Hah! I’ll take that as a compliment since having an English accent would automatically give me posh street creds! Actually I am very American 🇺🇸 with a mid-Atlantic accent now.
Kate that was marvelous! Especially with the audio attached- thank you! I have a question, no rush for the answer if your busy which I’m sure you are… I have a pomegranate tree, planted directly into the garden about 15 years ago now, it survives, it flowers profusely though as yet not this year, but I have never even seen the beginnings of a fruit, not even during the last two hot dry years… do you have much harvest from yours? X
I didn’t know the flowers were edible either, this is will try, I some small way it will make up for the lack of fruit at least!
Well, first off there is an ornamental pomegranate that is very popular in the SW for landscaping. I have one of those, too, that planted years ago and it does flower wildly but like a flowering cherry or plum, it bears no fruit. Mine shows a frillier blossom than the edible ones.
And the three fruit bearing ones, which are only a few years old, will produce a lot of fruit over the summer ripening quite late in the season. It’s a bit of a gamble to know when they are truly ripe but I am learning!
Maybe use a plant id app to see which variety you might have? Bon chance.
That was last year! I think like apricots they like the alternate year cycles. I hope by thinning some now, I’ll stabilize the harvest cycles. Two years ago I had enough to stash some in the freezer.
Envious!!
I have a backyard overgrown with volunteer Everglades tomatoes and I keep buying those hard, tasteless ones from the store. [face slap here].
Go pick some right now!
Alrighty!
Funny, I always pictured you to have an English accent. Not sure why. But it was a treat to hear your voice! 🎶
Hah! I’ll take that as a compliment since having an English accent would automatically give me posh street creds! Actually I am very American 🇺🇸 with a mid-Atlantic accent now.
Well, I still think you’re posh. Just start saying things like “Tally-ho” and it will be cemented.
Kate that was marvelous! Especially with the audio attached- thank you! I have a question, no rush for the answer if your busy which I’m sure you are… I have a pomegranate tree, planted directly into the garden about 15 years ago now, it survives, it flowers profusely though as yet not this year, but I have never even seen the beginnings of a fruit, not even during the last two hot dry years… do you have much harvest from yours? X
I didn’t know the flowers were edible either, this is will try, I some small way it will make up for the lack of fruit at least!
Well, first off there is an ornamental pomegranate that is very popular in the SW for landscaping. I have one of those, too, that planted years ago and it does flower wildly but like a flowering cherry or plum, it bears no fruit. Mine shows a frillier blossom than the edible ones.
And the three fruit bearing ones, which are only a few years old, will produce a lot of fruit over the summer ripening quite late in the season. It’s a bit of a gamble to know when they are truly ripe but I am learning!
Maybe use a plant id app to see which variety you might have? Bon chance.
My flowers are very frilly Kate, I’ll check but I’ve a feeling it could be the ornamental one… thanks so much for the info !
That’s quite a lovely harvest. I have a few lettuce plants, in pots, just a few steps from our back door. I pick the leaves as and when I need them.
Good luck with the pomegranates - they can be tricky little devils, letting their fruit go just when you think you are going to get a lovely harvest!
That was last year! I think like apricots they like the alternate year cycles. I hope by thinning some now, I’ll stabilize the harvest cycles. Two years ago I had enough to stash some in the freezer.
I’m moving in…!
Good for you for letting practicality win out. Sounds like you made the right choice. Also: pomegranate flowers?! 🌸
Enjoyed this post! Acres of diamonds in our own back yards.
Here is a recipe for that chicory, using it as a substitute for dandelion leaves in a salad.
https://www.howtoeatanddrink.com/p/rites-of-spring?r=3f2y8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web