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Nanking Cherry Jelly

dancingwoman — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 17:17:12 GMT

There would have been another half pint but it spilled down the drain. Jar tipped as I was filling it... Good thing I was at the sink....There is a pic of one of the babies peeking out from behind the cherry bushes....DW

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Witchy Woman — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 16:56:19 GMT

@dancingwoman

I'll be over for sampling as soon as it cools

I have never heard of Nanking Cherries. I'm going to look them up. It seems your visitor might be enjoying some "pick your own" of your fruit.

Many years ago, there was a big berry farm near my house that had huge thornless blackberries for picking. I adored going there on a hot morning and picking several flats to freeze and make jams.

Any jam is my favorite, but cherries and blackberries are at the top.

Sorry you lost a jar...it must have been terrible watching it go down the drain! All that work

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Kachina624 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 16:57:26 GMT

@dancingwoman Your house looks like it has some interesting things. Is that a mural on the wall in the background?

I'm impressed by your canning skills.

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dancingwoman — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 17:15:01 GMT

@Kachina624 It's a mural painted on sheet metal behind the wood stove. We were gonna put copper but it was too expensive...I'll find a pic of the stove with a fire in it... nothing I paint is realistic... just fun folk art...thx...DW

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Kachina624 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 17:45:52 GMT

@dancingwoman Very cool. I like the modern vibe of the stove too.

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dancingwoman — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 18:31:38 GMT

@Kachina624 The stove is made with slabs of soapstone...DW

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Imaoldhippie — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 19:22:45 GMT

@dancingwoman ............What is nanking? Your pic looks like canning. It looks really good.

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dancingwoman — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 19:41:01 GMT

@Imaoldhippie Nanking cherries are a type of cherry...they grow on shrubs..they are small sour cherries...DW

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Imaoldhippie — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 19:43:21 GMT

@dancingwoman ..............I never heard of them. I learned something new today! Thanks for your response I appreciate it.

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new nickname 4 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 22:22:54 GMT

@dancingwoman , I had no idea about Nanking Cherry bushes until I read your post.

I have deer in my yard (no, I really don't want them) and have given up trying to plant any trees and shrubs because they just destroy them. When I looked up Nanking, they are deer resistant. A side note, I don't want them hunted or killed, just that they leave my yard alone.

Thank you, I am going to try to plant a couple next spring, if they do well, I may plant a hedge of them close to my patio. I may have to protect them for a year from the deer, but they are beautiful bushes. I doubt I ever make anything from the berries though.

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dancingwoman — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 23:36:45 GMT

@new nickname 4 Just letting you know the deer do nibble on the Nanking Cherries. There are a few things in my yard they don't eat. Iris..peonies...lilacs..clematis..daisies..phlox...hollyhocks....and they don't seem to eat my roses...DW

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new nickname 4 — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 01:08:11 GMT

@dancingwoman Thank you the reply. Darn it, they are just so distructive to the plants.. They ate the tops out of two blue spruce. I've tried soap, hair bags, chicken wire, deer repellant spray. I guess I'll just be resigned to no trees and shrubs. I have about an acre yard, and would like to have flowering shrubs and trees but I've seen two deer this year that refused to leave, even after I beat on my house siding, yelled. Nope nothing. darn deer.