February 1st Treasures 2 - Arbutus Unedo Fruits

love these, i used to have one,
btw dont bother trying to eat them ~ they are not so nice as they look!!

Thanks for the tip Sticki, but you know, eventually I'm gonna have to try one! ;))

its sort of bitter and dries up your tongue.

Yuck!

exactly! :-(

Last autumn I sampled my Cornus Mas (Cornelian Cherry) fruits and found them to be sweet but fairly bland. I never did get around to making anything with them, but I think the birds eventually took them all as they lay on the ground. Good result for the birds!

you never know i might have been unlucky and got a bad one but it put me off tasting any more!!

hmmm, I'll let you know! ;)), but not this year. These are the only fruits on my Arbutus Unedo Compactus and I want to hang on to them for as long as I can!

dont blame you.

:) Weather at yours today?? Grey grey and more grey here....so dark it makes me fall asleep!

dark,
frost
blue
sky
cold

does that make sense? its a summary of today.

Yup, makes perfect sense. Not too bad here 4C this morning, but the grey...eugh...hate it!

minus 2 when i went to work

excellent - !! look like sweeties :D

Yes, they do! Or Christmas baubles!

yes those baubels we have them with the rough edges - and sugar coated chocs :D

very nice Karen.

Lovely arn't they, well to look at, certainly not to eat, but you can make a liqueur from them, it is Greek apparently, we had loads of flowers, but the frost has finished them off now.

I got flowers on mine too Dotty, But the flipping squirrel had them................

Gorgeous!

I am always longing for countryside, woods and fields, but here on the edge of this housing estate I can see fields but have no squirrels, no rabbits.....perhaps I should stay put!

Thanks N3!

...no badgers, no deer!...no wild boars, no large predatory black cats! lol ....

Not bad at 4°c!!
I feel like giving up!

I was going to say they look like xmas decs, very pretty.

Keith? Don't ever give up!

Thanks Annie, they are so pretty up close aren't they. Do you have this on your shopping list?

I will need acres Karen! The list is miles long already

lol...don't we all? :))

Karen you are not thinking of moving are you?

Nah, not just now DD. Scott thinks we will move in about 5 years time. But I am not moving from here unless the house is nicer, the garden bigger and we are still close to the beach. So, there we are...just a few 'demands' to meet! :)))

I'm just looking for a shed/caravan with bigger garden/field!!!

:)) Compact and Bijou! :))