Knives in the garden

These are the fruit of the Calamansi tree, a citrus hybrid native to the Philippines and surrounding areas, that enjoy the hot and humid South Florida climate immensely and fruit continuously nearly year round.

These, roughly golf ball-sized, fruits are a cross between the Kumquat and the Mandarin Orange, with extremely sour juice but sweet rinds. Most recently, I used them to add citrus notes to a spiced apple cider I made Christmas morning - just dropped a few of them in the pot whole with peppercorns, cloves, and cinnamon and let it all reduce a bit. They also make a wicked Calamansi-ade and are a potent source of vitamin c - no worries about scurvy with these puppies around. You don't see them in the supermarket because they're very thin skinned and easily bruised, meaning they don't transport well. In their native range, they're often used for seasoning chicken, pork, and seafood dishes.

This GEC 47 Harvester in Natural Textured Micarta is an easy choice for use in the garden.

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birdsbeaks said:
These are the fruit of the Calamansi tree, a citrus hybrid native to the Philippines and surrounding areas, that enjoy the hot and humid South Florida climate immensely and fruit continuously nearly year round.

These, roughly golf ball-sized, fruits are a cross between the Kumquat and the Mandarin Orange, with extremely sour juice but sweet rinds. Most recently, I used them to add citrus notes to a spiced apple cider I made Christmas morning - just dropped a few of them in the pot whole with peppercorns, cloves, and cinnamon and let it all reduce a bit. They also make a wicked Calamansi-ade and are a potent source of vitamin c - no worries about scurvy with these puppies around. You don't see them in the supermarket because they're very thin skinned and easily bruised, meaning they don't transport well. In their native range, they're often used for seasoning chicken, pork, and seafood dishes.

This GEC 47 Harvester in Natural Textured Micarta is an easy choice for use in the garden.

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I’d never even heard of them but they sounds interesting.

We bought a very rundown place about 6 years ago and are slowly bringing it up to scratch as time and money permits. I was thinking of getting a kumquat, may have to track on of these down instead if they can handle the winters here.
 
Hatchet_Jack said:
I’d never even heard of them but they sounds interesting.

We bought a very rundown place about 6 years ago and are slowly bringing it up to scratch as time and money permits. I was thinking of getting a kumquat, may have to track on of these down instead if they can handle the winters here.
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They also go by the name 'Calamondin' - which is the name I grew up using - but, strangely enough, it's apparently a very localized term, particular to parts of Florida. I did however find them for sale online when I searched by that name.
 
I just now realized I've posted a CASE Knife stuck in a tree in a garden when the title of this thread clearly asked for GEC knives in a garden. Well, I've got nothing else than what I posted so I'm gonna claim old age and lack of attention to detail as an excuse.
 
Modoc ED said:
I just now realized I've posted a CASE Knife stuck in a tree in a garden when the title of this thread clearly asked for GEC knives in a garden. Well, I've got nothing else than what I posted so I'm gonna claim old age and lack of attention to detail as an excuse.
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No worries mate, I'll just change the title. It was purely for rhyming purposes, I just love gardening and knives!
 
My first Violette de Bordeaux for the season.

Some varieties of figs have two crops, a main season that grows off the new growth and a break crop that grows off old growth. Breba's are never as good but they give you a little fig fix while waiting for the main autumn crop.

For non fig addicts, a fig is ready to pick when soft to touch and drooping. When picked, no latex should form where the stem is pulled away.

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You may have seen in another thread that my opinel went through the washing machine. I had to go to the supermarket and next door is an outdoor store. I popped in and grabbed another no.5 and a no.3 because it was there.

Helped pick the last peach this morning. Bugs had just started getting to it, but still good.

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Not sure if a grapevine on the fence surrounding the back yard qualifies as a "garden", since we never prune it or water it or do anything other than harvest the grapes each August. But here's a picture of some immature grapes on the vine, followed by a photo of some clusters of harvested grapes. (The grapes I harvested were not all as ripe as I'd like, but we were about to leave for 2 weeks away from home on vacation, so I wanted to get most of the grapes "processed" before we left.)
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- GT
 
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