My apricots are ripe!
By marguicha
@marguicha (215785)
Chile
December 31, 2012 7:50am CST
This year the wheather has been different from others and the apricots from my tree did not rippen in time for jams to give as Christmas presents. I had to give relishes to everyone. But now they are ripe and yesterday I had the pleasure of going to the tree and picking some to put into my mouth immediatly. Lucky for me, my youngest daughter bought a deep freezer, so I`ll just pack the halved fruit and give it to them that way to make juices during the year. That will mean a lot less work. Do you make jams or do you buy them?
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10 responses
@allknowing (130077)
• India
1 Jan 13
I enjoy apricots and growing in one's own garden is indeed a different story!
I too have fruit trees and there is always an abundance. There is just so much one can consume or distribute, the rest goes into the compost pit. Sad but true!
I too have fruit trees and there is always an abundance. There is just so much one can consume or distribute, the rest goes into the compost pit. Sad but true!1 person likes this
@marguicha (215785)
• Chile
3 Jan 13
None of those fruit can be grown where I live. But you are right: we cannot eat as much fruit as a single tree bears. I planted this year tomatoes in containers. Those won`t go to waste. I can eat a tomato salad evey day and even eat bread with tomatoes and love it.
@marguicha (215785)
• Chile
2 Jan 13
I know what you mean. This year the apricots were late and they rippened between Christmas and New Year, when noone wants to come to get any. Fortunatly, my daughter just bought a deep freeze and she wants to put anything there. So I hope she has time to come and get some. I made an awesome fruit juice for me today, but I only used 5 apricots
@allknowing (130077)
• India
2 Jan 13
When I started developing my fruit garden I did a lot of research combing several nurseries for fruit saplings and landed with mango, jack fruit, sapota, pappaya, pineapple, figs, star fruit, star berries,mulbery, cashew, nutmeg, coconut, areca, pepper, hog plum, bell fruit, drum stick, guava, canistel,cherry.... least realising that they will all yield and there will be no takers!
I make juices, jellies and even ice cream but how much does a household need?
I make juices, jellies and even ice cream but how much does a household need?
@daeckardt (6237)
• United States
31 Dec 12
I actually don't do either. I have never been into making too much of anything and I don't buy a lot of stuff either. I do think that juices would be easier, but I don't know if I would do much of that either. Have a great new year!!!
@daeckardt (6237)
• United States
18 Jan 13
Sorry for the late response. I agree that juices are almost no work, it was just a matter of getting stuff cut up so it would fit into my juicer. I just wish I could get myself motivated to get back into doing that again. I stopped juicing after I got the roommies last year and never got back into it after they left. Oh well...
@marguicha (215785)
• Chile
31 Dec 12
I discovered a way of making juices and smothies with almost no work. I think that, from this year on, I`ll leave the jam making for my daughters.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
1 Jan 13
Apricots don't grown on the Island but I do have lots of mango tree plus sour sop and June plum and a cherry tree. Also bananas. I love apricots though but the price out here is very high. I can just imagine the smell. I have made orange marmalade and grapefruit marmalde and cherry jam too but no longer seem to do these things anymore. But you have me intersted again. Happy New Year!
@marguicha (215785)
• Chile
2 Jan 13
Mangoes are nor grown in this part of my country, but they bring them from the north. I do jam mainly for my family and friends. I`m more interested in salami and the like
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
@topffer (42156)
• France
31 Dec 12
Nice ! Apricot trees don't grow very well in my area, but I have two peach trees. The season is not the same too : we are in winter here, and persimmons are ripening now in my garden and birds are eating them
. I mainly buy my jams. I eat or give my fruits to friends and make only fig jam every year in September.
. I mainly buy my jams. I eat or give my fruits to friends and make only fig jam every year in September.@marguicha (215785)
• Chile
31 Dec 12
I onlyy have this fruit tree. I once had a peach tree but it goit so sick we had to throw it away although we tried to save it. My daughter has a cherry tree and last year even I made some jam from it. But this year rain fell when the tree was in bloom and there were not enough cherries for that. I was broght some cherries for dessert though.
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@Shavkat (137220)
• Philippines
1 Jan 13
In my country, we don't have that kind of fruit. It can only be seen extracted as an ingredients of beauty products. Luckily, I had the first taste of this fruit when I went to Central Asia. It was like treasure harvesting them from a tree.
@marguicha (215785)
• Chile
2 Jan 13
There are some fruits, specially tropical, that I have only seen in books and searching online. But I hope I`lltry them someday. Now the world is smaller and there are imported things that are not that expensive.
@randomarts09 (1405)
• Indonesia
4 Jan 13
It's great that you can amke jams! I don't really make jams, usually I buy them although I think homemade jams tend to more nutritionus and healthy than the store bought ones. Since the store bought ones tend to be have had more preservaties and sugar than homemade ones. But I guess I just don't have time to make them so I usually just buy one. Though I don't really often to consume or buy jams.
@marguicha (215785)
• Chile
4 Jan 13
Homemade jams are very easy to make if you want to eat them in a few months at the most. I don`t use preservatives of any kind, just plain fruit and sugar. I make jams from my apricot tree and plum jam as plums are cheap. In Winter I make orange and carrot jam.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
31 Dec 12
Wish i had some apricots, lol. i do make strawberry freezer jam & pear preserves every year. Love blackberry jam but can't get out & pick them anymore. They have them at the farmer's market sometimes but they are too expensive to buy.
@marguicha (215785)
• Chile
31 Dec 12
I remember decades ago that I`d go blackberry picking. I came back home stratched and happy and made jam to last all year (or so I thought, but it only lasted 6 months). Now here too, they have them at the market at very expensive prices. And I think they are not the same blackberries I picked. These are bigger and juicier, but not as sweet and tasty.
@bhanusb (5709)
• India
31 Dec 12
No. I'm expecting a bottle of jam to sweeten my mouth on the eve of New Year. Wish you a very Happy New Year.
@prashu228 (37526)
• India
31 Dec 12
Hi marguicha
Nice to hear that you have your own apricot trees i never saw that fruit till last week i bought dried apricots they taste really well i never tasted a ripe one .Jam , Juices i don't know that do you prepare both of your own ,i heard that they are very good for health used for indigestion problems,skin problems etc. Advanced happy new year
@marguicha (215785)
• Chile
31 Dec 12
Check at photos with mylot`s search engine. The picture I uploaded is my apricot tree full of fruit. And you might even earn a reward. Happy New Year!
@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
31 Dec 12
I love to make apricot turn overs here. But they are really expensive. Last time I bought them, they were cheaper in the cans. i sure would like some fresh ones here. happy new years dear....
@marguicha (215785)
• Chile
31 Dec 12
Please sent me the recipe PM, Maria. I love apricots and the even waste here. I wish I could send you some.
. I wish I could send you some.