Saturday 23 July 2022

A new one on me, storing and harvesting woes

Welcome to two new followers.

For the first time, my blackberry drupelets have lots of white drupelets, as below:


 courtesy of The Farmer Fred Rant link here.

Apparently it has been caused by UV radiation (sun scalding), due to the excessive hot dry weather we have recently experienced. They are still safe to eat thank goodness. If we have similar weather later on or next year, apparently I need to shade them.

My gooseberries were yet again rubbish. This was my entire harvest from 4 medium sized bushes:


On a different note, I recently harvested my rosemary bush before digging it up as it was massive and very woody despite constant trimming. I dried the clippings. Some have been kept whole (left side) to steep in hot water as a hair rinse and the rest was turned into condiment powder, (right) side. Also a loaf of bread was made and some more Kefir:

Busy, busy, busy!


 

 

                                                                                             

8 comments:

  1. That loaf looks so good! I haven't made bread for ages but must get back to it as I have flour and yeast that need to be used fairly soon.

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    1. Thank you. It was white for a change plus wheatgerm and seeds. Just been out for wild harvesting!

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  2. Yum, your bread looks lovely. Now I have another way to use my rosemary. Never thought of looking at other ways of using it (mostly dry it and use as a herb cooking).

    God bless.

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    1. I just thought as a powder it lends itself to sprinkle on or in things.

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  3. What's kefir? A type of flour? I like to make banana bread. I've made pumpkin bread as well. My favorite is baking a cake from scratch. I've quit using a cake from a box for years. My daughter bought me some marionberrys on Friday as I needed some since it was end of season. Put them in the freezer...4 pints total. 4 zip lock bags. Take care.

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    1. Kefir is a cultured milk product. I make my own for smoothies, soft cheese or just to drink. It can be used to cook or bake with. We rarely bake now but when we do, it is from scratch.

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  4. Home baked bread - how delicious! Mmmmmm. xx

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    1. It wasn’t bad, White, not our favourite but flour needed using up.

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