tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018402196949735412.post2640921841285846250..comments2023-10-23T12:18:13.201-07:00Comments on Sicilian Sisters Grow Some Food: Keeping CountStefaneenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422241601075022500noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018402196949735412.post-31947972453479936472009-06-12T10:42:08.489-07:002009-06-12T10:42:08.489-07:00Please stop by my blog-I have an award for you.Please stop by my blog-I have an award for you.Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018402196949735412.post-73477915146009553312009-06-11T10:14:46.805-07:002009-06-11T10:14:46.805-07:00Those look like big raspberries. I stuck one '...Those look like big raspberries. I stuck one 'Autumn Bliss' raspberry plant in a rather negelected spot in the garden with crummy soil last year. This winter it spread its runners through the bed and now I've got a raspberry bed! Some of the little plants are even blooming. The mama plant has a few berries now. I'm thrilled because the only other things that grew halfway well there were vinca major and some yucky mint. Hopefully the plants will thrive in spite of my ignorance and neglect, so far so good. I'm looking forward to reading more about your berries, that's an area of food growing that I know very little about.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07812702328134261533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018402196949735412.post-58800381510347860882009-06-11T08:53:55.078-07:002009-06-11T08:53:55.078-07:00I hadn't remembered the pectin thing -- AND I ...I hadn't remembered the pectin thing -- AND I have a recipe for apple pectin! Doh.<br /><br />I'll remedy that.Stefaneenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08422241601075022500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018402196949735412.post-66288706216410841092009-06-11T06:37:41.526-07:002009-06-11T06:37:41.526-07:00Well my dear you do know that unripe apples are th...Well my dear you do know that unripe apples are the source for pectin for jam-making, right? It's that misty blush on their skin that's the source. Unripe apples figure highly in things like chutney and even regular jams: crabapple jam is one of my favorites. Just do the waste-not thing!<br /><br />I do admire you though trying to keep track of everything. (I am not so diligent...plus, I figure if I really put my tallies on my blog I would give folks gardening complexes or something. So not me.) And yes brambly things are some of my favorites too but I have never gone the distance and actually purchased bushes...though there is nothing like a fall berry like your Golds. We've got plenty of wild blackberries to keep our arms all scratched up!elhttp://fastgrowtheweeds.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018402196949735412.post-46405382248681240632009-06-11T05:57:42.581-07:002009-06-11T05:57:42.581-07:00Raspberries are my husbands favorites (followed by...Raspberries are my husbands favorites (followed by blueberries and then strawberries!). I just added some new raspberry canes this year but they are young and will not produce anything to speak of this year. Luckily we have a wonderful u-pick berry farm very close to us that we give business to each year - picking gallon pails of raspberries and blueberries that we freeze for year round eating. Most yum!kitsapFGhttp://www.modernvictorygarden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018402196949735412.post-40152138605227172692009-06-10T21:43:23.829-07:002009-06-10T21:43:23.829-07:00Probably not this year! I have high hopes for the ...Probably not this year! I have high hopes for the future, and hopefully weeding, pruning, and adequately watering the back yard patch should make a difference this year. I've been enjoying snacking on them as I go - as have the kids!<br /><br />We're going to have to head out to the u-pick place for Ollalieberries soon. Yum.Stefaneenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08422241601075022500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018402196949735412.post-9464599762788521022009-06-10T21:11:49.285-07:002009-06-10T21:11:49.285-07:00Oh those raspberries look sooo good!
I hope you h...Oh those raspberries look sooo good!<br /><br />I hope you have enough to make jam!Tonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251147737253912516noreply@blogger.com