BilletHead Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Maybe we can do a harvest thread? Time to pick the gooseberries, I really don't mind the picking but stemming, not so much. We got them picked and the Mrs. started the stemming process. I picked and pitted some pie cherries from our dwarf tree and then joined her on the porch stemming, It took quite a while to stem this many berries. Sore fingertips too. At least I munched on sunflower seeds to help out with the boredom. Mrs. BilletHead took some of the berries, cherry and gooseberry and made a pie, I could not wait until it cooled off to try it out. Yum-o ! BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
blue79 Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Looks good..We cant wait for the blackberries to be ready.
tho1mas Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Got my first green pepper today & more sugar snap peas than I can use.
ness Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 Outstanding, Marty. Pie looks great. My gooseberries are close, getting some black raspberries, strawberries peters out. John
Jason R. Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 I planted my first garden this year. I already have a ton of bell and banana peppers and my first ripe tomato. Pretty sure I'm hooked on yet another hobby. http://flyinthesouth.com/
ness Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 I planted my first garden this year. I already have a ton of bell and banana peppers and my first ripe tomato. Pretty sure I'm hooked on yet another hobby. Good for you. Nothing beats a homegrown tomato for taste. John
BilletHead Posted June 18, 2014 Author Posted June 18, 2014 All I can tell you Jason is once you get dirt under your fingernails and taste real fresh veggies you're hooked. Jealous you have a tomato ready ours are a long way off and Tho1mas a pepper, excellent. We have a bunch of peppers coming on and one cubanelle three inches and growing each day. Been picking broccoli after planting for the first time. Have not cooked any yet it doesn't last that long. Eating it as it gets picked raw. Better than any we have ever bought in stores or farmers market. Ness we have some wild black raspberries out front up and down the road. Very flavorful but small. Our new blackberry patch is so neat. Last Spring, that is last Spring before this one I made a row of thorn less berries from Gurneys Five plants. Then another two rows of five plants each of a different variety that Mrs. BilletHead got from one of her coworkers on either side of original row. Fence posts on each end of the rows and then a section of a cattle panel, big zip ties attach them between posts. All last Summer I wove the small vines back and forth in and out the panels. Biggest vine about the same size as the Mrs. little finger. Lots of berries on all these plants in a year! But the amazing thing is the new canes that came up from the ground. Larger diameter than my thumb and I just measured the tallest one, 8'10" long. These just sprouted from the ground this Spring. Holy mackerel I hope this patch doesn't get away from me. I do know I clip the vines that produced this season next Winter. The Gurneys berries are huge and are getting ripe now. Pretty flavorful for tame berries too. Other variety will be a later harvest. Here are a couple pictures, These are mulched with some rotten hay and some thick layers of yard leaves. BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Chief Grey Bear Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 We stopped stemming Gooseberries years ago. The stem just cooks away and you never know they weren't stemmed. Chief Grey Bear Living is dangerous to your health Owner Ozark Fishing Expeditions Co-Owner, Chief Executive Product Development Team Jerm Werm Executive Pro Staff Team Agnew Executive Pro Staff Paul Dallas Productions Executive Pro Staff Team Heddon, River Division Chief Primary Consultant Missouri Smallmouth Alliance Executive Vice President Ronnie Moore Outdoors
ness Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 We stopped stemming Gooseberries years ago. The stem just cooks away and you never know they weren't stemmed. What are you doing with your gooseberries? John
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