Gardening, canning, pickling and everything related
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calldoctoday I grew up with my grandparents in my great-grandfathers farm house my grandfather was born in 1896 my grandmother was born in 1893 she taught in one room school houses my grandfather was home birthed in the house and died in the garden at 81 yrs. old I would not trade this experience for anything I feel lucky to have this past even though I was born in 1960
craigrice That was indeed a wonderful experience. One of my grandfathers was born in 1867 (I believe I have that right) & the other & grandmothers in 1903 or so. There were some really wonderful stories to hear from all those good folks that I cannot even come close to telling.
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through it all it gives me a unique outlook on things that most my age cannot understand
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through it all it gives me a unique outlook on things that most my age cannot understand
craigrice you were a blessed man in my book.
“You never really die until you end up on the wall at a Cracker Barrel”
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GWG8541 you have good looking crops now he hot work begins just think of the old timers doing the canning on an old wood burning cook stove in the summer !
craigrice my grandad died at 99. I can remember pulling up at his house in Tennessee when he was 90 and he was out in the August sun working the garden. I cant hold a candle to him or my dad. I lost Dad a year ago August 29th at 91 years. He was gardening until the end. I harvested his tomatoes last year and gave them to friends and family. I was lucky to have the family I have. Great parents, grandparents and many aunts and uncles that set the bar high.
“You never really die until you end up on the wall at a Cracker Barrel”
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craigrice my grandad died at 99. I can remember pulling up at his house in Tennessee when he was 90 and he was out in the August sun working the garden. I cant hold a candle to him or my dad. I lost Dad a year ago August 29th at 91 years. He was gardening until the end. I harvested his tomatoes last year and gave them to friends and family. I was lucky to have the family I have. Great parents, grandparents and many aunts and uncles that set the bar high.
Tonight’s addition
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GWG8541 Great looking tomatoes!
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I still remember picking corn, tomatoes, zucchini, and melons in my family’s little garden. Life was so much slower then.
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I still remember picking corn, tomatoes, zucchini, and melons in my family’s little garden. Life was so much slower then.
samspade
Tried lkrfletcher cowboy candy recipe. would have looked better in small jelly jars but turned out great -
calldoctoday I grew up with my grandparents in my great-grandfathers farm house my grandfather was born in 1896 my grandmother was born in 1893 she taught in one room school houses my grandfather was home birthed in the house and died in the garden at 81 yrs. old I would not trade this experience for anything I feel lucky to have this past even though I was born in 1960
craigrice I was born in 1956, but was fortunate enough to be very close to my grandparents and even when very young, to my great grandparents. They taught me so much, not just skills that I used throughout my life, but a value system that is loss today.
As you, I feel very bless to have had them in my life. I still use so many of the tools from my grandfather and kitchen stuff from my grandmother. The skills I learned transended gender, I was as comfortable making a wedding cake or sewing as I was pulling an engine or tearing into electronics.
I get to see them live on not only through the things I do and equipment I use, but also through some of the traits of my daughter. While I adopted her, she cherishes much of my past and upbringing.
What remains is passing this on to my grandchildren.
I love the skills, talents, and values of the Meatgistics crew. Many of us are a link to the past while building the furture.
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samspade
Tried lkrfletcher cowboy candy recipe. would have looked better in small jelly jars but turned out greatRON PARRISH This is a great recipe. A thanks to lkrfletcher for posting it.
Insure our past and preserve our heritage and lets keep posting our recipes for furture generations. We can’t take them to the grave…
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I remember getting sweet corn by the bushel and slicing off the cob for canning. We had a bunch of small Tupperware containers that were stacked in the freezer, I never thought I would do that again but I love the sweet corn that way in the winter. Also going to my uncles and processing chickens that he raised, plucked a lot of chickens with my brothers one Saturday in the fall.
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craigrice my grandad died at 99. I can remember pulling up at his house in Tennessee when he was 90 and he was out in the August sun working the garden. I cant hold a candle to him or my dad. I lost Dad a year ago August 29th at 91 years. He was gardening until the end. I harvested his tomatoes last year and gave them to friends and family. I was lucky to have the family I have. Great parents, grandparents and many aunts and uncles that set the bar high.
GWG8541 I am very sorry to hear of that, but glad to hear that they both lived a wonderful life. We lost my last grandfather about 35years ago & my last grand mother who lived to be nearly 100 about 20 years ago. Both my parents have been gone in person now for many years as well. They just don’t make us like that any more, no matter how hard we try. Those folks were a whole lot of good things, all bundled up into one.
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samspade
Tried lkrfletcher cowboy candy recipe. would have looked better in small jelly jars but turned out great -
This is just from yesterday. Time for some cooking and canning. Had about the same amount of beans the day before.
GWG8541 Heck Yeah! Those will be great!
Life is a Garden - Dig it.
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GWG8541 Heck Yeah! Those will be great!
The work begins
“You never really die until you end up on the wall at a Cracker Barrel”
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GWG8541 but its a fun kind of work. I did 9 qts of dill pickles this morning. Cucumbers are just starting. The wife has picked over 2 bushel of beans. We still have so many canned from last year, we are giving most away. Just eating what we can fresh, but making a lot of other people happy.
hey vegetarians, my food poops on your food!
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GWG8541 but its a fun kind of work. I did 9 qts of dill pickles this morning. Cucumbers are just starting. The wife has picked over 2 bushel of beans. We still have so many canned from last year, we are giving most away. Just eating what we can fresh, but making a lot of other people happy.
kyle I find it more a blessing to give than to receive.
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GWG8541 but its a fun kind of work. I did 9 qts of dill pickles this morning. Cucumbers are just starting. The wife has picked over 2 bushel of beans. We still have so many canned from last year, we are giving most away. Just eating what we can fresh, but making a lot of other people happy.
kyle I’ve been giving a lot of tomatoes away. Chef is right, giving something that you have invested your time and treasure in, means a lot. Here is the final product of the tomatoes today. 4 quarts and 11 pints of marinara.
“You never really die until you end up on the wall at a Cracker Barrel”
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And some hot pepper vinegar
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