[Magdalen] Good things that happened this weekend

[Lesley de Voil]

Oops, sorry, I was just about to comment to Susan that she is
obviously talking about the North American pawpaw, which is not the
papaw/papaya that we in sub-tropical Australia enjoy immensely. Papaw
here is the mainstay of summer fruit salad. It has few pests and
diseases, the main culprits being possums and fruitbats, both of whom
attack any fruit with the slightest tinge of yellow ripening in it. I
helped a friend harvest hers last Sunday week, before the possums
found them, and have made green papaw chutney for next week's Parish
Faire. I myself prefer chutney made with ripe fruit, so the last two
are, when they ripen, going to be made into tropical fruit mix chutney
,with the addition of two mangoes and a couple of nearly-forgotten
bananas.
We have had a dry winter, and look like having another dry and hot
summer. Not good for gardens, nor the gardener (who sometimes wishes
she could live in Viking-land, like her forebears.)

Regards

Lesley de Voil


On 10/7/14, Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/7/14, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Gathered the last of the pawpaws.  I planted these small trees for
>> zebra swallowtails.  They do not seem to have been found (no adults
>> sighted, no leaf damage suggesting egg laying and larva).  The fruit
>> is weird - big green blobs in clusters.  Inside they are like custard
>> and have a very fragrant tropical smell - passionfruit maybe?  I'm not
>> crazy about them because they are very sweet.  I can eat them with a
>> bit of lime juice.  I have a couple of neighbors who love them so the
>> fruit does get wasted.  The squirrels love them too.  The red tailed
>> hawk loves the squirrels.
>>
>> I got to visit with Grace.  We met at an 1830's log church which has
>> been moved and restored onto the grounds of a Methodist church in
>> Singers Glen, sang Harmonia Sacra (shape note) hymns, then had a good
>> dinner.
>>
>> This evening I saw a beautiful double rainbow!
>>
>> Susan
>>
>> --
>> Before enlightenment pay bills, do laundry.  After enlightenment pay
>> bills, do laundry.
>>
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