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Post by coppice on Feb 20, 2015 12:13:05 GMT -5
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Post by coppice on Feb 20, 2015 10:44:45 GMT -5
Low today of -19°F (its 0°F now). A 100 year record for SE-OH.
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Post by coppice on Feb 2, 2015 18:59:55 GMT -5
Anybody got a recipe from Spain for Membrillo? I have one batch quince from Steev left and my neighbor has been begging for Membrillo. She can't find the recipe from her mother-in-law. Anyone? I took the rest of the quinces and made jelly. The favorite so far is Quince Pepper Jelly. Which is a "DIY" meat marinade. We had it as a glace for pork chops and it was very yummy. Thank you Steev. I'm getting ready to plant the Quince Bushes you brought over. There are several correct recipes for quince paste (membrillo) on the web. Basically one cup of cooked mashed quince with one cup of sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon of citrus rind jullienned. Cook on low heat till thick and 'red'. Pour out onto a pirex pie plate and bake in a slow oven till tight (a toothpick will stand up), on average 1-1/2 to 2 hours in a less than 200°F oven. Multiply up with one cup increments. Makes a semi rigid paste that is wonderful on a cracker with cheese. A fringe benefit from having a Spanish HS foreign exchange student years ago.
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Post by coppice on Jan 31, 2015 16:31:23 GMT -5
At $ 40.00 for a text, it might as well never have been printed. And then I saw his ACF credentials. Yet another coffee-table "sustainability" book written for the arm-chair billionaire.
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Post by coppice on Jan 26, 2015 22:38:46 GMT -5
I think native populations in the USA (northeast) used celtis in pemican. They are pretty seed-y.
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Post by coppice on Jan 26, 2015 13:33:20 GMT -5
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Post by coppice on Jan 9, 2015 12:55:25 GMT -5
Hope it all grows good for you!
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Post by coppice on Jan 9, 2015 10:38:01 GMT -5
I just got a new house and am interested in planting one of these chestnut trees, if still available. It would be a good pairing to the large-sweet-seed burr oak I collected in Texas (not enough seeds to share, unfortunately). I've got a sandy slope in mind for them. How large do you expect the trees to get? How old before first fruiting? Big, bigger than big. Chestnut was the sequoia of the east. Plus you will need to plant two. if you must, talk a neighbor into growing the second tree.
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Post by coppice on Dec 20, 2014 16:46:35 GMT -5
Saint Lawrence Nursery has been my go-to for cold weather apples ince the eighties.
The McKently's are closing shop after spring 2015.
Email here for catalog: tree@sln.potsdam.ny.us
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Post by coppice on Nov 3, 2014 10:57:58 GMT -5
I've grown rose off and on from seed for a while now. I have had requests for rose (plants) in Robin's give-away (need4seed). IMO seedlings are way more shipable than mature plants.
So I'd welcome (and offer rosa rugosa seed) or SASE for any unwanted rose seed-hips of any origination.
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Post by coppice on Nov 3, 2014 10:52:24 GMT -5
I like; Seeds Like Only Yesterday.
By way of full disclosure I help Robin with need4seed.
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Post by coppice on Sept 8, 2014 7:59:25 GMT -5
We just bought some Colorado peaches the other day and I have saved the pits from them. Should I just plant them in the yard and see what happens this close to the first frost or wait until spring? Or should I start them in a pot and keep them inside for the winter? Or maybe something else entirely? Michael Dirr is the god of arbor culture, who writes NYC-phone book sized tomes like Manual of Woody Landscape Plants; talks about the things that inhibit tree seeds from growing. The generic 'cold stratification' for tree seeds is: plant in a wide pot with drainage holes. Cover pot with a plank to keep out visiting critters. remove plank early in the spring. Seedling trees should germinate as spring unfolds. Very occasionaly dried seed will need a second winter in order to germinate. So, don't dry or coddle your seed. Snow frost and short day length are all part of what it takes to get seed ready to grow. Your fridge, or freezer don't supply that.
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Post by coppice on Jul 16, 2014 8:58:12 GMT -5
If you wait till the tops flop over you run the risk of seeding the garden.
When the whole scape first splits open is probably as long as I'm willing to wait.
I only leave the scape on when I want bulbils. It does diminish the size of cloves.
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Post by coppice on Mar 17, 2014 6:34:21 GMT -5
Hey guys just curiously how tall did your Peruvian corn grow? Its the front of his fall, so the season may not be done yet.
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Post by coppice on Jan 30, 2014 13:04:18 GMT -5
The current minimum bid for 5 nuts is $49.00. Its out past my ability to buy.
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