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Garden doing good and I made some tomato sauce today.went to put it in the chest freezer and …. Oh no ! Everything was thawed ! 😢🫣. Big bag of chicken, tomato sauce lemon lime juice, and bags and bags of mango. Oh no. Chicken and everything else in the trash can, but mango was still cool...

Waiting for hurricane Idalia to start moving so I dug into the freezer. Pulled out about 3-4 lbs of Loquat, about 1 lb of mango and 2 cups of frozen blueberries along with a gallon of Concord grape juice. my tutti-frutti “Idalia” wine. My previous loquat batch tasted better with mango...

its thunderstorm season here in Florida. Had a small issue with the feeezer losing power for a while. Most stuff was still cold or semi frozen but I had to clean it out to drain the defrosted ice. had a lot of frozen mango in the bottom, which is good because none of my trees produced this year...

I‘ve got availability of some cocoplums. I know people make jam with them. Doyou know what they are ? They Grow on a shrub down here and I’m going to see about picking some and freezing… https://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/plants/trees-and-shrubs/shrubs/cocoplum.html

Daughter called and said her big Plumeria shrub fell over in todays rainstorm. “Come save it” So I stood it back up and tied it off and proceeded to de-nude it of blossoms. Came back across the street and checked the few plumeria I had left and sure enough I had enough for a 2 gallon batch...

Cleared some space in the chest freezer. About 5 lbs of loquat and 4 1/2 of mango. In the bucket soaking and thawing. first post hurricane wine. 3 gallon batch.

Well I have enough frozen and fresh passion fruit to start a one gallon batch. This recipe was one of my first and best tasting wines. Added a bit of frozen mango to this batch and will ferment it to a dry wine. Think I’m going to use D47 in this one I’m planning on adding a little fresh juice...

Wife went to put something in the chest freezer and I said, “no room” she sez ‘why is that’ I reply “fruit and steaks and spaghetti sauce“ . she retorts, “you were going to use that fruit up making wine I thought” well guys, happy spouse, happy house. 🍷🥂🍷🥂🍾🤷🏼‍♂️You don’t need to ask me...

Doing the shopping this morning and spotted some nice soft ripe peaches. 2 lbs worth. Got about 6 pounds of mango trimmings out of the freezer.

Well I cleaned out the chest freezer, and there was more than I thought. Actually had 2 bags of frozen passion fruit. So, I’ve got 2.4 lbs of banana 5.6 lbs mango 3.2 lbs passion fruit Almost 11 pounds of fruit. it’s thawing in 1 gallon of water right now. It’s right around 2 gallons. In...

Only got half as much weight as I was hoping for because of the late winter drought. some for family, some for friends, some for us, and some for the freezer to add to this summers mango wine. they’ll go into the pool to kill spiders, and then on lanai table to ripen

Just took 8 1/2 lbs of mango out of the freezer. :r

I think I’m going to make a gallon batch of cranberry wine to blend with my mango. I’m thinking put a few pounds of fresh cranberries through the food mill, and add some cranberry juice to get close to the gallon. Straight cranberry ? Or juice mixture like cranberry grape ? Thoughts ? 🤔

While the loquat clears (for probably 6 more months) and the coconut experiment continues to make new inroads, I’m dreaming of my next batch. It will be mango based, since I’ve got more than enough frozen mango 🥭 from last year and before in the deep freeze. i would like to make a two fruit...

OK. What’s the consensus on how long before bottling to backsweeten. i guess right after final racking when any fine lees are racked off so you can stir in sorbate and simple syrup without needing anything to settle ? Should you then bottle right away ? Wait a day ? 🦩

In another month or so I should have a nice crop of loquats. ihave a couple of questions / concerns. sliced loquats tend to brown easily - will that affect wine color ? How do I avoid it ? since loquats are not a strong flavored fruit,how much should I use for a gallon? And finally, I have...

Have a good friend who Is a fantastic wine maker, violin maker, cabinet maker -you know the type, great at everything he does. Got me started with my first batches of fruit wine. I have a supply in my yard of tropical fruit, so it’s only logical to make the excess into wine. I started with...