Subj : Towing the Line                                          [1]
To   : Carol Shenkenberger
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Tue Jul 30 2024 13:14:57

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)


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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