Ophelia wrote:
George Shirley wrote:
Melba's Jammin' wrote:
In article ,
George Shirley wrote:

The Joneses wrote:
"Anny Middon" wrote in message
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"The Joneses" wrote in message
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Well them cherries looked good, and tasted alright, and I
measured two or three times. I still didn't have enough for the
second batch, so I rounded out that last cup with a small
container (4 slices) of crushed pineapple, drained well. Burp.
Anyway, it's a nice mix and both batches firmed up real nice and
there a few with that layered look we all hope for....
I wish I had orchards closer, but ain't no sense at all in
driving 125 miles 1-way to pick my own cherries for a couple
batches or six. Or maybe there is. Those grocery cherries we get
are the table variety and I really should be using the sours.
And I don't like the look of the canned sours - yucky color fer
sure. Edrena
I'm pretty sure I've seen the sour cherries available frozen. I'll
have to look next time I'm at the supermarket. If your
local stores don't carry them, you might see if they'll
special-order them for you. Anny

I need to clean out the freezer again. I bought a leetle one just
right for us from a neighbor, but it clogs up with frost alla
time. Time to buy a more
efficient model. Just as soon as I get the taxes done.
So many things on my GASL. (Give a s*** list).
Edrena


I did that last year. Got rid of the freezer I had to defrost every
other month and bought a 12 cubic foot frost free upright at Lowe's.
Pretty reasonable price and I keep it at -10F so everything stays
well-frozen. Of course right now it's chockablock full with meat and
some veggies, not to mention the ten quart bags of lemon juice
frozen in ice cubes.

My GASL is bigger than yours, it runs four pages right now and is
starred and each item given a priority. I still ignore them all.
VBG Picked a couple of crookneck squash and several cukes in the
garden
this morning. DW would run off when stuff is coming in.

George

Got any more of that stuff you called leaf celery? Its real name is
escaping me right now. I'm about out. (hint, hint)
Yeah, I'll get out there and harvest some and dehydrate it for you.
Look for the carrier pigeon in about a week.

I'm also harvesting and drying flat leaf parsley, two volunteer plants
came up and are huge. The leaf celery is all volunteer, we have to
thin it to keep it from taking over the herb garden. Too bad sage and
thyme don't do that.

You need any zinnias, I noticed the whole !@#$%^ gardens are full of
Miz Anne's "Old Maids?"

LOL, but they sure are purty)))


Yahbut, they're a real PITA to get rid of, particularly if you let them
flower and set seed. The blasted things are everywhere along with
torenias, violets, and epazote plants. I persist in trying to root them
out but she deliberately saves the seeds and replants. The woman is
EVIL, EVIL I say. Keep the flowers in the front yard away from the
veggie and herb gardens. Bees won't even come to a zinnia.

George

George Shirley wrote:
Ophelia wrote:
George Shirley wrote:
Melba's Jammin' wrote:
In article ,
George Shirley wrote:

The Joneses wrote:
"Anny Middon" wrote in message
...
"The Joneses" wrote in message
...
Well them cherries looked good, and tasted alright, and I
measured two or three times. I still didn't have enough for the
second batch, so I rounded out that last cup with a small
container (4 slices) of crushed pineapple, drained well. Burp.
Anyway, it's a nice mix and both batches firmed up real nice
and there a few with that layered look we all hope for....
I wish I had orchards closer, but ain't no sense at all in
driving 125 miles 1-way to pick my own cherries for a couple
batches or six. Or maybe there is. Those grocery cherries we
get are the table variety and I really should be using the
sours. And I don't like the look of the canned sours - yucky
color fer sure. Edrena
I'm pretty sure I've seen the sour cherries available frozen.
I'll have to look next time I'm at the supermarket. If your
local stores don't carry them, you might see if they'll
special-order them for you. Anny

I need to clean out the freezer again. I bought a leetle one just
right for us from a neighbor, but it clogs up with frost alla
time. Time to buy a more
efficient model. Just as soon as I get the taxes done.
So many things on my GASL. (Give a s*** list).
Edrena


I did that last year. Got rid of the freezer I had to defrost
every other month and bought a 12 cubic foot frost free upright
at Lowe's. Pretty reasonable price and I keep it at -10F so
everything stays well-frozen. Of course right now it's
chockablock full with meat and some veggies, not to mention the
ten quart bags of lemon juice frozen in ice cubes.

My GASL is bigger than yours, it runs four pages right now and is
starred and each item given a priority. I still ignore them all.
VBG Picked a couple of crookneck squash and several cukes in the
garden
this morning. DW would run off when stuff is coming in.

George

Got any more of that stuff you called leaf celery? Its real name
is escaping me right now. I'm about out. (hint, hint)
Yeah, I'll get out there and harvest some and dehydrate it for you.
Look for the carrier pigeon in about a week.

I'm also harvesting and drying flat leaf parsley, two volunteer
plants came up and are huge. The leaf celery is all volunteer, we
have to thin it to keep it from taking over the herb garden. Too
bad sage and thyme don't do that.

You need any zinnias, I noticed the whole !@#$%^ gardens are full of
Miz Anne's "Old Maids?"

LOL, but they sure are purty)))


Yahbut, they're a real PITA to get rid of, particularly if you let
them flower and set seed. The blasted things are everywhere along with
torenias, violets, and epazote plants. I persist in trying to root
them out but she deliberately saves the seeds and replants. The woman
is EVIL, EVIL I say. Keep the flowers in the front yard away from the
veggie and herb gardens. Bees won't even come to a zinnia.

LOLOL I am tellin' if'n ain't careful and then you will be
reeeeeeeeeeaaaly sorry

Melba's Jammin' wrote:


Got any more of that stuff you called leaf celery? Its real name is
escaping me right now. I'm about out. (hint, hint)

Lovage? It's easy to grow.

gloria p

Gloria P wrote:
Melba's Jammin' wrote:


Got any more of that stuff you called leaf celery? Its real name is
escaping me right now. I'm about out. (hint, hint)

Lovage? It's easy to grow.

gloria p
Nope, not lovage, it's an actual form of celery that doesn't form large
stalks. Here in USDA Zone 9b it becomes a weed if you don't keep it in
control.

Some catalogs call it cutting celery, some leaf celery, and in others it
has a Dutch name that I don't remember at the moment. Easily planted
from seed and the leaves and stems are harvested as needed for fresh and
dehydrated for later use.

I've been growing it for about ten years now all from a small start of
seeds from one of the smaller seedsmen.

On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:18:03 -0500, George Shirley
wrote:

Gloria P wrote:
Melba's Jammin' wrote:


Got any more of that stuff you called leaf celery? Its real name is
escaping me right now. I'm about out. (hint, hint)

Lovage? It's easy to grow.

gloria p
Nope, not lovage, it's an actual form of celery that doesn't form large
stalks. Here in USDA Zone 9b it becomes a weed if you don't keep it in
control.

Some catalogs call it cutting celery, some leaf celery, and in others it
has a Dutch name that I don't remember at the moment. Easily planted
from seed and the leaves and stems are harvested as needed for fresh and
dehydrated for later use.

I've been growing it for about ten years now all from a small start of
seeds from one of the smaller seedsmen.

The seeds I have are Cutting Celery and I have a horrible time
getting them to germinate. I now have 1 plant in my raised boxes.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

The Cook wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:18:03 -0500, George Shirley
wrote:

Gloria P wrote:
Melba's Jammin' wrote:

Got any more of that stuff you called leaf celery? Its real name is
escaping me right now. I'm about out. (hint, hint)
Lovage? It's easy to grow.

gloria p
Nope, not lovage, it's an actual form of celery that doesn't form large
stalks. Here in USDA Zone 9b it becomes a weed if you don't keep it in
control.

Some catalogs call it cutting celery, some leaf celery, and in others it
has a Dutch name that I don't remember at the moment. Easily planted
from seed and the leaves and stems are harvested as needed for fresh and
dehydrated for later use.

I've been growing it for about ten years now all from a small start of
seeds from one of the smaller seedsmen.

The seeds I have are Cutting Celery and I have a horrible time
getting them to germinate. I now have 1 plant in my raised boxes.
Harvest what you want and let the plant go to seed toward fall, it
should grow again come spring. I don't know what area you live in Susan
but the stuff will grow anywhere it is warm enough.

I generally get my seed from Pinetree Seeds in Maine, never had a
failure yet that wasn't my fault.

In article ,
Gloria P wrote:

Melba's Jammin' wrote:


Got any more of that stuff you called leaf celery? Its real name is
escaping me right now. I'm about out. (hint, hint)

Lovage? It's easy to grow.

gloria p


Maybe, but I don't want to grow it; I just want some of Jorge's. :-)
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Huffy and Bubbles Do France: http://www.jamlady.eboard.com

On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:09:07 -0500, George Shirley
wrote:

The Cook wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:18:03 -0500, George Shirley
wrote:

Gloria P wrote:
Melba's Jammin' wrote:

Got any more of that stuff you called leaf celery? Its real name is
escaping me right now. I'm about out. (hint, hint)
Lovage? It's easy to grow.

gloria p
Nope, not lovage, it's an actual form of celery that doesn't form large
stalks. Here in USDA Zone 9b it becomes a weed if you don't keep it in
control.

Some catalogs call it cutting celery, some leaf celery, and in others it
has a Dutch name that I don't remember at the moment. Easily planted
from seed and the leaves and stems are harvested as needed for fresh and
dehydrated for later use.

I've been growing it for about ten years now all from a small start of
seeds from one of the smaller seedsmen.

The seeds I have are Cutting Celery and I have a horrible time
getting them to germinate. I now have 1 plant in my raised boxes.
Harvest what you want and let the plant go to seed toward fall, it
should grow again come spring. I don't know what area you live in Susan
but the stuff will grow anywhere it is warm enough.

I generally get my seed from Pinetree Seeds in Maine, never had a
failure yet that wasn't my fault.

My seed also came from Pinetree. I never got more that 2 out of 6
seeds to germinate. This year it was 1 out of 6 and it is planted in
the herb garden. I guess if I want 3 or 4 plants I will have to start
with about a dozen seeds.

I started the seed in the greenhouse with the same soil and
temperatures as the parsley.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)