Friday, April 23, 2010

ROSELLAS

My friend, Marie, rang me the other day to come and collect some rosellas, they were ready to be picked.  She had a good crop and they looked great, bright red fruit against the green leaves.

She planted the seeds in January, they grow quickly and are now ready to harvest.  I'm putting some in this year from the seeds that come from these rosellas.    They grow to a nice thick bush... I did see some some elswhere that where very leafy, but no fruit, maybe too much nitrogen was added!!

Anyway, I duly picked and then seperated the calix from the seed pod, that's a job in itself, then settled down in front of the telly with a glass of wine and a bucket of rosellas,.... the red calix (the part to be cooked) is now in the freezer to be cooked at a later date!!  The bright green seed pods are being dried...I post pics as they come to hand.