Well it has fruited but with the dry weather for so long they aren't "plumping" up this year.
@CarolineL I really am not good at preserving because I just make it up depending on what is in the garden. Don't give in with your trees but...
@CarolineL no I should but dont. Too many other things in the garden stop me from waiting until the medlars blet. So what do I do? Well chop them...
Harvested the first medlars. So many this year and a great size. Will take some to neighbours who love them but then I need to rethink about...
Using all from the garden pears, onions, parsley, garlic, pea bean pods and pea bean seeds, volunteer potatoes made some chutney today. With all...
We have 5 butts and never left them empty over winter and never had any issues with freezing.
@pete did you pick them just for the photo? Great size. Usually we leave them on the tree.
Well the pears continued to be at the fore front. Mostly from windfall from the storm but still wonderful to eat and then when you can't...
Bottled 5 jars of spiced beurre hardy pears. Need to buy some more white wine vinegar to do more but watching the pears falling off the tree in...
No photos but between roads going into a supermarket last year they cut all the hedging plants down. Then in the spring a fabulous array of...
@Tidemark very odd. We have squirrels here but they have never gone for the quinces. Walnuts and hazels yes but never quinces.
@Tidemark I wonder have you harvested the quinces when they are yellow? This is when the fragrance comes and is also when you can work on them. I...
@Howard Stone we have just been given a "Dartmoor" cutting from our neighbours. A really lovely specimen and in flower. Planted out yesterday so...
A very smart green woodpecker (but then they all are) back on the spartan apple tree pecking away at one apple for some time. Thankfully it just...
@Adam I After making quince and medlar jelly I decided life needs something else. So membrillo was one that can be saved and last for some years...
Well the medlars and quinces are ready so some freezing, jam, bottling, membrio and spiced ones to come.
An eye opener for us. Never knew that that you could (if you wanted to) eat the fruits of fuchsias. Interesting thread.
Are they in the ground? Never pruned cyclamen.
Well a glut of Beurre Hardy pears made me core and slice many and put them into red wine and then the freezer. Bottling or plain freezing they...
I thought at first it was bryony but the leaves don't look quite right. Leaves are lobed and the plant has tendrils but not seen in the photo.
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