Harvest

[Jovial Monk]

Best harvest from these two trees I have had so far:


For Naffie’s information: these are native fruits called quandong aka Desert Peach used as food by aboriginals and early settlers. Rich in Vitamin C.

I estimate 3-4 times as much fruit is still awaiting picking—they don’t ripen very evenly at all.

[mantra]

They look fantastic Monk. Good work. Will you preserve them?

My giant mulberry tree is bent over with fruit this year - most of them will go to the birds or onto the ground. I hate the waste - but what else can you do with them? No-one seems to like mulberries except the birds.

[skippy]

They look fantastic Monk. Good work. Will you preserve them?

My giant mulberry tree is bent over with fruit this year - most of them will go to the birds or onto the ground. I hate the waste - but what else can you do with them? No-one seems to like mulberries except the birds.

I used to love mulberries with icecream as a kid, I haven't seen them years.
I've just planted half a dozen blueberry trees, I already grow strawberries so between the two we should be pretty self sufficient for berries. I hope the blueberries go well there are a couple of commercial producers around here, that's who I got the trees off so I think they should go well.

[Maxine]

The fat fraud will say he will preserve them but it is me, Maxine 38 22 34 will end up doing the actual work!

[mantra]

They look fantastic Monk. Good work. Will you preserve them?

My giant mulberry tree is bent over with fruit this year - most of them will go to the birds or onto the ground. I hate the waste - but what else can you do with them? No-one seems to like mulberries except the birds.

I used to love mulberries with icecream as a kid, I haven't seen them years.
I've just planted half a dozen blueberry trees, I already grow strawberries so between the two we should be pretty self sufficient for berries. I hope the blueberries go well there are a couple of commercial producers around here, that's who I got the trees off so I think they should go well.

Fresh mulberries are tasty - but they have to be picked as you need them. They don't keep. I've made a couple of pies, but the smell of them reminds me of silkworms. I might try them fresh with icecream though.

The fat fraud will say he will preserve them but it is me, Maxine 38 22 34 will end up doing the actual work!

At least you've got Monk to grow them for you. Be grateful. Cooking is the easy part.

[Maxine]

Oh my dear, do you have any conception of how much that fat fraud eats? Jovial Monk he calls himself, HA! Denies his fat self nothing, nothing I tell you!

Not just hogsheads of ale and wine but actual hogheads, for breakfast! And the noise he makes eating, fat bastard never closes his mouth when he chews! Then afterwards, oh my poor sensitive ears, the borborygmi and the passing of flatus, I just die of shame!

[Maxine]

Mulberry jam, stewed mulberries (canned for enjoying through the year) then mulberry wine, mead etc!

Keeping that fat fraud and fake holy man (not that jovial too often either) fed and in drink has made me learn heaps of stuff, heaps I tell you!

[AiA in Atlanta]

Had a good number of figs a few weeks back but the squirrels and birds got the larger share.

[Jovial Monk]

Picked more quandongs—great fun being high on a ladder when there is a fair bit of wind Going to just stew them, not enough to bother drying or canning.

Picked a meal of Dutch purple podded peas and Sunday will pick a meal of tender young broad beans. The 100+ strawberry crowns I planted are all doing well and most have plenty of flowers.

This summer is going to a really hot El Nino summer: I buried the dripper hose about 3cm below soil and will mulch the plants really well so shouldn’t need excess water.

[mantra]

Picked more quandongs—great fun being high on a ladder when there is a fair bit of wind

That sounds dangerous. Remember what happened to Molly Meldrum....

Going to just stew them, not enough to bother drying or canning.

Picked a meal of Dutch purple podded peas and Sunday will pick a meal of tender young broad beans. The 100+ strawberry crowns I planted are all doing well and most have plenty of flowers.

This summer is going to a really hot El Nino summer: I buried the dripper hose about 3cm below soil and will mulch the plants really well so shouldn’t need excess water.

Yesterday and today are in the high 20's and it's so early in the season. Even my lush garden is starting to wilt. NSW might experience a few bushfires this year.