Got 6mm last night :)
Just enough to hinder the back burning :(
bluegreen said:
Got 6mm last night :)Just enough to hinder the back burning :(
10mm here – just enough to plant the winter garden.
its been raining for the past 30 mins on my way home the rain had dirt in it.
more rain :)
does a little happy rain dance
veg gardener said:
its been raining for the past 30 mins on my way home the rain had dirt in it.
when I went to have my shower this morning the bath tub was all grey. I think it was smoke particles blown in through the window I left open a bit.
Freezing here, 19C on the windowsill at 7:30 this morning…Mr D and I had trouble rousing ourselves to face the elements (get out of bed)…
Dinetta said:
Freezing here, 19C on the windowsill at 7:30 this morning…Mr D and I had trouble rousing ourselves to face the elements (get out of bed)…
Same here. Out came the flanelette shirt (over the jammies) this morning. Bureau has warned that it won’t last though. With cyclone Hamish on it’s way things will be humid again by tomorrow.
What am I going to do with thousands of rosellas? Fruit, not birds. How do you reckon they would go being frozen? Peeled before hand of course. The seed is the part you cook for the pectin content if it’s for jam. But they get binned after that. To cut a long story short……If I freeze the edible parts then I won’t be able to make jam at a later date because the seeds will be long gone. Maybe I have to freeze the seeds as well. Has anybody ever done the above?
Hope the cape gooseberries aren’t so prolific. OL.
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
Freezing here, 19C on the windowsill at 7:30 this morning…Mr D and I had trouble rousing ourselves to face the elements (get out of bed)…
Same here. Out came the flanelette shirt (over the jammies) this morning. Bureau has warned that it won’t last though. With cyclone Hamish on it’s way things will be humid again by tomorrow.
What am I going to do with thousands of rosellas? Fruit, not birds. How do you reckon they would go being frozen? Peeled before hand of course. The seed is the part you cook for the pectin content if it’s for jam. But they get binned after that. To cut a long story short……If I freeze the edible parts then I won’t be able to make jam at a later date because the seeds will be long gone. Maybe I have to freeze the seeds as well. Has anybody ever done the above?
Hope the cape gooseberries aren’t so prolific. OL.
I think you answered your question with freezing the seeds as well. I am assuming you can’t make it into jam in the next couple of days?
bluegreen said:
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
Freezing here, 19C on the windowsill at 7:30 this morning…Mr D and I had trouble rousing ourselves to face the elements (get out of bed)…
Same here. Out came the flanelette shirt (over the jammies) this morning. Bureau has warned that it won’t last though. With cyclone Hamish on it’s way things will be humid again by tomorrow.
What am I going to do with thousands of rosellas? Fruit, not birds. How do you reckon they would go being frozen? Peeled before hand of course. The seed is the part you cook for the pectin content if it’s for jam. But they get binned after that. To cut a long story short……If I freeze the edible parts then I won’t be able to make jam at a later date because the seeds will be long gone. Maybe I have to freeze the seeds as well. Has anybody ever done the above?
Hope the cape gooseberries aren’t so prolific. OL.
Sorry I have stolen the weather thread.
I think you answered your question with freezing the seeds as well. I am assuming you can’t make it into jam in the next couple of days?
I’ve made enough jam already. Maybe I will donate the rest of the crop to the centre where I do art and maybe they can sell them for a bit of a profit.
thanks for the imput BG.
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
Freezing here, 19C on the windowsill at 7:30 this morning…Mr D and I had trouble rousing ourselves to face the elements (get out of bed)…
Same here. Out came the flanelette shirt (over the jammies) this morning. Bureau has warned that it won’t last though. With cyclone Hamish on it’s way things will be humid again by tomorrow.
What am I going to do with thousands of rosellas? Fruit, not birds. How do you reckon they would go being frozen? Peeled before hand of course. The seed is the part you cook for the pectin content if it’s for jam. But they get binned after that. To cut a long story short……If I freeze the edible parts then I won’t be able to make jam at a later date because the seeds will be long gone. Maybe I have to freeze the seeds as well. Has anybody ever done the above?
Hope the cape gooseberries aren’t so prolific. OL.
Pomolo, I don’t think my mother used seeds in her jam?
Dinetta said:
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
Freezing here, 19C on the windowsill at 7:30 this morning…Mr D and I had trouble rousing ourselves to face the elements (get out of bed)…
Same here. Out came the flanelette shirt (over the jammies) this morning. Bureau has warned that it won’t last though. With cyclone Hamish on it’s way things will be humid again by tomorrow.
What am I going to do with thousands of rosellas? Fruit, not birds. How do you reckon they would go being frozen? Peeled before hand of course. The seed is the part you cook for the pectin content if it’s for jam. But they get binned after that. To cut a long story short……If I freeze the edible parts then I won’t be able to make jam at a later date because the seeds will be long gone. Maybe I have to freeze the seeds as well. Has anybody ever done the above?
Hope the cape gooseberries aren’t so prolific. OL.
Pomolo, I don’t think my mother used seeds in her jam?
I admit I use a very old recipe for my jam. Actually I have two very old recipes and both say to boil the seed pod thingy for 20 minutes then strain and use the water and the red husks + sugar to make the jam. I suppose I could do a recipe search to make sure it’s all necessary. Thanks D.
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
Freezing here, 19C on the windowsill at 7:30 this morning…Mr D and I had trouble rousing ourselves to face the elements (get out of bed)…
Same here. Out came the flanelette shirt (over the jammies) this morning. Bureau has warned that it won’t last though. With cyclone Hamish on it’s way things will be humid again by tomorrow.
What am I going to do with thousands of rosellas? Fruit, not birds. How do you reckon they would go being frozen? Peeled before hand of course. The seed is the part you cook for the pectin content if it’s for jam. But they get binned after that. To cut a long story short……If I freeze the edible parts then I won’t be able to make jam at a later date because the seeds will be long gone. Maybe I have to freeze the seeds as well. Has anybody ever done the above?
Hope the cape gooseberries aren’t so prolific. OL.
Pomolo, I don’t think my mother used seeds in her jam?
I admit I use a very old recipe for my jam. Actually I have two very old recipes and both say to boil the seed pod thingy for 20 minutes then strain and use the water and the red husks + sugar to make the jam. I suppose I could do a recipe search to make sure it’s all necessary. Thanks D.
the seeds/pods could have pectin in them which would help it set.
I think we just had an earthquake. The whole house shook!
bluegreen said:
I think we just had an earthquake. The whole house shook!
possibly related to this?
bluegreen said:
I think we just had an earthquake. The whole house shook!
Your kidding! What next for you Victorians?
bluegreen said:
bluegreen said:
I think we just had an earthquake. The whole house shook!
possibly related to this?
Wow!
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
Freezing here, 19C on the windowsill at 7:30 this morning…Mr D and I had trouble rousing ourselves to face the elements (get out of bed)…
Same here. Out came the flanelette shirt (over the jammies) this morning. Bureau has warned that it won’t last though. With cyclone Hamish on it’s way things will be humid again by tomorrow.
What am I going to do with thousands of rosellas? Fruit, not birds. How do you reckon they would go being frozen? Peeled before hand of course. The seed is the part you cook for the pectin content if it’s for jam. But they get binned after that. To cut a long story short……If I freeze the edible parts then I won’t be able to make jam at a later date because the seeds will be long gone. Maybe I have to freeze the seeds as well. Has anybody ever done the above?
Hope the cape gooseberries aren’t so prolific. OL.
Pomolo, I don’t think my mother used seeds in her jam?
I admit I use a very old recipe for my jam. Actually I have two very old recipes and both say to boil the seed pod thingy for 20 minutes then strain and use the water and the red husks + sugar to make the jam. I suppose I could do a recipe search to make sure it’s all necessary. Thanks D.
I had a browse around and most recipes boil the seeds to get the pectin for the jam. One recipe didn’t use the seeds at all and one recipe used seeds and calyx together and then strain the whole jam. It seems you can please yourself which way you prefer to make it.
pomolo said:
bluegreen said:
I think we just had an earthquake. The whole house shook!
Your kidding! What next for you Victorians?
Yes I felt it too. We were in an old weatherboard building at a social do, and the floor shook and the doors rattled. Thought it was the stumps!!
http://forum.backyardpoultry.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=7971587 its about the earthquake.
and http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009dwau.php
Well that cyclone Hamish is just about on our doorstep. Upgraded to a catagory 5 now. That is the highest possible reading for a cyclone. Sounds like some fun for someone.
I had a feeling that when there were terrible fires down south and floods up north that we were destined to be blessed with something eventually. I’m glad we aren’t living on the coast but with a cyclone this fierce and this big who knows what the outcome will be. We have 24/48hrs to get prepared.
The latest from the BOM is that Hamish will still be out at sea at 7am on Tuesday and downgraded to a Cat 4. The eye predicted to be over Lady Elliot Island.
pomolo said:
Well that cyclone Hamish is just about on our doorstep. Upgraded to a catagory 5 now. That is the highest possible reading for a cyclone. Sounds like some fun for someone.I had a feeling that when there were terrible fires down south and floods up north that we were destined to be blessed with something eventually. I’m glad we aren’t living on the coast but with a cyclone this fierce and this big who knows what the outcome will be. We have 24/48hrs to get prepared.
Gusting something shocking at Yeppoon…Rockhampton isn’t so bad, have just been to the quarterly Heritage Village markets (see chat thread)…hopefully we will be back inland tomorrow before the rains hit…oh I hope they do…hope Hamish stays 200 km to sea all the way down the coast…even the Brisbane catchments may fill if that happens…
pomolo said:
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
Freezing here, 19C on the windowsill at 7:30 this morning…Mr D and I had trouble rousing ourselves to face the elements (get out of bed)…
Same here. Out came the flanelette shirt (over the jammies) this morning. Bureau has warned that it won’t last though. With cyclone Hamish on it’s way things will be humid again by tomorrow.
What am I going to do with thousands of rosellas? Fruit, not birds. How do you reckon they would go being frozen? Peeled before hand of course. The seed is the part you cook for the pectin content if it’s for jam. But they get binned after that. To cut a long story short……If I freeze the edible parts then I won’t be able to make jam at a later date because the seeds will be long gone. Maybe I have to freeze the seeds as well. Has anybody ever done the above?
Hope the cape gooseberries aren’t so prolific. OL.
Pomolo, I don’t think my mother used seeds in her jam?
I admit I use a very old recipe for my jam. Actually I have two very old recipes and both say to boil the seed pod thingy for 20 minutes then strain and use the water and the red husks + sugar to make the jam. I suppose I could do a recipe search to make sure it’s all necessary. Thanks D.
I had a browse around and most recipes boil the seeds to get the pectin for the jam. One recipe didn’t use the seeds at all and one recipe used seeds and calyx together and then strain the whole jam. It seems you can please yourself which way you prefer to make it.
Just a thought: can you freeze the pectins?
Dinetta said:
pomolo said:
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
pomolo said:
Dinetta said:
Freezing here, 19C on the windowsill at 7:30 this morning…Mr D and I had trouble rousing ourselves to face the elements (get out of bed)…
Same here. Out came the flanelette shirt (over the jammies) this morning. Bureau has warned that it won’t last though. With cyclone Hamish on it’s way things will be humid again by tomorrow.
What am I going to do with thousands of rosellas? Fruit, not birds. How do you reckon they would go being frozen? Peeled before hand of course. The seed is the part you cook for the pectin content if it’s for jam. But they get binned after that. To cut a long story short……If I freeze the edible parts then I won’t be able to make jam at a later date because the seeds will be long gone. Maybe I have to freeze the seeds as well. Has anybody ever done the above?
Hope the cape gooseberries aren’t so prolific. OL.
Pomolo, I don’t think my mother used seeds in her jam?
I admit I use a very old recipe for my jam. Actually I have two very old recipes and both say to boil the seed pod thingy for 20 minutes then strain and use the water and the red husks + sugar to make the jam. I suppose I could do a recipe search to make sure it’s all necessary. Thanks D.
I had a browse around and most recipes boil the seeds to get the pectin for the jam. One recipe didn’t use the seeds at all and one recipe used seeds and calyx together and then strain the whole jam. It seems you can please yourself which way you prefer to make it.
Just a thought: can you freeze the pectins?
Dinetta said:
pomolo said:
Well that cyclone Hamish is just about on our doorstep. Upgraded to a catagory 5 now. That is the highest possible reading for a cyclone. Sounds like some fun for someone.I had a feeling that when there were terrible fires down south and floods up north that we were destined to be blessed with something eventually. I’m glad we aren’t living on the coast but with a cyclone this fierce and this big who knows what the outcome will be. We have 24/48hrs to get prepared.
Gusting something shocking at Yeppoon…Rockhampton isn’t so bad, have just been to the quarterly Heritage Village markets (see chat thread)…hopefully we will be back inland tomorrow before the rains hit…oh I hope they do…hope Hamish stays 200 km to sea all the way down the coast…even the Brisbane catchments may fill if that happens…
It’s blowing here a bit now. Not unpleasant though. Still plenty of sunshine and heat.
Good to see the weather thread chat about fruit and pectin…
But, back to Hamish, the BOM have him heading ESE and are predicting that he will be downgraded to a Cat 3 by Tuesday 7pm, and then may swing inland towards Hervey Bay. The closer it gets to the high in the Tasman, the softer his intensity.
pain master said:
Good to see the weather thread chat about fruit and pectin…But, back to Hamish, the BOM have him heading ESE and are predicting that he will be downgraded to a Cat 3 by Tuesday 7pm, and then may swing inland towards Hervey Bay. The closer it gets to the high in the Tasman, the softer his intensity.
Now who would talk about pectin etc on the weather thread? They should have their hand amacked. Ouch!
No rain here as yet but the tall gums are swaying, good and proper, towards the north west. It’s very overcast and BoM shows rain is only minutes away. I just hope Hamish keepsl losing intensity and becomes a rain depression if it crosses the coast at Harvey Bay. The rain would be a blessing for us but nobody needs the winds.
It now looks as though the cyclone has made a slight turn towards the east. This is good to see but we’d still like that rain please.
the BOM has Hamish doing a nice pirouette before downgrading to a Cat 3 on Wed morn. Still breezy eh but.
Arvo all.
Arvo all.
woops wrong chat one.
pain master said:
the BOM has Hamish doing a nice pirouette before downgrading to a Cat 3 on Wed morn. Still breezy eh but.
Not really PM, Hamish is too far out to sea to do much, not even a decent rainfall…bit windy in Yeppoon tho’, hey?
I wish he’d tried to come inland at about Bowen, as a rain depression, but who knows? maybe by the time he hits landfall at Hervey Bay, he’ll be a rain depression and all the Brisbane dams will fill up…hey?
Really feeling the effects of Hamish now. Not the full force mind you just lots of wind and rain. Nearer to the coast must be terrible. All the gardens will be wrecked down there. Aside from plants and trees being broken or uprooted, when it’s all over the wind burn from salty winds turns everything brown.
I haven’t experienced a cyclone since we’ve been living here so although I know we are perfectly safe, I’m not sure how the garden will eventually be affected.http://www.abc.net.au/news/weather/
It would appear that even south eastern SA is getting one or two storms from this…
Lots of rain, Pomolo? Lucky you!
Our cloud cover doesn’t know whether to go or stay, but I am making the most of the breezes to get the weekly laundry done…
a few spots overnight north of adelaide.
at least a change in seasons seems possible now.
Whooo oooh, 9mms this morning, 12mms yesterday, 11mms on saturday. 89.4mms for the month and 452mms for the year so far :)
more happiness here. Plenty of rain in the last 15 hours. A smashing storm came through at 5pm last night and turned the evening sky into night. Flooding of the roads occurred instantly and many people took refuge in the Supermarket I was trying to shop at! Some very wet Papua New Guineans to be spotted.
The rain is still falling at getting quite strong :)
pain master said:
more happiness here. Plenty of rain in the last 15 hours. A smashing storm came through at 5pm last night and turned the evening sky into night. Flooding of the roads occurred instantly and many people took refuge in the Supermarket I was trying to shop at! Some very wet Papua New Guineans to be spotted.The rain is still falling at getting quite strong :)
Another 21mls here o/n. Grass is getting very long and thick so next mowing will be a ‘twice over’ job.