Garden 2014

[freshtiva]

Oh yeah, carrot man is anatomically correct, picture is of his back side.

[sketchman]

How do you get those to ripen off the tree?

I picked some and they shriveled up before they got ripe.

[freshtiva]

How do you get those to ripen off the tree?

I picked some and they shriveled up before they got ripe.

Huh, I never had that problem. We picked ours about a week ago and they've been sitting on the kitchen counter until today when the little woman made some paw paw butter out of them. They were getting pretty pungent, soft and darkening but no shriveling Around here the squirrels will get to them if you wait until they're ripe.

[freshtiva]

Here is a link to the recipe the wife used.

http://www.sbcanning.com/2013/10/paw-paw-butter-canning.html

I noticed this in the article "The ripe fruit is very perishable with a shelf life of 2 or 3 days, but will keep up to 3 weeks if it is refrigerated at 40° - 45° F."

[sketchman]

Maybe it's too dry in our house. The only ones I've been able to eat were ones I picked up off the ground. They all shrivel up and dry out when I pick them. Weird.