Comments on: 12 Ways to Use Abundant Mandarins (fruit & peel) including Homemade Sugar-free Mandarin Chocolate https://ourpermaculturelife.com/12-ways-to-use-abundant-mandarins-fruit-peel-including-homemade-sugar-free-mandarin-chocolate/ Dive into a vast collection of free permaculture resources to help you get your permaculture life and edible gardens thriving with global permaculture educator & ambassador, Morag Gamble. Thu, 02 Jul 2020 01:40:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Karey https://ourpermaculturelife.com/12-ways-to-use-abundant-mandarins-fruit-peel-including-homemade-sugar-free-mandarin-chocolate/#comment-1075 Wed, 11 May 2016 04:00:13 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2016/05/09/12-ways-to-use-abundant-mandarins-fruit-peel-including-homemade-sugar-free-mandarin-chocolate/#comment-1075 I just remembered another addition I'd make to your juice list. I add soda water to juice of one mandarin. It is the flavour fanta is based on, only this is all natural.
I also boil mandarins until peel is soft, then freeze to use out of season. They are ready to use in cooking, including marmalade in this form. You don't need to add liquid to citrus when making marmalade if you do this, giving a lot stronger flavour. It is also easier to remove pips.

]]> By: Morag Gamble https://ourpermaculturelife.com/12-ways-to-use-abundant-mandarins-fruit-peel-including-homemade-sugar-free-mandarin-chocolate/#comment-1078 Tue, 10 May 2016 02:15:33 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2016/05/09/12-ways-to-use-abundant-mandarins-fruit-peel-including-homemade-sugar-free-mandarin-chocolate/#comment-1078 I only prune if the branches are draping too low on the ground fully laden (I trim them after fruiting) and if there is a problem (e.g.: gall wasp). Apart from that I leave them to their own devices. I figure in this environment, they don't need the centre opened for more light – we have so much already. If left alone, I find that the tree naturally branches out in a nice form – they only seem to get tangled when you start messing around with it – in my experience anyway.

]]> By: Morag Gamble https://ourpermaculturelife.com/12-ways-to-use-abundant-mandarins-fruit-peel-including-homemade-sugar-free-mandarin-chocolate/#comment-1079 Tue, 10 May 2016 02:12:33 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2016/05/09/12-ways-to-use-abundant-mandarins-fruit-peel-including-homemade-sugar-free-mandarin-chocolate/#comment-1079 Thanks for sharing Sherri. As well as a few mandarins, I also have a number of other citrus I love – lemonade, tangello, washington navel, blood orange, lime, ruby grapefruit, lemon. I have mostly chosen dwarf varieties so I can squeeze more in.

]]> By: Catherine C https://ourpermaculturelife.com/12-ways-to-use-abundant-mandarins-fruit-peel-including-homemade-sugar-free-mandarin-chocolate/#comment-1080 Tue, 10 May 2016 02:10:03 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2016/05/09/12-ways-to-use-abundant-mandarins-fruit-peel-including-homemade-sugar-free-mandarin-chocolate/#comment-1080 Do u still prune your citrus trees back? And what is the best time of year to do this? I have so many books etc but everyone says different things for different areas. I'm the Northside of bris so close to you kind of. I will make sure to feed all of mine In August and feb now 🙂 just planted comfrey under an orange tree that just never seems to grow so hopefully that helps 🙂

]]> By: Morag Gamble https://ourpermaculturelife.com/12-ways-to-use-abundant-mandarins-fruit-peel-including-homemade-sugar-free-mandarin-chocolate/#comment-1081 Mon, 09 May 2016 21:18:24 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2016/05/09/12-ways-to-use-abundant-mandarins-fruit-peel-including-homemade-sugar-free-mandarin-chocolate/#comment-1081 Thanks Karey – I agree, a mixed marmalade is delicious – it is tucked in the post – somewhere just after number 7 (lots of writing!)

Seville Oranges make such nice marmalade. I think I need to add that to my orchard. My favourite oranges at the moment are my blood orange and a dwarf Washington Navel.

]]> By: Karey https://ourpermaculturelife.com/12-ways-to-use-abundant-mandarins-fruit-peel-including-homemade-sugar-free-mandarin-chocolate/#comment-1082 Mon, 09 May 2016 21:09:21 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2016/05/09/12-ways-to-use-abundant-mandarins-fruit-peel-including-homemade-sugar-free-mandarin-chocolate/#comment-1082 You left out mandarin marmalade. Mandarins mixed with other citrus make marmalade even more delicious. My favourite is mandarins, kumquat and orange (I've got a seville orange in my backyard, along with mandarin)

]]> By: Sherri https://ourpermaculturelife.com/12-ways-to-use-abundant-mandarins-fruit-peel-including-homemade-sugar-free-mandarin-chocolate/#comment-1083 Mon, 09 May 2016 11:13:24 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2016/05/09/12-ways-to-use-abundant-mandarins-fruit-peel-including-homemade-sugar-free-mandarin-chocolate/#comment-1083 I really enjoyed this post. My husband ate the first of our Afourer (Murcott?) crop last night, and I noticed he had one set aside along with two of our home grown passionfruits to take to work today to have with his lunch. We only have the one tree and mandarin is one of my favourite fruits (mango being the other) so I will have to look at planting a mid-season and late-season variety.

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