👋 have been a bit busy with busy things but hope everyone’s ok.

[colesstreetpothole@weatherishappening.network]

@helenclayton @IcooIey Oooh. Does the flowering quince provide edible fruits?

[helenclayton@mas.to]

@ColesStreetPothole @IcooIey well this one does 😂

[colesstreetpothole@weatherishappening.network]

@helenclayton @IcooIey 😆 We may have to consider it as a possible addition to our garden. 🤔

[helenclayton@mas.to]

@ColesStreetPothole @IcooIey a colleague made quince paste with hers but it sounded like she slaved over it. I decided that what with the abundance of apples I had, life was too short. Maybe another time.

[colesstreetpothole@weatherishappening.network]

@helenclayton @IcooIey Right now the only fruiting trees we have are pawpaw, and they produce only about ten fruits, all ripe in the same week. Gooseberries aren't taking too well. Raspberries are sparse. The quince looks pretty, and from what I've read might do well where we are, so I might give it a try.

We'd use them for salads, put in our oatmeal, and maybe make pies/compotes/preserves if they really take off.

[helenclayton@mas.to]

@ColesStreetPothole @IcooIey I am now humming The Bare Necessities.

[colesstreetpothole@weatherishappening.network]

@helenclayton @IcooIey And so am I. 😂

[sarah111well@mas.to]

@helenclayton @IcooIey @lionelb My mum used to make quince jelly. I used to throw them in with everything else when I made hedgerow jelly. They're good for getting a jelly to set.

[suearcher@toot.wales]

@Sarah111well @helenclayton @IcooIey @lionelb

I love quince jelly. When I was little our landlady had a bush, and made a little jelly each year and we got one of those tiny jam jars of it.

I'm hoping to have a quince bush one day.

[lionelb@expressional.social]

@Sarah111well @helenclayton @IcooIey

In Portugal they make it into a grainy slab.