Thank you for sharing the recipe John. It sounds wonderful. I may try it out with the few calamondin I have left of the last batch. I did not use many this year and they went to waste :(.

I hope you like it....blueberries are in season here and locals are stocking up! I'm not sure why my sister-in-law included the cranberries but the jam was really tasty. I had a bumper crop of calamondins this year and I'm also loosing quite a few to just not having enough things to do or not making the time to use them. Turns out that my sister-in-law has been a great person to share calamondins with since she's very resourceful in the kitchen. Her calamondinade proportions are also very much on target. She uses one cup calamondin juice, four cups water, and sugar to taste....I think 1/2 cup? It tastes and smells just like those orange popsicles we used to get as kids....I think it was an orange flavored Dreamsicle?

Someone she shared some of the calamondins on to cut some in half and placed the halves face down on....I think it was baked fish....while it was in the oven.

This is not calamondin-related but my two mature Satsuma orange trees are taking a vacation this year, skipping fruit and concentrating on foliage. They were looking a little worn out this spring so I'm happy they look so good now but will miss the fruit. The good news is that the blood orange looks like is taking up part of the slack. It has somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 green fruit on it now. About three years ago I was wondering if I would ever get fruit off that tree. I was about ready to give it the John Merr shock treatment :>)

John, I’m glad your blood orange looks good. I remember you asking about it a while back. I was thinking of giving a fig tree I’ve had for probably ten years the John M threat of putting an ax next to it ;). It is huge and has NEVER produced fruit. My other figs are loaded - including the one I sent you :). I figure when I get tired of eating them, I’ll freeze them whole for smoothies.

John, I’ll look up that book. Thanks for the suggestion about the fig. I think it’s a black mission fig and has been a total mystery. Maybe the ax by the trunk will do the trick lol

Here's a pic...I just don’t get it.

Wow, that's a gorgeous tree, even if it is freeloading! I'm not used to seeing the leaves so deeply incised. I'm sure you have done your research but you have to wonder if your seasons are off for that particular fig's needs. I wonder if you could make it produce if it were under stress.....yes, the ax might just be the ticket!

The Peter's honey fig has a totally different timer for fall leaf drop as compared with my Celeste. The honey fig held its leaves into January (but this past winter was REALLY mild) and I think my Celeste drops leaves around October/November, early fall here. By the way, your gift keeps giving. I have air layered off two secondary sprouts that grew from the cutting you shared. Now I have one very shapely tree I'm leaving where I planted the cutting and two others in pots. One of those is going to a local horticulture staffer's home. She helps manage a very nice local park/garden and wanted a Peter's honey fig for her own yard. I will try to include an updated photo of the tree. I should share some citrus photos and, as most of you, I have non-citrus I sometimes include. When you page through a recipe book, it's interesting to see that loooots of recipes have other fruit as the focus but there is frequently some kind of citrus added, even if only a teaspoon of lemon juice.