On Thu, 21 Sep 2017 16:57:08 -0500, George Shirley
wrote:

We received a nice rain this morning and it brought cooler weather too.
Fall garden perked right up and the kumquat tree needed some water. The
kumquats are starting to ripen so we're checking twice a day to get the
ripe ones into the house. A bit later they will all turn from deep green
to orange and we can make something of them.

In your experience, how long do they last once picked? This is the
first year I have had a significant amount of fruit.

I got a first harvest from my (2'5", growing in a 12 inch pot) tree
and made some lovely kumquat marmalade, and I have more ripe now, but
there are more green ones that are not ready. I don't want to do a
batch with less than ~3 lbs to start. Happy to add some big citrus to
it, of course, to bring it up to a minimum batch. Hard to get kumquats
around here.


My right leg is getting worse so I scheduled an appointment with the
doctor next week. We will see what he says, or rather, what they say
since our doc brought in a few more.

As a friend once said to me, it isn't the getting old that's a
bother, it's the maintenance.