Gore and Suzuki promised us we could grow peaches in this part of the world by now but paying that carbon tax has certainly prevented that. Thank goodness for the wisdom of our leading intellectuals. If you detect even a hint of sarcasm, it’s just your imagination. Love crab apple preserves. Eat your heart out Florida.
Crab apple jelly, that sounds awfully good right now.
A Conservative would look at all those crab apples and rejoice at the supply of jelly they will have made from them to have on hand in the long long winter.
A greenie would want to know it they are grown organic?
A Liberal would expect you to do the work of making the jelly and want some for free.
And the NDP’er would take all the jelly and leave you with none because we have to share with Quebec dotcha know.
Crab apple liqueur. Bit of work to prep (no cores or seeds), but just add vodka or Everclear. Seal in a big jar. Some cinnamon or allspice works, too. All you do is wait a few weeks. Nice pink, smooth apply taste.
Down in NL we are about three weeks away from that. Glad you’re experiencing AGW.
We used to have aCra Apple Tree in our yard where i used to live i think the tree is still there but im not to sure. Crabby Appleton the villian from those Tom Terrific cartoons and our crab apple tree we had a robin build a nest and raiase its young in it
Try making jam/jelly with a little bit of spice – add a pepper. Goes great on a cracker with cream cheese.
Don’t discount crab apple wine.
It is simple to make and well worth the time.
They look like they’re just the right size to throw at Justin Trudeau’s motorcade!
Glengarrian, you pretty much nailed it.
Lance, looks like you had a great crop of crab apples. Our tree is so loaded some of the branches are hanging on the ground. The plums and cooking apples also did well. The birds got all the cherries. Choke cherries in our hedgerow were huge this year and some bushes actually were quite sweet and did not pucker up your mouth. The Saskatoons also produced a fantastic crop.
It was a great fruit growing year and that considering June and most of July were very dry.
Btw, the fellow that rents our land is pulling off 50 to 60 bushels of wheat to the acre and 45 bushels to the acre on the peas. Canola remains to be cut but looks promising.
The hail did in my apples this year 🙁
Oh well, next year may be better.
They say going overboard on eating these critters can cause serious distress….like Consumption or Black Death.
Kate???
“Now to core and stem. Jelly and butter weekend”
Not if you’re making apple schnapps….
Don’t see crabapples round here in az.
We used to raid back yards and gardens for crabapples and sweat peas from our bmx bikes in the day. Good times.
Lee Valley sells a pot that speeds up the jelly process, you plop your fruit into the MenuLiza and it turns the fruit into juice and then you make your jelly. I love mine.
Where I live at 4000 feet of elevation in southern Montana, fruit crops are variable to say the least. We tend to get June frosts that get the blossoms some years. This year we had 2 frosts in August for the first time in my memory, and I’ve been growing vegetables since the 1970’s.
Anybody know when it is safe to prune the lower branches of a Kerr crab apple tree?
“Anybody know when it is safe to prune the lower branches of a Kerr crab apple tree”
Don’t know where you are, but around here (Edmonton) they get pruned just around now, when all the fruit has grown. Just don’t prune above 4 feet from the ground. All new growth below that is taken off. Makes for nice fruit the next year!
Hey Peterj do you have a source for the suzuki-gore axis promise on growing peaches here? My wife is denier denier and she doubted the veracity of that statement when I parroted to her.
Hey Peterj do you have a source for the suzuki-gore axis promise on growing peaches here? My wife is denier denier and she doubted the veracity of that statement when I parroted to her.
Oh, for sure. http://www.davidsuzuki.org/blogs/science-matters/2007/08/warming-may-change-the-nature-of-the-food-we-eat/
Only have to read between the lines and do your own calculations. As you know, the arctic has now melted and the only way that could have happened is with much warmer winters caused by the influx of CO2. Polar bears have adapted to land and Santa no longer resides at the North Pole. We have good fertile soil so it was just a simple matter of planting peach trees and reaping the harvest. After all, peaches are grown in the Okanogan just a few hundred miles south. How could you not believe Suzuki, knowing a man’s as good as his word ? And Gore ? The man is a Saint who doesn’t have a brainwashed bone in his body. We all know that selling carbon credits was never his intent and saving the planet without personal compensation was his only goal. The promises you will find here: http://www.lowerwolfjaw.com/agw/quotes.htm
There are so many revelations by the finest “experts” that when you go through the 121 years of solid science reports, one can plant with complete confidence. After all, the main stream media confirms the warming and Suzuki has doubled down to the point of wanting all deniers jailed. With that kind of personal conviction and knowing his aversion to any kind of profit from his endeavors, just plant those trees . The carbon tax will prove to be a fine investment. Enjoy those peaches.
Great year in calgary
Even the choke cherries are sweet and plump
Cold winter coming
Even the bombagilia trees say so
Ah yes. But when the results are on your toast tomorrow morning, BONUS.
Wild crab apple makes the best pies and jam – I envy your harvest.
In food we trust http://waltherpragerandphilosophy1.blogspot.ro/2013/02/food-and-sleep.html
Gore and Suzuki promised us we could grow peaches in this part of the world by now but paying that carbon tax has certainly prevented that. Thank goodness for the wisdom of our leading intellectuals. If you detect even a hint of sarcasm, it’s just your imagination. Love crab apple preserves. Eat your heart out Florida.
Crab apple jelly, that sounds awfully good right now.
A Conservative would look at all those crab apples and rejoice at the supply of jelly they will have made from them to have on hand in the long long winter.
A greenie would want to know it they are grown organic?
A Liberal would expect you to do the work of making the jelly and want some for free.
And the NDP’er would take all the jelly and leave you with none because we have to share with Quebec dotcha know.
Crab apple liqueur. Bit of work to prep (no cores or seeds), but just add vodka or Everclear. Seal in a big jar. Some cinnamon or allspice works, too. All you do is wait a few weeks. Nice pink, smooth apply taste.
Down in NL we are about three weeks away from that. Glad you’re experiencing AGW.
We used to have aCra Apple Tree in our yard where i used to live i think the tree is still there but im not to sure. Crabby Appleton the villian from those Tom Terrific cartoons and our crab apple tree we had a robin build a nest and raiase its young in it
Try making jam/jelly with a little bit of spice – add a pepper. Goes great on a cracker with cream cheese.
Don’t discount crab apple wine.
It is simple to make and well worth the time.
They look like they’re just the right size to throw at Justin Trudeau’s motorcade!
Glengarrian, you pretty much nailed it.
Lance, looks like you had a great crop of crab apples. Our tree is so loaded some of the branches are hanging on the ground. The plums and cooking apples also did well. The birds got all the cherries. Choke cherries in our hedgerow were huge this year and some bushes actually were quite sweet and did not pucker up your mouth. The Saskatoons also produced a fantastic crop.
It was a great fruit growing year and that considering June and most of July were very dry.
Btw, the fellow that rents our land is pulling off 50 to 60 bushels of wheat to the acre and 45 bushels to the acre on the peas. Canola remains to be cut but looks promising.
The hail did in my apples this year 🙁
Oh well, next year may be better.
They say going overboard on eating these critters can cause serious distress….like Consumption or Black Death.
Kate???
“Now to core and stem. Jelly and butter weekend”
Not if you’re making apple schnapps….
Don’t see crabapples round here in az.
We used to raid back yards and gardens for crabapples and sweat peas from our bmx bikes in the day. Good times.
Lee Valley sells a pot that speeds up the jelly process, you plop your fruit into the MenuLiza and it turns the fruit into juice and then you make your jelly. I love mine.
Where I live at 4000 feet of elevation in southern Montana, fruit crops are variable to say the least. We tend to get June frosts that get the blossoms some years. This year we had 2 frosts in August for the first time in my memory, and I’ve been growing vegetables since the 1970’s.
Anybody know when it is safe to prune the lower branches of a Kerr crab apple tree?
“Anybody know when it is safe to prune the lower branches of a Kerr crab apple tree”
Don’t know where you are, but around here (Edmonton) they get pruned just around now, when all the fruit has grown. Just don’t prune above 4 feet from the ground. All new growth below that is taken off. Makes for nice fruit the next year!
Hey Peterj do you have a source for the suzuki-gore axis promise on growing peaches here? My wife is denier denier and she doubted the veracity of that statement when I parroted to her.
Hey Peterj do you have a source for the suzuki-gore axis promise on growing peaches here? My wife is denier denier and she doubted the veracity of that statement when I parroted to her.
Oh, for sure.
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/blogs/science-matters/2007/08/warming-may-change-the-nature-of-the-food-we-eat/
Only have to read between the lines and do your own calculations. As you know, the arctic has now melted and the only way that could have happened is with much warmer winters caused by the influx of CO2. Polar bears have adapted to land and Santa no longer resides at the North Pole. We have good fertile soil so it was just a simple matter of planting peach trees and reaping the harvest. After all, peaches are grown in the Okanogan just a few hundred miles south. How could you not believe Suzuki, knowing a man’s as good as his word ? And Gore ? The man is a Saint who doesn’t have a brainwashed bone in his body. We all know that selling carbon credits was never his intent and saving the planet without personal compensation was his only goal. The promises you will find here:
http://www.lowerwolfjaw.com/agw/quotes.htm
There are so many revelations by the finest “experts” that when you go through the 121 years of solid science reports, one can plant with complete confidence. After all, the main stream media confirms the warming and Suzuki has doubled down to the point of wanting all deniers jailed. With that kind of personal conviction and knowing his aversion to any kind of profit from his endeavors, just plant those trees . The carbon tax will prove to be a fine investment. Enjoy those peaches.
Great year in calgary
Even the choke cherries are sweet and plump
Cold winter coming
Even the bombagilia trees say so