Subj : Towing the Line                                          [1]
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Carol Shenkenberger
Date : Wed Jul 31 2024 16:21:33

  Re: Towing the Line                                          [1]
  By: Ruth Haffly to Carol Shenkenberger on Tue Jul 30 2024 01:14 pm

 > Hi Carol,
 > 
 >  >  CS> Figs love VB!  Tons of them here.  Fig farming has become 'a thing'.
 >  >  CS> I often trade apples for them.
 > 
 >  > We don't have enough to farm (the newer tree didn't make it so just have
 >  > the one) but the one tree we have is quite prolific. So far we've
 >  > dehydrated several pounds of figs, with more to come. Maybe ought to
 >  > take some to the farmer's market and do some bartering.
 > 
 >  >  CS> This years apple crop looks to be 1.5 bushels.  I'm going to
 >  >  practice CS> making apple cider.  I'm all setup now for it.
 > 
 >  > Sounds good to me. My parents had several apple trees. One year when he
 >  > was in a nearby college, my sister's son came over with several of his
 >  > classmates to make cider. IIRC, they were able to make several gallons,
 >  > splitting the yield so some went back to the college, some stayed with
 >  > my parents.
 > 
 >  CS> Sounds like a plan for my apple cider!  I won't try to ferment it, but
 >  CS> next year might,  For now, I don't have containers to do that
 >  CS> properly.
 > 
 > Do you have space in your freezer? Cider does freeze well, just have to
 > make sure you leave some head room. That way you can enjoy last year's
 > batch when the trees are blooming for this year's crop. (G)
 > 
 > 

Thats problematic.  I'm shy of space in the frezer!

   xxcarol
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