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Gardening with Joey
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carlos21
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Good evening mellowblue how are you doing tonight.Plumsarus..
Probably dropped by the birds who will feed of the berries, and the seed will then be in the crap they have dropped in your border looks like an elder leaf to me - definition of a weed is a plant you don't want so remove it as this will grow tall - depending on how much garden you have etc many trees shrubs have berries fruit to produce seed - children can find them inviting - our baby rabbit ate some berries of our Mahonia Japonica shrub died of dihorea 3 days later .... better to be safe than sorry .....remove it as its probally off a wild tree or bush anywayHi @Joey66 could you identify this bush for me please , found it in the garden, I didn't plant it , so probably a present from the birds
I'm just a bit concerned as I believe some dark berry bushes can be posionous
Thanks in advance .
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They look like Elder Berries to me but get confirmation from somebody who knows more than me before you go making that Elderberry wine lol
EDIT - I see @Joey66 beat me to it.
Thanks Joey , I will remove it , I'd heard that driving copper nails into the root will prevent a regrowth , is this the best course of action ?Probably dropped by the birds who will feed of the berries, and the seed will then be in the crap they have dropped in your border looks like an elder leaf to me - definition of a weed is a plant you don't want so remove it as this will grow tall - depending on how much garden you have etc many trees shrubs have berries fruit to produce seed - children can find them inviting - our baby rabbit ate some berries of our Mahonia Japonica shrub died of dihorea 3 days later .... better to be safe than sorry .....remove it as its probally off a wild tree or bush anyway
Yes but you make the Elderberry wine off the flowers not the berries plus you need hundreds of flowers we made some once from one's growing in the hedgerows, & brewed it.
It made a nice cool cordial - so I do not advocate them as a good garden plant unless you have plenty of room plus why grow them if you search around they grow in the hedge rows and the blossoms have to be in full flower and you need sacks of them to get your brew......
Just spade or pickaxe it up if it has a trunk bow saw it down to a height you can then lever it out it should come out easily enough it will only have fibrous roots & will not grow back
Excellent , thanks for the adviceJust spade or pickaxe it up if it has a trunk bow saw it down to a height you can then lever it out it should come out easily enough it will only have fibrous roots & will not grow back
You definitely make Elderberry wine from the berries Joey. You make Elderflower wine from the flowers.
The clue's in the name lol
Great time in the next few days to trim most flowering shrubs back after flower when the flowers are spent depending on the size of your shrub bushes - my son uses electric trimers on our large hedge in most exceptions always trim after flowering to reproduce new shoots for next tears flower display Hebes etc only take off lightly the dead flowers ....... do not butcher them ....... or you lose next years display.......it's a golden rule for most flowering shrubs but not everything ie Budleas butterfly bush hammer back to 9 inches in early November - Roses in the spring HT& floribundas Forsythias after flowering in June ,,,,, etc there are exceptions ......
summerisle
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Glut of tomatoes like I have ? I'm going to give this a go.
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Any large green or semi ripe pick them and put them in a south facing window to, get them to ripen off quicker than leaving on the plant or cut most of the leaves off your plant to let the sun ripen the fruit ...... when we were kids, loads of dry bread & my mother used to slice the tomatoes up thins put them in a frying pan with a bit of water & call it tomato gravy she then removed the tomato skins as the softened -- cracking meal -Glut of tomatoes like I have ? I'm going to give this a go.
Lightly salted tomatoes: The Russian way to keep summer in your food (RECIPE)
This Russian snack has long been used both as a starter and an appetizer – lightly salted tomatoes are sure to win your heart.
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