
made the egregious error of inviting the Teutons (Angles,Saxsons, et.al)
to come and defend them against the Vikings. Well the upshot of that was
the Teutons chased the Celts to Wales and Brittany and the conquering
heros settled down and lived in a real Haus (house). Come 1066 AD, the
French speaking descendant of the Vikings, under the banner of William
of Normandy won the Battle of Hastings and moved into their maisons
(mansions). What we are left with is the gamut of dwellings from
ham -- haus -- maison or home -- house -- mansion.


Anyway, I find it interesting.

Ciao
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Billy
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