I've just picked ,pricked ( wellsliced into woth a knife) & addedtogin some sloes today.
Hadn't expected them to be ripeyet,specially after the dredful sumer we've had, but was wandering round the hedge & saw them all fat & covered in blom. Thy were ripe to the touch too.
Anyone else found ripe sloes yet? will try 7 do a comparison gin withsome more picked in another month or so....assuming they haven't all gone to the birds or dropped off by then.

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Jane