I have been dehydrating the excess pears from my trees. WOW! I thought that the fresh raw pears were delicious, but drying them out condenses the flavor. They are amazing!
I have a old pear tree at my house. We're organic too/don't treat the pear tree with anything. I find that if I pick them a bit early and then let them ripen up in the sun on a window sill inside that they taste great and they are less buggy. You can cut out the bad spots-feed them to the chics and eat rest. My gals love the pears! but they appreciate them being broken to get around the skin better. To ripen pears more quickly put them in a paper bag with bananas as the ethylene gas ripens fast
@blakeinkzoo Yep! By just leaving them out they ripened right up! And they are delicious! My youngest one and I swear they are the BEST pears we have ever tasted. Thanks for the info.
@MushroomPatch I agree about the best tasting pears ever! Ours have a few bug tunnels and some need dark spots cut out of the middle, but they are the best tasting all organic, and no treatments (no organic treatments either). I took all of the ripe ones and the ones with a funky spot and loaded up my dehydrator. It took a couple hours of parring, but they are the best dried pears I have ever had the pleasure of consuming. I want to dip some in 72% dark chocolate. Yum!
@blakeinkzoo I just finished my last pear today. Wow! Now I understand the difference from store bought and grow-your-own pears. I wish we could give one to every person that buys them from the store so they could understand how badly they have been cheated!
It was a short lived season. None of my plants gave any good crop. It was over 100 every day so I couldn't water them enough to keep them from burning and now it's already getting cold. Shortest summer I've ever witnessed. No apples, tomatos, strawberries, bellpeppers and hardly any zucchini. Growing in the city really sucks asshole.
Just to update everyone. I didn't 'make' anything out of the pears. Instead we ate them whole. I have to say...they were the BEST pears ever!
MushroomPatch 4 months ago
I have been dehydrating the excess pears from my trees. WOW! I thought that the fresh raw pears were delicious, but drying them out condenses the flavor. They are amazing!
blakeinkzoo 5 months ago
@blakeinkzoo REALLY! Next spring I'm making a solar dehydrator and I will give it a try...for sure!
MushroomPatch 5 months ago
I have a old pear tree at my house. We're organic too/don't treat the pear tree with anything. I find that if I pick them a bit early and then let them ripen up in the sun on a window sill inside that they taste great and they are less buggy. You can cut out the bad spots-feed them to the chics and eat rest. My gals love the pears! but they appreciate them being broken to get around the skin better. To ripen pears more quickly put them in a paper bag with bananas as the ethylene gas ripens fast
blakeinkzoo 5 months ago
@blakeinkzoo Yep! By just leaving them out they ripened right up! And they are delicious! My youngest one and I swear they are the BEST pears we have ever tasted. Thanks for the info.
MushroomPatch 5 months ago
@MushroomPatch I agree about the best tasting pears ever! Ours have a few bug tunnels and some need dark spots cut out of the middle, but they are the best tasting all organic, and no treatments (no organic treatments either). I took all of the ripe ones and the ones with a funky spot and loaded up my dehydrator. It took a couple hours of parring, but they are the best dried pears I have ever had the pleasure of consuming. I want to dip some in 72% dark chocolate. Yum!
blakeinkzoo 5 months ago
@blakeinkzoo I just finished my last pear today. Wow! Now I understand the difference from store bought and grow-your-own pears. I wish we could give one to every person that buys them from the store so they could understand how badly they have been cheated!
MushroomPatch 5 months ago
Excellent permaculture : ) Rebuilding forests using food-trees is a good place to start rebuilding the infrastructure of any region : )
Helioforge 5 months ago
@Helioforge Yes...exactly! We can rebuild our forest with the 7/8 layers, like a real forest/eco system, but have it all edible. Works for me!
MushroomPatch 5 months ago
It was a short lived season. None of my plants gave any good crop. It was over 100 every day so I couldn't water them enough to keep them from burning and now it's already getting cold. Shortest summer I've ever witnessed. No apples, tomatos, strawberries, bellpeppers and hardly any zucchini. Growing in the city really sucks asshole.
parsleysprigs 5 months ago