Gardening, canning, pickling and everything related
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Surg Looks like some great tomatoes from the Garden State. There is a reason for that I found out a long time ago & I know you are proud of them. It has mostly gotten too hot & humid here for them. Our San Marzanos just never produced enough at one time to make that sauce this year. The others were just about right for a tomato or two a day for two months & that was about it. Now we have to watch them carefully.
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kyle It took me a year or two to really get my HR established. I’ve had it for over 25 years. As YooperDog says, keep it contained/under control or it will get out of control. I have found that harvesting in the Fall; mid-October, seems to be the best time for my HR, less fibrous/woody. As you undoubtedly know that Eau Claire, WI is the HR capital of the World. Silver Spring is located there. The Milwaukee J-S just had a story about the family that started the farm and company. Nothing like a good snoot full of strong HR to clear your head. We always had it on the table for Sunday morning breakfast after Mass for our fresh Kielbasa or Polish sausage with hard rolls.
Bob Stehlik thanks for the info. I will have to figure out where to put it. whats the best thing to use to contain it? Maybe sections of a barrel or similar.
hey vegetarians, my food poops on your food!
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kyle, YooperDog is right about the growth. I grow mine in a raised bed to control it. You can toss in other herbs or annuals nearby if you like. Like Bob Stehlik mentioned it takes a few seasons to get it rolling. It can be harvested in fall or early spring.
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Ridley Acres I wear a glove most of the time (when I remember) when picking and processing. Also gotta be careful rinsing the dishes out after with hot water. Have choked myself and the fam a few times.
Surg nothing like homemade pepper gas.
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YooperDog I put out a mushroom bed about 7 months ago.I had a small flush last week to get a little taste.I had always wanted to do it so gave it a shot. Hopefully i does ok.
RON PARRISH what kind of mushrooms are you growing here in our neck of the woods?
“You never really die until you end up on the wall at a Cracker Barrel”
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RON PARRISH what kind of mushrooms are you growing here in our neck of the woods?
Working on some Chipotle’s sliced and whole.
“You never really die until you end up on the wall at a Cracker Barrel”
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Bob Stehlik thanks for the info. I will have to figure out where to put it. whats the best thing to use to contain it? Maybe sections of a barrel or similar.
Wife just picked a little over a bushel of green and wax beans tonight. -
Bob Stehlik thanks for the info. I will have to figure out where to put it. whats the best thing to use to contain it? Maybe sections of a barrel or similar.
kyle You can use a 10/15 gal tree bucket and drill some holes in the bottom for drainage. That’s what I used many years ago. However no guarantees! Mine still spread.
Improvise, Adapt and Overcome! Semper Fi
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kyle You can use a 10/15 gal tree bucket and drill some holes in the bottom for drainage. That’s what I used many years ago. However no guarantees! Mine still spread.
Bob Stehlik thanks. I have a lot of steel barrels and a backhoe, maybe I will bury one, but leave a foot or two sticking up. We did that at my parents for bamboo and it seemed to contain it.
hey vegetarians, my food poops on your food!
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Bob Stehlik thanks. I have a lot of steel barrels and a backhoe, maybe I will bury one, but leave a foot or two sticking up. We did that at my parents for bamboo and it seemed to contain it.
kyle Should be a piece of cake for you. I had to go to a tree nursery and buy a used tree bucket and then dig the hole manually! HR propagates through root growth, so I don’t think you would have to leave much more than 6” above ground.
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RON PARRISH what kind of mushrooms are you growing here in our neck of the woods?
GWG8541 I have oysters and shitaki
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50 pounds of cabbage now, In 3-5 weeks sauerkraut. Cabbage got done way early this year in the garden. Made pigs in a blanket (cabbage rolls) last night for supper.kyle Looks great. I don’t grow my own cabbage but I do make kraut every year.
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kyle My HR bed has been in for 20 yrs now and has spread to twice the size. I harvest in fall but from different sides of bed every other year.I also re bury the heads and they will re grow
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bocephus I didnt grow my cabbage either back when we would do 250 pounds. We could buy it so cheap it wasn’t worth growing. Now that I only do 50 pounds, and with prices going up on everything, I started growing it.
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kyle My HR bed has been in for 20 yrs now and has spread to twice the size. I harvest in fall but from different sides of bed every other year.I also re bury the heads and they will re grow
RON PARRISH sounds like I have a lot to learn before I plant it
hey vegetarians, my food poops on your food!
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RON PARRISH sounds like I have a lot to learn before I plant it
kyle Just put in where it has lots of room.You cant kill it . it just keeps going like energizer bunny!
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Surg - These are so good.
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GWG8541 I have oysters and shitaki
RON PARRISH
Salsa and dilly beans last night
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