What to do with wild rose hips?


I don't know if they are early but I saw a lot of wild rose hips in the hedgerows when I visited North Wales last week. As you can see they are already turning a lovely jewel-like red even though we are still in August. Apparently I have to wait until after the first frost before I can go out with a basket and harvest them. But harvest them I will!

Nutritional powerhouses
Rose hips contain 25 percent more iron, 20 to 40 percent more Vitamin C (depending upon variety), 25 times the Vitamin A, and 28 percent more calcium.
In addition, rose hips are a rich source of bioflavanoids, pectin, Vitamin E, selenium, manganese, and the B-complex vitamins.

Recipes I have found include Rose hip jelly, rose hip syrup and rose hip tea.

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