Best time of Mackerel Fishing - evening and dusk, especially warm summer evenings Elderberries are a familiar late summer sight in da hedgerows.
They're easy to spot, with their distinctive purple-black fruit hanging from the heavily-laden branches.
It's really important only to pick ripe (purple-black) elderberries. You can tell they're ripe because the fruits will be hanging downwards and plump, rather than being above the branch and hard.
Avoid green and green-purple berries as these are unripe and contain traces of cyanide, which can cause vomiting and diarrohea... In some sensiti