"Gather ye rose-buds while ye may." Robert Herrick

"Gather ye rose-buds while ye may." Robert Herrick

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Friends, Romans, countrymen...y'all. Foodies, gardeners, artists and collectors - let's gather together to share and possibly learn a thing or two in the mix.

Donna Baker

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Pomegranates


A few posts back I said I wasn't sure how to tell when my pomegranates were ripe.  Well, I got back to the farm this week and I think I found out how to tell.  Make a note, harvest pomegranates in mid October from now on.  They were whoppers, very heavy with juice and the nectar is sweeter than I remembered.  The juice in stores doesn't compare to the taste of these.
Logee's Tropical Plants out of CT (can't seem to get the spelling right) is where I purchased my plant.  Though I overwinter it in the greenhouse, all the leaves fall off and then starts leafing out in early spring.  You too can grow them.  I tore into the one in front. It's a great thing.

11 comments:

Cobalt Violet said...

Yum!! Unfortunately the heat waves here seem to be messing with my sister Poms and the birds as well.

Wish I could meet your daughter at the Autry! I am going to be up in Ventura! That would have been so cool! If something changes with the plan, I will let you know. :)

Jacqueline @ HOME said...

I absolutely adore pomegranates Donna but, they are not as delicious nowadays as they were in my childhood { shop bought ones I mean !! } I bet yours are wonderful...... you can't beat home grown. The only drawback is that they make my fingers all yellow !! Still, who cares ?!! XXXX

A Brit in Tennessee said...

I loved pomegranates as a child, we used to eat the fruit with a large needle :)
They seem less tasty these days.
~Jo

donna baker said...

Birds? Guess if they burst open the birds could get to them. Mine is already in the greenhouse so they can't get to them. Wish you could meet her too. I told her about some of the places you visit as she has never been to L.A.

donna baker said...

Yes, Jacqueline, they are sweeter than the juice in bottles at the store. My fingernails are all red underneath.

donna baker said...

A large needle Jo? I hope it was a crochet needle otherwise, with my luck, I'd probably swallow it.

Frances said...

Donna, having home grown pomegranes seems like true luxury to me! The real thing, grown just for you to savor.

They are also visually very beautiful fruit, aren't they? xo

The Weaver of Grass said...

These pomegranates look absolutely nothing like the ones we see in theshops here in the UK Donna.

donna baker said...

They are delicious Frances. I picked the largest early and will let it dry, then paint it a glossy white to look like porcelain, for posterity.

donna baker said...

Pat, I wonder where they started? Perhaps the mideast or far east.

La Table De Nana said...

Poms ARE a great thing..