On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 10:50:53 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>On 2017-06-02 21:49:34 +0000, George Shirley said:
>
>> Another batch of carrots ready for canning plus the green beans are
>> finally coming on. Got a bag of figs from friends to turn into jam as
>> our fig tree got hit hard by the two day freeze in January where it got
>> down to 21F both days. Half of it fell off come spring. Plus the cukes
>> are blooming like crazy, don't need any pickles as we had bumper crops
>> the last three years, pantry is full of jams, jellies, pickles, you
>> name it. And I still have about six cases of jars and a box of lids and
>> rings. I'm not a hoarder but you never know when the canning urge comes
>> on.
>>
>> No pears to can this year as that same hard freeze hit the pear tree.
>> I've found three pears on the tree and, if they ripen, will just be
>> eaten.
>>
>> The kumquat tree was also hit hard, lost all of its leaves but now is
>> in full bloom, more blooms than the previous three years. Might be
>> getting a lot of quats for jellies and jams, not to mention chopped for
>> kumquat pies and cakes.
>>
>> My blueberry plants have never done anything so will be pulling them up
>> and ditching them, they're only about eighteen inches high and have
>> never grown. Thinking either domestic dewberries or blackberries will
>> go in there, dewberries like some shade too.
>>
>> George
>
>You growing any of that leaf celery stuff in Tejas? You'd dried it and
>sent me a bunch. It's gone. '-)
>
>--

I have some planted for the first time this year. Hasn't sprouted yet,
but if it does, I will get some to you. Whole new plant for me. I was
digging in the seed storage bins and saw the envelope for it....