Starfruit are ready by the bushel now.
I ate the last Persimmon off the tree this week and I picked the last of the Maypops. Many of these passionfruit vines are already dried up and dormant.
I'm still picking a few Persian Limes and Key Limes. The Kumquats are ready to pick as well as some of their citrus relatives. Sweet Lemon, Minneola Tangelo, and Hamlin Oranges are all on the menu.
In the garden I'm picking green snap beans, yellow wax beans, Okinawa spinach, Cuban oregano, Italian parsley, and peppermint.
To see what gardeners everywhere are harvesting today, visit Daphne's Dandelions, host blog of the Harvest Monday meme.
The Starfruit are an interesting looking fruit. I have never eaten one. You have many wonderful fruits that we can only grow inside up here in the cold cold north.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever seen so many starfruit at once! Good looking harvest
ReplyDeleteReading your blog harvest recaps is like taking a mini exotic vacation!
ReplyDeleteYour starfruits look soooo juicy and sweet!
ReplyDeleteMMMmmm... Starfruit - looks delicious! I'm still debating getting one. I know it will freeze and wonder how big the tree would need to get before it could survive? No Avacados for ust his year. Next years crop should be amazing!
ReplyDeleteIt is painful yet wonderful to visit you,grower Jim. One wonder 'why do I here in the cold north' :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat harvest abolutely fab.
Tyra
Barbie: Your location in Zone 9a is only a few degrees cooler than here. You could wrap the trunk for the first couple of years and after that it should be able to withstand freezes. You might get some dieback on the upper branches but they should still produce more fruit than you can eat!
ReplyDeleteGoodness. Look at all those star fruit. Do you preserve them in some way?
ReplyDeleteDaphne: I have made jam with them but I consume most of them fresh or juiced. They make an excellent cobbler too! I also sell some and give away the rest.
ReplyDeleteI'm green with envy! I'll trade you my cabbage and kale...!
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