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enigma wrote: Billy wrote in ct.net.au: In article , enigma wrote: Johnny wrote in gro ups.com: So, those are grapes? Excellent! Can we eat them? of course, but i can't guarantee they'll be very good. depending on where you are, they would be different varieties. for example, i'm in New England, so wild grapes here are generally Concords, good for jelly. in NY they might be Concords or they might be fox grapes, which are tiny & sour (i like them better than Concords). down South, you get wild Muscat grapes. Check that. Muscadine grapes, sorry, muscat, with their honeysuckle flavor, are a vitis venifera. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitis_rotundifolia thanks Billy. i'm not a southern girl. muscadines are also used for jelly aren't they? i was noticing how the hops & the wild grapes along the front stone wall are so intertwined yesterday... the grapes are blooming now, the hops bloom in late July. lee As far as I know, all grapes are edible. Their sweetness atones for any dissonance of flavor. Adding a little pectin can't hurt. It's only when the sugar is fermented out of them, that esthetics come into play. This used to be hops country, after it was prune country, before it became apple country, and today wine country. Did you plant the hops or are they volunteers and do you have a gigantic trellis for them to climb? The grapes are flowering here as well but since they don't have petals, one needs to invade their privacy to notice them;o) The solstice is behind us. The days are beginning to shorten again (at least here in the northern hemisphere). The next three months are as good as it gets. The days are animated by the activity at the bird bath and the feeder, the flitting of butterflies, and the reassuring drone of the bees. Dinners are al fresco and soon a cricket's chorus will be added to the sound of the wind chimes. Plants that I've never had the pleasure of knowing, are appearing among others that are, by now, old friends. Now with the hard work behind us, we can commune together. Like all relationships, you never know how it will all work out. You can only try to make it work and hope for the best. I can hardly wait to see again the the dent corn in it's glory, or the unlikely looking Zucchetta Rampicante, or the delicate trailing petunias dangling from their lofty nests, or taste the bergamot tea, or the fresh tomatoes, or (the holy grail) sweet corn. It feels like a Disney cartoon with so many little friends under foot. With so much of the world in stress, under water, or burning up, at least here, a little soil is healthy, the bees and the butterflies can ply their trade, and hopefully there is a little more diversity. I only hope that I can do it well enough to encourage the next resident of this land to continue the dream. -- Billy Bush and Pelosi Behind Bars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo...eature=related |
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Billy wrote in
ct.net.au: This used to be hops country, after it was prune country, before it became apple country, and today wine country. Did you plant the hops or are they volunteers and do you have a gigantic trellis for them to climb? the hops in the front are "wild" hops, & i don't know if they are native hops or leftovers from when this area has a lot of hops farms (with bines imported from England & the Netherlands). in any case, i don't know the variety... i put up tripods of 7' bamboo poles & run strings for some of the wild hops, & i have bines running up over the mailbox. we also have cultivated hops, 9 different varieties right now to see which grow best here & those are all trellised. add the 6 varieties of pumpkin, 21 varieties of tomatoes, peas, pole beans, beets, chard, cabbage, 3 colors of cauliflower, watermelon... that 50' x 100' garden really isn't big enough. lee -- Last night while sitting in my chair I pinged a host that wasn't there It wasn't there again today The host resolved to NSA. |
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enigma wrote: Billy wrote in ct.net.au: This used to be hops country, after it was prune country, before it became apple country, and today wine country. Did you plant the hops or are they volunteers and do you have a gigantic trellis for them to climb? the hops in the front are "wild" hops, & i don't know if they are native hops or leftovers from when this area has a lot of hops farms (with bines imported from England & the Netherlands). in any case, i don't know the variety... i put up tripods of 7' bamboo poles & run strings for some of the wild hops, & i have bines running up over the mailbox. we also have cultivated hops, 9 different varieties right now to see which grow best here & those are all trellised. add the 6 varieties of pumpkin, 21 varieties of tomatoes, peas, pole beans, beets, chard, cabbage, 3 colors of cauliflower, watermelon... that 50' x 100' garden really isn't big enough. lee When you tinker, you really tinker, don't you;o) -- Billy Bush and Pelosi Behind Bars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo...eature=related |
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ct.net.au: When you tinker, you really tinker, don't you;o) i had 49 varieties of tomatoes last year.... but only 3 pumpkins. i have my own crossbred pumpkin that i keep seeds from each year. the original parents were a Cotton Candy & a Rouge d'Etampes. it's a not quite white with orange flesh, and a really good keeper. i have 2 still in the basement from last fall that are in great shape (no soft spots or anything yet). i'm still working on stabilizing it. i had one last year that had white pumpkins on one vine & dayglo yellow on another. i have never seen such visible pumpkins... apparently tasty too. the woodchuck got those. hmm, maybe i should breed for those glowing yellow ones. lee -- Last night while sitting in my chair I pinged a host that wasn't there It wasn't there again today The host resolved to NSA. |
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enigma wrote: Billy wrote in ct.net.au: When you tinker, you really tinker, don't you;o) i had 49 varieties of tomatoes last year.... but only 3 pumpkins. i have my own crossbred pumpkin that i keep seeds from each year. the original parents were a Cotton Candy & a Rouge d'Etampes. it's a not quite white with orange flesh, and a really good keeper. i have 2 still in the basement from last fall that are in great shape (no soft spots or anything yet). i'm still working on stabilizing it. i had one last year that had white pumpkins on one vine & dayglo yellow on another. i have never seen such visible pumpkins... apparently tasty too. the woodchuck got those. hmm, maybe i should breed for those glowing yellow ones. lee How do you use them? I can only eat so many clove and cinnamon delivery devices. -- Billy Bush and Pelosi Behind Bars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo...eature=related |
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Billy wrote in
ct.net.au: How do you use them? I can only eat so many clove and cinnamon delivery devices. mashed, with butter, salt & pepper. soups. pie, but that's not my favorite thing. roast pumpkin salad with garlic vinegarette. pumpkin is basicly a fat squash, so it can be savory as well as sweet. lee -- Last night while sitting in my chair I pinged a host that wasn't there It wasn't there again today The host resolved to NSA. |
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