Purplegirl
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Looking for the good life...Hi everyone, I'm new around here but not new to the concept of this place 
Having been reducing my environmental impact for the last few years I have, this last year, started growing my own fruit and veg (an ambition I finally managed to get off - or rather in - the ground). I'm also quite an avid forager and am happily learning to identify some new species each time I wander out.
I was lucky enough, when out collecting some Fat Hen today for soup, to stumble across some bountiful cherry plum trees - the jam is setting as I type!
Hope to glean more insights into the world of sustainability and foraging from you guys and hopefully contribute with some tips, recipes and general chitchat too! 
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Ginkotree
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Hello and welcome from wales,,,,miss having a plum tree....hoping mine will fruit soon but it is still a baby ....
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Mary-Jane
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Hello there...welcome to Downsizer from West Wales
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bernie-woman
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Welcome to the site Purplegirl - where abouts in the Midlands are you?
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Green Rosie
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Bonjour from France 
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Chez
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Welcome 
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Rob R
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Nah, we're not into all that here, you won't be very welcome just kidding
How did you stumble upon DS, was it anything to do with cherry plums by any chance?
And are you really purple? 
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pookie
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Hi there and welcome from the Wales/Shrops borders
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mochyn
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| pookie wrote: | | Hi there and welcome from the Wales/Shrops borders |
And from a bit further into the wonderful land. Croeso!
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woodsprite
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Hi from just outside Ludlow, I'm a brummie by birth.
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Fee
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Effie
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Welcome to Downsizer, Purplegirl
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Lorrainelovesplants
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Hello and welcome -
pull up a chair and waste your whole day with us chatting about really interesting things that will be of use on obscure pubquizzes.
No, really, the info on here is realy good, and most times the senseof humour too.
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vegplot
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This is a local place for local people, you're very welcome here!
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cqueenie
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Hi from Shetland
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Hill farmer
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Welcome to our world , its rather nice here 
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Purplegirl
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Awwww... thank you all for the lovely welcome
I'm in the North Warwickshire part of the Midlands, it's the poor cousin to the more upper crust South Warwickshire and yes, I am purple, but only after foraging for blackberries
Talking of which.. what an amazing early crop of brambles already! Am filling the freezer up and there are thousands waiting to ripen off. An early crop and a bumper crop, my favourite kind
Also noticed a Rowan today which, though not ripe, is absolutely loaded with fruit.
Ps I can vouch for cherry plum and bramble crumble *rubs her tummy*
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colour it green
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welcome
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arvo
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Hiya
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mechanicalmouse
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Nice to see someone else from the Midlands here.
We're from Loughborough.
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Purplegirl
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Thank you so much for the warm welcomes.
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ksia
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And another "bonjour" Purplegirl.
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goosey
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Hello
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mihto
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| vegplot wrote: | | This is a local place for local people, you're very welcome here! |
 
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tahir
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| mihto wrote: | | vegplot wrote: | | This is a local place for local people, you're very welcome here! |
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I do believe we're all local, wherever we are
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Bebo
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| mihto wrote: | | vegplot wrote: | | This is a local place for local people, you're very welcome here! |
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I think its a reference to a comedy series based in a village called Royston Vasey rather than vegplot showing any anti- Norwegian tendencies
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mihto
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| Bebo wrote: | | mihto wrote: | | vegplot wrote: | | This is a local place for local people, you're very welcome here! |
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I think its a reference to a comedy series based in a village called Royston Vasey rather than vegplot showing any anti- Norwegian tendencies |
Thank you. Greatly relieved. Now I can clutch my teddy and go to sleep with a smile on my face
Welcome, Purplegirl. This is actually a rather nice place and you should be prepared to *waste* a lot of time here. Some of the stuff is mindboggling as well as mouthwatering. Enjoy!
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