you got it going there gg! nice yellow wax harvest! those white cauliflowers sure look tasty, too!
2023 garden season
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i always think 0-20-0 for spuds...
I have ate pickled beans all my life, got some in brine as we speak. The thing about pickle beans is they are not supposed to last for years, only from season to season. You should have them eaten by the time your next crop comes in. Pressure canning is a whole different deal. I have pressure canned beans still left over from a couple years ago. Now, I dont know all the science behind preserving foods. Air is the killer for beans, pickled beans dont have the acid of other foods. If it gets exposed to the air, it can get infected with botulism spores and turn deadly. Pickled beans has to be kept in a cool place. Pressure canned foods are exposed to high temps and the jars are sealed under a vacuum that prevents exposure to outside bacteria. I pickle beans, corn, okra and tomatoes just about every year. If I plan on keeping them long term. I put the pickled beans in a clean jar with a new lid and place upside down in a water bath canner, with just enough water to make sure the lids are fully submerged, bring to a rolling boil for about 10 minute and then remove from the water and listen for the lids to pop which means they have sealed. When it comes to canning, the Ball canning book is my wifes bible. She water bath cans most everything, from grapes and straw berries, peaches, and apples to pork sausage
my way is a bit slower. but still comes up with delicious tasting DIY tomato juice!
this morning:
our summer garden is coming to an end for another season! with that in mind and some KP duties called for, ie... don't let the excess tomatoes become ripe for compost, i decided to make some homemade tomato juice. been years since i made any. and i had some stuff in refer (KP; veg drawer clean out) that would be good, too. celery, garden carrot left overs, scallions, some onion, even a very ripe cuke! still flavorful. so i got a pot and started with all but the tomatoes. then cut up what i had. had some nice saving for burgers, etc and some still ripening. then cut up all my very ripes and what i had trimmed but not eaten, too. even couple from grocery. i told QB oh, and get some tomatoes, too. lol. she did. 2 
made up a nice batch, tossed in some bay leafs, too. cooked for 30 mins or so. tasted. bit flat. so i seasoned it up a bit. tasted. perfect! 
i plan to use the pulp, too. thinking mite roll in flour and pan fry.
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made up a nice batch, tossed in some bay leafs, too. cooked for 30 mins or so. tasted. bit flat. so i seasoned it up a bit. tasted. perfect! i plan to use the pulp, too. thinking mite roll in flour and pan fry.last night:
not sure how i will use the tomato juice. had a glass this evening. cold. delicious! but we are working on a couple of ideas....
one for sure ~
one for sure ~
Wind night before last wiped out my Pencil Cob corn I had planted here at the house. It was just starting to tassel. Didnt just blow it down but broke it off about have way up the stalk. I have 3 or 4 stalks left I hope will produce enough for seed. I do have two rows planted at my sons house, its tasseling now. My White polific is just now starting to come in, I picked about a dozen ears today. Some of those stalks are 12ft tall. I had to pull the stalks over to reach the ears of corn. Ears over a foot long and 16 rows of kernels per ear. I think by the end of the week I will be over run with corn. We will pick what we need for freezing and pickle a few jars and the rest we will leave to get hard for grinding into corn meal.
would like to see a pix of those and up against a ruler, too!
Didn't say I was going to do it, just asking if it was possible or not.
So I smoked the Hyros paprika peppers for a couple hours and then dehydrated them. Made about four tablespoons of ground paprika.
seems this might fit in here... a freebie, then...
OK, I will take a few pic when I go back to harvest. Surely you dont have doubts as to corn reaching 12ft tall and ears a foot long, or is it the 16rows of kernels per ear.would like to see a pix of those and up against a ruler, too!
Here's a pic of some of mine from 2 years ago. The ear was almost 8' from the ground. The ear was around 16" long. Row count on this variety is around 14.
the biggest red i ever grew, big russet sized was a seed spud under a row of pine needles....
i baked it, and boiled the others...
Morning folks!
Been a while since I updated here! After having some of the lettuce we’ve got on the go, and our Peppers starting to get some heft to em, hopefully be ready soon ! Other than that we never really planted much as time had other things on the schedule to take care of that were of more importance!
Been a while since I updated here! After having some of the lettuce we’ve got on the go, and our Peppers starting to get some heft to em, hopefully be ready soon ! Other than that we never really planted much as time had other things on the schedule to take care of that were of more importance!
Ruler pic as per your request.would like to see a pix of those and up against a ruler, too!
Some of those stalks are over 13ft tall. I videoed the stalk measureings, but for some reason I cant get them sent to post. It was 7ft from the ground to the 1st ear of co
Most of these ears where 10in long after the tips had been cut off.
taters grown in buckets
Tenn Pencil Cob dentcorn, just now starting to tassel. Estimate close to 10ft tall.
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I had white Hickory King one year that got that tall, --- only got a couple ears that survived our wind here but it would have made some great hominy!
IF I had the time I would make some supports of some kind to keep wind from knocking it down and then you would have a chance of going full season with mature corn!
IF I had the time I would make some supports of some kind to keep wind from knocking it down and then you would have a chance of going full season with mature corn!
wish i could grow sweet corn like that! best deal down here currently, this week. is 25-cents an ear... most around 88-cents or more/3! i did grow some corn that tall once... sweet corn said the package... was field corn!
impressive, though! lol
the heat is rather bad here. day after day, triple digits. pine trees suffering or think it's Fall. needles falling galore and no winds! the heat has been affecting my garden, too...
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