On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:57:34 -0600, George Shirley
wrote:

On 12/10/2015 3:19 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:46:58 -0600, George Shirley
wrote:

Despite a couple of light freezes we picked about 20 Gypsy chilies
today. Will harvest the first broccoli head this weekend and the lone
cauliflower is heading. Swiss chard, spinach, lettuce, and other greens
are doing well so we're eating fresh greens daily.

Temps in the low sixties today, feels almost like spring, a little rain
would help. Discovered a few earthworms whilst digging in the raised
beds today. Seems the seeding we did back in early spring is somewhat of
a success.

Harvested most of the kumquats early in the week and made four pints of
marmalade. Do wish the tree would grow faster. G We did put up
eighteen pints of fig jam over the summer and the tree isn't over five
feet tall yet.


I have a kumquat sitting in my kitchen. Darn thing is at most- 2 feet
tall and covered with kumquats. Dunno how many or even IF any of them
will ripen, but it sure is fun to watch the darn things grow.

Ours is about four feet tall right now. The one we had where we lived
before was seven feet tall and about nine feet in diameter. It was about
ten years old when we moved away. Used to harvest a couple of five
gallon buckets of fruit annually from it. Lots of good marmalade plus we
deseeded many and ran them through the food sieve to make cakes and
pies. I do miss our 22 year old garden we had there but it is better
here, no more three hour drives to see our children, grandchildren, and
great grands for a day. Now the little demons are here all the time. G

I like kumquats right off the tree, my folks had one eons ago and we
mostly ate the fruit fresh and had contests on who could spit the seeds
the farthest.

The seed spitting is one of the fruit's major advantages.