george shirley

frozen I take a pizza cutter and cut it into slabs that will fit inside
a quart size vac bag and quickly vacuum seal it. I've kept it as much as
three years and it still smells and tastes freshly made.

Of course I grow a whole lot of basil here too. Pine nuts are terrible
expensive here so I use walnuts to make the pesto.

George

the joneses

Pecans is better and grow down in the south very well. Out here too.
Edrena

zxcvbob

I usually use roasted sunflower seeds, but pecans sounds better; I'll
have to try it. Thanks.

Bob

george shirley

I don't particularly like puhcans myself. Keep some around for the wife
and the odd pecan pie but prefer the walnuts in my pesto.

George

the joneses

*I* think roasted sun~~ sounds fab too! Perhaps a drop or five of dark sesame oil?
Edrena

elsinore

George it is sooooooooooo good to see you saying that) I am also very
jealous that you are growing all this stuff)

O

george shirley

Just finished putting up 6 quarts of limed sweet pickles, enough to last
the two of us one year. Over Sunday I put up 14 pints of green snap
beans and looks like the plants are ready to pick again.

Tomorrow, if it is willed so, I will grind up 5 gallons of Aji Limon de
Peru chiles to make a mash to ferment until done. Hopefully to get a
good batch of "Old Yeller" hot sauce as there is only one 10 ounce
bottle and half a 5 ounce bottle left. I think we might sell a case or
two at the Saturday farmers market but have to figure out a fair market
price. We're getting so much garden produce that Miz Anne, she who
rules, is thinking of selling some of that, ie cukes and eggplant
mostly, plus some of the hot yellow chiles.

Gotta go, finished washing a batch of NZ spinach and now I'm going to
dehydrate it for adding to stews and soups this fall plus the Gypsy
sweet chiles need picking again and then they have to be chopped and frozen.

Oh yeah, the !@#$%^ squirrels got the last plum and the last peach on
the respective trees. Where's that catalog with the tree netting in it?

George

george shirley

Wife and I put up 12 pints of kumquat marmalade yesterday. Turned out
that the consistency, flavor, and color are just right. Stuff is the
color of clover honey and just stiff enough to stick to a fresh biscuit.
Also juiced out a 35 gallon tub of Ponderosa lemons over the last few
days. All frozen as ice cubes and in the big freezer, looks like about 3
gallons of lemon juice, a quart jar full of zest and another full of
strips of peel, all dried.

Good citrus harvest this fall.

George

the joneses

BTW George, how is that bay tree you were planting?
Edrena, whose bay is eating texas.

george shirley

I've been ill most of the winter Edrena so it's still rootbound in its
pot. Been warm enough to plant the last few days but I've been busy
having micro strokes so haven't gotten to it yet. Have to remove two
non-productive mayhaws, a really ugly salt ceder in the front yard and a
bunch of volunteer magnolias first. May have to con my eldest grandson
and his family into coming over to do the work. I'm anxious to get it in
the ground though.

I'm also glad yours is growing well. Are you dehydrating the leaves for
future use?

George