Yesterday afternoon the delivery man turned up, I was watching him on the cctv hauling this big package from his van
I was surprised it arrived so quickly
I wasn't expecting them to be so big
What are they ?
These are the sugar Maple trees now fondly christened Amy's trees.
after Amy had been blogging about harvesting maple syrup here Amy's Blog I did a bit of research and found a supplier of sugar Maple trees in the UK, we may not get such a good harvest as in Canada as it depends on the winter harshness to make the sap sweet enough, I still thought they would make interesting trees to add to my woodland collection.
I ordered them from Ashridge Trees very quick delivery 48 hours, they do have a lovely selection of trees and I will be shopping there again soon.
I now have to get some big holes dug and get them planted.
For dinner last night I cooked up Sausage and Cornbread pie
Its basically smoked sausage chopped topped with a tin of sweetcorn, tin of chopped tomatoes sliced green beans and then you add the cornbread topping and bake in the oven.
I did make up a big batch of cornbread mix so its ready to be used again.
Right the kids are all up now so no more peace.
What an unusual idea and I hope; that you can get your own maple syrup from them after very cold winters. You'll be praying for snow each year now!
ReplyDeleteThe supper looked interesting. I keep meaning to get cornmeal for breadmaking, but although I was in Aardvark yesterday, came home without any! I am back on the histamine-intolerence wagon now, sigh, and having to really lower my levels as now another part of my body has joined the party (my bladder!) No hiding place . . .
I have the coarse and the fine in the cupboard, I used the coarse in this dish sorry to hear you are not good again :-)
DeleteWill watch your plot with interest...............I love tree's and what fun to have something different.
ReplyDeletedifferent is my middle name I think :-)
DeleteThe pie looks good and I love cornbread, I will be trying this out, I have a houseful next weekend so it will be an easy one pot wonder. Maple syrup from Wales, have you found out how to boil the sap yet, I could almost drink it out of the bottle.
ReplyDeleteI love Maple syrup but its going to be some years before we have any :-)
DeleteOhh to have the space to plant a selection of trees, I have to admit to being a tad jealous. Having said this my recent allotment is a budding Cider orchard underlayed with a wild flower meadow (well that's the plan), so perhaps I could find room for a couple of small native trees near the hedgeline, something I'll be looking into m'thinks.
ReplyDeleteI dont think you can ever have too many trees I love them all shapes sizes and colours :-)
DeleteI can't remember how long you have been reading my blog for Dawn, but if it has been a while you will know that I love trees, so I am honoured for these to be called Amy's trees!! Your dinner looks delicious too!! Happy Easter!! xx
ReplyDeleteThe willows are called Kev's corner as he put me on to them eventually my Arboretum will be full of bloggers trees :-)
DeleteI've only ever heard of cornbread on the old cowboy movies. Is looks lovely..
ReplyDeleteNow I have the mix made up it will be easy to knock up a batch, I used a duck egg when making up this batch :-)
DeleteWe had a van load of trees wrapped like this and then in corrugated cardboard, they looked so unusual packaged this way, but after only a month in the ground they are all full of buds and the Almond trees are full of blossom, so they obviously don't mind being packed and hauled around like this.
ReplyDeleteI dont mind them arriving like this they are easier for me to handle, I wasnt expecting them to be so tall today is hole digging day :-)
DeleteApparently you will need 10 gallons of sap for one quart of syrup. This estimate is dependent on the sugar content of your sap. That's a lot of sap. Hopefully you get enough for a few pancake breakfasts! I think it would be fabulous if you can get enough to make even a small jar of syrup. I love it.
ReplyDeleteIf I am still blogging in 30years I will let you know how it is :-)
DeleteAmazing. I've thought about planting sigar maples but didn't think they'd do very well here. I'll be keen to see how you get on. How long until you can tap them?
ReplyDeletethey have to be about 40 years old with a trunk of 10 cm in diamter so I not holding my breath on this one :-)
DeleteCan't wait to see them out of the bag! I don't think our winters in Cornwall would be cold enough for sweet sap. Haven't made cornbread for ages, good idea :)
ReplyDeletestill not out of the bag but today they will be :-)
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