Mastodawn

I know I have posted this pic before but it is getting tantalisingly close to time to pick the pomegranates and quinces. I check them every few days, but watched kettles never boil 😂

I may make very small amounts of quince molasses and pomegranate molasses for occasional use (high in sugar which I am not supposed to have) or gifts. Altho I no longer have a juicer ... so maybe not this year. It depends, maybe I can borrow a juicer for a day.

Making quince molasses is fun. The juice will start off green-yellow in colour and gradually turn a bright red as it cooks.

Makrut limes are also on ripeness-watch, for Indian pickles.

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Ganga 8h ago

I was out in the garden to say hello to the bees earlier than they were expecting this morning. Not 1 bee on the 4 tulsi plants!

There are mushrooms growing after the last rains. No wellingtons are planned, they don't look right 🤣

Caterpillars are on the finger lime. I know from past experience that they can decimate it. I will have to deal with them even tho I prefer not to.

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Ganga 2d ago

10/Garden Love

Another plant from my garden - Yarrow. If you look closely you can see a wasp on one of the flowers. Yes, even wasps are welcome in my garden, except the European Wasp. Luckily I see these only rarely.

With many medicinal and some culinary uses, yarrow can also absorb nutrients from the soil and make them available to other plants. I plant it at the end of some of the veggie beds.

I have recently read that it is sometimes added to ferments. I am keen to give it a try, but judiciously as it has a flavour tending on the bitter side.

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Ganga 2d ago

9/ Garden Love

I am pretty hopeless at keeping these Garden Love posts all in a thread.

Here is the Lemon Verbena I missed adding. I loved hearing from the people who love LV, and how the pic instantly evoked its scent as you brush past it or pick leaves.

https://mastodon.au/@LifeTimeCooking/116276194189849639

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Ganga 3d ago

8/ Garden Love

Reposting to keep this pic in the Garden Love thread.

Borage is an excellent pollinator plant, and as a bonus adds a beautiful blue to the garden.

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Wonderdog 🏳️‍🌈4d ago

Arvo, Toots! And so, it begins ... #Chokos to the left of us, chokos to the right of us, chokos as far as the eye can see.
And a few late self sown cherry tomatoes, plus the chillies are going strong.
I love chokos, so I am happy! Stir fries, baked, roasted and stuffed, soups ... Tonight will be an air fry experiment. And yes, we also eat the young tasty tendrils of the plant in stir fries.
From now until about September, depending on whether we get a hard frost. They keep pretty well, too.
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