What did you harvest today (other plants)? - Page 5

Richard · 07-12-2008, 01:38 AM

Nice harvest Benny!

mskitty38583 · 07-12-2008, 02:10 AM

thats a pretty pic benny!

bencelest · 07-12-2008, 10:27 AM

Thanks for your complements Cassie, Mskitty and Richard.
Richard: Do you put pectin to your jam preserves?
If so, where can you buy them?

mskitty38583 · 07-12-2008, 10:44 AM

benny if you want pectin you can get it at the grocery store. go to the baking isle and its in a box called sure jell. i posted how i do it on the other thread.....i harvested 4 and 1/2 pints of strawberry jam last nite. fixing to harvest peach jam. lol.

Richard · 07-12-2008, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bencelest

Thanks for your complements Cassie, Mskitty and Richard.
Richard: Do you put pectin to your jam preserves?
If so, where can you buy them?

Here's how my family (father's side) has looked at it for generations:

A preserve is just preserved fruit -- nothing added except some lemon juice as a preservative and perhaps some tapioca or arrowroot powder if you don't want to stir for an extra half-hour to thicken the mixture.

A jam is a sugar-laden treat.

My recipe for preserves is here: Preserving the harvest: heat pasteurization

bencelest · 07-12-2008, 01:44 PM

Thank you Richard for letting us know your family secret.

Richard · 07-12-2008, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bencelest

Thank you Richard for letting us know your family secret.

Aww shucks, twas nothin you won't find in Joy of Cooking.

island cassie · 07-12-2008, 09:09 PM

Sam - you bring the steaks for the dogs and I'll bring the shovel !! 50/50 split on the spoils!! Start your wish list now girl!

Cassie

Richard · 07-12-2008, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by island cassie

Sam - you bring the steaks for the dogs and I'll bring the shovel !! 50/50 split on the spoils!! Start your wish list now girl!

Cassie

Hmm, time to start training my Kei Apple (Dovyalis caffra) along the top of the fence ...

mskitty38583 · 07-13-2008, 01:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by island cassie

Sam - you bring the steaks for the dogs and I'll bring the shovel !! 50/50 split on the spoils!! Start your wish list now girl!

Cassie

wahoo im game! i do get a discount at the clarion inns.....we could stay there and hord our prizes!

bencelest · 07-13-2008, 10:20 AM

Ha-HA-Ha ......................!!!!!
You guys are hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Richard · 07-13-2008, 11:05 AM

Just when Sam and Cassie need less encouragement ... This morning I picked 5 gallons of plums and another 5 gallons of peaches!

island cassie · 07-13-2008, 12:20 PM

Sam - thick gloves too - have you seen Richards kei apple? The next dark moon seems to be about the 15/16th August!! Hope they still have something unharvested! At the rate they are going, it will be a close call!!

Cassie

mskitty38583 · 07-13-2008, 12:47 PM

yeah and hear i told benny to open a booth at the farmers market....geesh what was i thinking. LOL! my mom got 2 bushels of peaches off her tree. the ones i was gonna make jam with are going in the freezer for cobblers and when i get back from va im gonna go rob her tree again. and dads blackberry bushes. lol. cassie i have some cowhide gloves, that should do it. rotflmao!!!

Richard · 07-13-2008, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by mskitty38583

... cassie i have some cowhide gloves, that should do it. rotflmao!!!

Cowhide won't help with Kei Apple. Elephans, Boars, and Tigers all give it a wide berth. It is used as a living fence throughout Africa. The fruit is also very tasty. I'm growing mine (male & female) intertwined on a tall and wide flat wire mesh to make the fruit more accessible.

(picture from Southbroom, Hibiscus Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)

island cassie · 07-13-2008, 01:37 PM

Hey Sam - there must be something we can do to get over Richard's fence - trampoline???
Cassie

Richard · 07-13-2008, 02:47 PM

Inspecting the vegetables, I picked one 8-ball zucchini, 4 enormous summer (peter pan) squash, 1 pound of stringless green beans, and one 16-inch diameter pumpkin. See the recipe for Pumpkin Pancakes - Bananas.org

magicgreen · 07-14-2008, 01:51 PM

picked 5 banana peppers!

bencelest · 07-14-2008, 02:38 PM

picked santa Rosa plums and green gage plums

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