Jovial Monk wrote on Dec 5
th, 2021 at 10:31am:
Wish I was good with woodworking. The smell of newly sawn or planed wood, bringing an item of use and beauty out of a pile of lumber are real joys.
I will content myself with growing my trees and turning the harvest into something more than a pile of fruit.
Ever preserve some ripe peaches straight off your tree? Poached in light sugar syrup with lemon peel, cinnamon stick and 2-3 cloves? Beyond delicious!
Looooovvvvveee peaches, not the ones you get in supermarkets, picked too soon and not allowed to ripen naturally.
They have no taste.
I like them as they just start to get soft, full of flavor.
Living on the central coast, there used to be several orchards that grew peaches, and apricots.
You could buy the ones too ripe for the markets at super cheap prices.
They were absolutely wonderful.
Always ended up eating too many.
Most of those orchards are gone, no money in it now.
But there are a couple, further out, that have good fruit occasionally..
As for preserving them, not something I do.
Eat them fresh, is my motto.
But I do know people who do preserve them and we get a bottle occasionally. The wife likes them, but not me.
I have only a small property, and with my three sheds and huge garage, not a lot of left over room for trees.
I have one lemon tree and one orange tree, but that's about it.
The lemon tree is starting to flower and there are several small lemons already, it's gonna be a good season.
The DAMN orange tree isn't doing so well.
Last year I got all of 10 oranges.
But I hope to do better next year, or it's gone and I'll plant another.
I'd plant a peach tree, but I'm told they are hard to grow.
Is yours easy to keep happy?
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