So did you just eat the persimmons, or was there some preserves or other recipes that you remember?
My first exposure was in the 1970’s when hubby was doing his foraging phase. He made several batches of persimmon bread. Then we bought this place, but we had so many trees that I didn’t even really know about the persimmons. That area was not cleared, so I avoided it.
A few years back we cleared the area a bit to build our council fire pit. And that’s when I started experimenting to see if I could pick a ripe persimmon. Got a few really bad puckers the first year.LOL
Hubby assured me the other day that the persimmons would not be ripe until after the first frost. I told him that was not correct, as I had already eaten one, and there would be more leading up to the frost date and after.
So he went out and brought back a couple, and I was able to point out the ones that weren’t quite ready and the few that were. He looked at me and said, “why are you always right?” LOL
Thanks for the link and interesting info on books. I’ll definitely be looking at that. I always figured that 5 gallon buckets would make pretty good containers for root crops, and they are cheap. Drill a few holes. I think it should work.
Course I also like just buying a pot and using it without all the drilling.LOL
“I always figured that 5 gallon buckets would make pretty good containers for root crops, and they are cheap.”
I have to go with the $7.57 for a pretty container since it will be on the deck. A 5 gallon bucket doesn’t do anything for me esthetically. If I was on a large lot/farm where they wouldn’t be obvious, okay, but mine will be “in your face” containers.
We just ate the persimmons. We also had fig trees so lots of fig preserves were made, and peach trees, preserves from those and plum trees, plum jelly. I had so much and didn’t appreciate it as I thought all people had that stuff.