My Christmas starts looking at my apricot tree. / myLot

Chile

December 2, 2016 6:17pm CST

I have told many times that I give away apricot jam for Christmas. This year I will have very small apricots, yet a lot of them. There were no winds or rain when the tree was in bloom so there are too many apricots in the tree. I don´t mind as anyway I have to cut them in half to take off the core. Next week I will start checking at the jars. I recycle jars, but they have to be washed again. And also next week I will buy a provision of sugar. My jams are made with only fruit and sugar. No preservatives or any sort of chemistry is used. The apricots are now beautiful in colour, but they have to be soft. I guess they will be ripe in 10 days.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502653)

• Italy

3 Dec 16

I also make my jams only with fruits and sugar. I sterilize the jars using a steam casserole, to be sure that the jam will not spoil.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

3 Dec 16

I have discovered that if I put the jam into the jars when they are very hot, fill the jars to the brim and put then plastic wrap not leaving any oxigen, they will keep for at least 2 years.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

3 Dec 16

@LadyDuck I don´t think that my jams last 2 years, except if a jar gets hidden somewhere

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502653)

• Italy

3 Dec 16

@marguicha It is very important to feel the jars when the jam is very hot. I never keep any product two years.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

3 Dec 16

The tree is probably trying not to grow too quickly because it keeps seeing you looking at it and knows that it's fruit is doomed.

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Koalemos

@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

3 Dec 16

@marguicha It sounds more like that poor tree is a beast of burden.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

3 Dec 16

That tree is a very old tree. Once I brought someone who knew of trees and told me to take it out and place a new one. That was over 5 years ago and my tree is still being loved.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230350)

• Chile

3 Dec 16

It´s fruit is not doomed. In fact, I have a couple of young apricots that have groen ffrom apricot seeds that I throw in my garden when I get an apricot, clean it rubbing it against my jeans and eating the apricot right there, by the tree. He is a loved tree.

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