Miz Anne put up a lot of 8 oz jars of kumquat syrup day before
yesterday. Was supposed to be marmalade but she didn't cook it long
enough to let it harden.

I offered to redo it but she decided it would just be syrup so there we
are. The kumquat tree is sans fruit as of today, we picked the last four
or five ripe ones and ate them with our breakfast.

Here it is early October and both the fig tree and the pear tree are
blooming and setting fruit. It's just weird but the weather is also
weird, it's more like spring at this time than early Texas winter. I do
not think any of the new fruit will make it to adulthood and may just be
sapping the trees.

Another few weeks and I will be pruning the fruit trees, a winter job to
keep them producing more fruit by pruning off the "rain" limbs and
crossing limbs, etc.

We didn't plant a fall garden as the spring garden is still going
strong, particularly sweet peppers, and a few other plants. One Gypsy
pepper was planted two years ago and is still producing and is doing
well. Of course the fruit is small but there is a lot of them, we're
harvesting that one plant once a week. Mostly wash, dry, chop and freeze
for later use. We use a lot of sweet peppers in our cooking so we freeze
on a sheet pan, then into vacuum bags and back into the freezer. Good
source of some vitamins and they taste good too.

We're still getting temps into the low to high nineties and a lot of
mid-eighties. Some nights it gets down to 65 or 70F but then here comes
heat again. Weird weather now for two years.

George

On 10/9/2016 8:30 AM, George Shirley wrote:
> Miz Anne put up a lot of 8 oz jars of kumquat syrup day before
> yesterday. Was supposed to be marmalade but she didn't cook it long
> enough to let it harden.
>
> I offered to redo it but she decided it would just be syrup so there we
> are. The kumquat tree is sans fruit as of today, we picked the last four
> or five ripe ones and ate them with our breakfast.
>


I wonder if the kumquat syrup would be good for a sauce for chicken or
pork, maybe with some onion and a little vinegar added. (Do I sound
like Barb Schaller?)

Whatever, it sounds good.

gloria p

On 10/9/2016 7:18 PM, gloria p wrote:
> On 10/9/2016 8:30 AM, George Shirley wrote:
>> Miz Anne put up a lot of 8 oz jars of kumquat syrup day before
>> yesterday. Was supposed to be marmalade but she didn't cook it long
>> enough to let it harden.
>>
>> I offered to redo it but she decided it would just be syrup so there we
>> are. The kumquat tree is sans fruit as of today, we picked the last four
>> or five ripe ones and ate them with our breakfast.
>>
>
>
> I wonder if the kumquat syrup would be good for a sauce for chicken or
> pork, maybe with some onion and a little vinegar added. (Do I sound
> like Barb Schaller?)
>
> Whatever, it sounds good.
>
> gloria p
>
I'm pretty sure it would be good for that. I still think I could rerun
the marmalade and get it right. It's been a long time since she canned
anything but she doesn't want to remember that. Plus I follow the
canning rules and she mostly wings it.

Still no rain here and it is still somewhat hot.

George