Homesteading (27): Bottling pears
It is that time of the year when fruit is now ripe for harvesting. This is the first time we have achieved a pear crop – our trees are now four years old and…
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Looks yummy! I did sone after watching this video, and I’m adding a video response. Hope you stop by my channel some time. Thank you for the great video!
Rhonda Stephens
April 21, 2013 at 4:19 pm
We have 10 hens. No geese this year – we decided to buy six ducks but I think geese are easier because they are not so dirty as ducks. There are now duck/geese hybrids which we had two years ago and they make good eating!
Ivan Kinsman
April 21, 2013 at 5:03 pm
Thats right. The children should be very happy wenn they have a new dog. I think you also happy wenn the new pup is there. I wish you and your family a lot of fun.
How many hens you have? You dont have any geese?? You had some last year i mean.
Greetz
JENS60
April 21, 2013 at 5:40 pm
Yes, we have planted a lot of trees – apple, plum, cherry (wild and sweet), apricots, quince, pear and fig. Animals – we just have the kitten now, Georgina, and our hens and guinea fowl. Our dog, Bona, unfortunately died this year so we will probably get a puppy in the spring – good for the children to grow up with a dog!
Ivan Kinsman
April 21, 2013 at 6:39 pm
I hope so – they are one of my favourite bottled fruits and wish we had more! We do have another pear tree – “klapsa” (which was one of the most well-known species of pear trees in Poland but now it is hard to buy it) – but these pears ripen later and we will keep them for eating rather than preserving.
Ivan Kinsman
April 21, 2013 at 7:02 pm
Nice video. You have some small trees with pears. You have more other fruits in the garden?
You have also a very nice kitchen.
How are your animals, do you have some, or are they gone?
JENS60
April 21, 2013 at 7:54 pm
Very nice pears!!! Bet they will be pretty tasty this winter!!!
dustyanderson1
April 21, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Yes, I would like to get my hands on some good walnuts – we have a small tree but nothing like our neighbour’s who have some very nice mature ones. What do you do with these grapes? You should try your hand at some homemade wine production. Some friends just came back from Golden Sands and slapped a good bottle of Bulgarian rakia on the dinner table which we were drinking as a digestif.
Ivan Kinsman
April 21, 2013 at 8:08 pm
Yes, I think if they are good storage apples then they will be hard enough to be suitable for bottling. With these pears, it’s sometimes best if they are a little underripe for bottling purposes.
Ivan Kinsman
April 21, 2013 at 8:16 pm
Won’t those be great in the cold of winter. I don’t have a pear tree but I have a nice old fashion storage apple, Pumpkin Sweet, that I think this method might work well with only with cinnamon and nutmeg. I have a friend with pears so I will forward this to him.
Dale Calder
April 21, 2013 at 9:09 pm
It’s nice to be out in the garden harvesting the crops at this time of year. We have been picking grapes (Pamid and Cabernet) here on the Thracian plains near Plovdiv, and collecting walnuts which you do by bashing the walnut tree with a long stick and then removing the brown walnut from its green casing. The fruit and veg markets are chocabloc with lovely cheap produce. We are experiencing the usual Cyganski liato or Gypsy Summer here. (Known as an Indian Summer in England.)
BalkanSkiChalet
April 21, 2013 at 10:05 pm