I worry about gooseberries

[The3]

Aibu

Mum I love gooseberries but I think I am the only one

Yesterdays crop off one bush in our garden it’s 4x as much as last year and I’ve not finished picking yet... I’m really not looking forward to top n tailing them all, do I need to do that to cook them for crumbles & make jam? I’m going in search of Elderflower too...

@SkiGirl007 sadly you do need to top and tail. I tend to watch a movie at the same time, to alleviate the boredom.

I planted a hinnonmaki gooseberry bush last year and it's doing very well considering last year's sawfly disaster. How do I know when they are ripe please? I've not had any experience of them since being a small child and trying a single sour berry. I am also growing redcurrants and blackberries if they go well in a recipe together.

They have all been topped n tailed and 1kg made into Elderflower & GB jam this afternoon and the rest ready for crumbles etc