I cannot remember what the pumpkin-like ones are called! I have no record! They are supposed to be sweet and good eating. The squash are curing inside on the radiator and out on the porch in the sun. I hope I can make something as revelatory and memorable as what my grandmother (after whom I’m named) made for us that day, but I will be happy with edible and jelled (I’m not that good at jelly, for some reason - tips appreciated!). If I have to throw in a regular apple, will I spend all my time explaining to everyone who wants some jelly on their toast that I did so, that it’s not completely crabapple? This threat of OCD twitchiness is incentivizing my husband to see if he can reach more: You need three pounds for the recipe I have, and we’re almost there. My grandchildren picked what they could reach, including by dragging a stepladder up there. Those crabapples were more apple-sized and the tree was more apple-tree-like, and that’s what I think of. I have a vivid memory of my Egyptian grandmother visiting my father’s house in Branford, CT, and of her making the most delicious crabapple jelly using fruits we found on a tree at the beach there. ![]() This surprised me, as I didn’t know that some crabapples are tiny. The tree was here, below, right next to the stable (you can see the stump in the photo above) :Īll that clearing revealed what my friend Benedict (a super knowledgeable gardener) told me is a crabapple tree (it’s really an overgrown bush?). They cleared a few other little saplings and then more work was done up there to beat back the brush and brambles. Two of Auntie Sue’s (now grown up) young lads took down a tree for us that was up next to the stable. That’s life!įirst, a serendipitous harvest of crabapples, that came about in this wise: As with everyone else’s garden, I had some ups and downs. ![]() So a few harvest photos - veggies stashed in the freezer not included. I always post pictures of my garden in its early stages, and then lose steam due to being out there with dirty hands and a sense of things getting quite, quite out of control!
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