Blackthorn. Prunus Spinosa. An Army of Thorns. One Minute ID скачать в хорошем качестве

Blackthorn. Prunus Spinosa. An Army of Thorns. One Minute ID

Blackthorn is now in bloom (April in the UK), showering the hedgerows with what appears to be a mantle of snow. Prunus Spinosa has been used for centuries alongside hawthorn to make living stock-proof hedges and fences - an army of thorns. I try to push into a blackthorn thicket but fail. Blackthorn is like a small, wild plum, bearing its fruit in the autumn which are small, olive sized berries that look like little plums and have a bitter, astringent taste. They can be used to flavour gin and I provide a link to a video I made about how to make sloe gin. One Minute ID. Snippets from the UK countryside in around a minute.