I took advantage of the break between bruising rainstorms and pruned my dwarf Blenheim Apricot tree. (A couple weeks early, I believe.) It’s only two years old, so the cuts were drastic. There will be no fruit this summer — or next, for that matter — but this is the price of helping a young tree grow strong enough to bear good fruit in later years. [...]
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I almost didn’t make this jam, because I was afraid no one would like it. Banana jam sounds really weird to a lot of people — but not to me. I’ve been secretly intrigued by the idea of putting bananas in a jam all year. When I found this recipe in a pamphlet at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension office this summer, I gave a hoot of joy. [...]  |
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