Gardening, canning, pickling and everything related
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Definitely going straight to fall. 39 degrees here this morning and the squash plant are all telling me they are done pretty much. Some of my pumpkins have been orange for a month. I went out and brought in about 2/3 of them today so the grandkids can come get the ones they had picked out. Hunter, the dog in the picture and my helper weighs over 70 pounds and the one pumpkin outweighs him by at least 10 pounds. He’s also my squirrel dog, he protects the walnuts, when my pellet pistol is off duty. I have another in my compost bin that might get heavier it we don’t get a frost.
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Definitely going straight to fall. 39 degrees here this morning and the squash plant are all telling me they are done pretty much. Some of my pumpkins have been orange for a month. I went out and brought in about 2/3 of them today so the grandkids can come get the ones they had picked out. Hunter, the dog in the picture and my helper weighs over 70 pounds and the one pumpkin outweighs him by at least 10 pounds. He’s also my squirrel dog, he protects the walnuts, when my pellet pistol is off duty. I have another in my compost bin that might get heavier it we don’t get a frost.
johnsbrewhouse Wow, that is amazing! You could charge for admission with that kind of bounty. You don’t see those posts done right very often. Good job everywhere.
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johnsbrewhouse Wow, that is amazing! You could charge for admission with that kind of bounty. You don’t see those posts done right very often. Good job everywhere.
calldoctoday The post are done right because I had to do them myself after the contractor walked away when I confronted him about how he didn’t do them right first time. Had to dig and pour 12 piers and replaced all the posts along with re-leveling the roof that was 1 1/4" lower from side to side. I ended up suing him for his bond. Thanks for the compliment, most people don’t even notice except my friend who is a structural engineer and did the engineering.
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johnsbrewhouse Wow, that is amazing! You could charge for admission with that kind of bounty. You don’t see those posts done right very often. Good job everywhere.
calldoctoday With nine grandkids it’s a battle to who gets what. It’s first come first serve when they come out and pick a pumpkin out. All of the three granddaughters that are all 11 always want the biggest one, the youngest of those three managed to get here first this time and pick out the big one.
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calldoctoday With nine grandkids it’s a battle to who gets what. It’s first come first serve when they come out and pick a pumpkin out. All of the three granddaughters that are all 11 always want the biggest one, the youngest of those three managed to get here first this time and pick out the big one.
johnsbrewhouse They all have some good choices, both large & small & colorful.
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calldoctoday The post are done right because I had to do them myself after the contractor walked away when I confronted him about how he didn’t do them right first time. Had to dig and pour 12 piers and replaced all the posts along with re-leveling the roof that was 1 1/4" lower from side to side. I ended up suing him for his bond. Thanks for the compliment, most people don’t even notice except my friend who is a structural engineer and did the engineering.
johnsbrewhouse That is sad. Don’t get me started tonight. I am still stuck in the office writing.
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johnsbrewhouse That is sad. Don’t get me started tonight. I am still stuck in the office writing.
calldoctoday Hope things get done soon for you, it’s late there. Enjoy your Sunday.
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calldoctoday Hope things get done soon for you, it’s late there. Enjoy your Sunday.
johnsbrewhouse Thanks, lot’s more on Sunday this week. Wish we could get some of that cool weather down here though, still in the low 90’s & 80’s with 300% humidity. Dropped down into the 60’s for just a few days, just a tease, a few weeks ago. Have a great weekend, enjoy them grand kids.
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Frozen morning here this morning. Had a hard freeze at 28 degrees. Covered the pepper plants yesterday along with what’s left of the tomatoes. So much for the squash’s and two pumpkins that were left. I’ll be out today pulling plants and putting them in the compost bin and putting the raised beds to bed for winter.
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Frozen morning here this morning. Had a hard freeze at 28 degrees. Covered the pepper plants yesterday along with what’s left of the tomatoes. So much for the squash’s and two pumpkins that were left. I’ll be out today pulling plants and putting them in the compost bin and putting the raised beds to bed for winter.
johnsbrewhouse Always a sad time of year for me.
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Canned homemade pizza sauce this morning. I dont grow tomatoes tho, so I start with canned store bought puree.hey vegetarians, my food poops on your food!
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Canned 10 lbs of potatoes today. Have another batch in the dehydrator. Great way to warm up the house on a chilly windy day. -
Canned homemade pizza sauce this morning. I dont grow tomatoes tho, so I start with canned store bought puree.kyle I can mine in the same size jars and the club stores sell the sauce for less than you can produce it yourself ,just taste to find the salt content some are more than others , if it is to salty I use lemon juice to equalize it
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kyle I can mine in the same size jars and the club stores sell the sauce for less than you can produce it yourself ,just taste to find the salt content some are more than others , if it is to salty I use lemon juice to equalize it
craigrice I got the recipe from a buddy who used to own a bar. When he bought the bar, he had to pay for the recipe from the previous owner. The place was known for its pizza. Since I started making it, store bought sauce just dont cut it anymore. Buying the puree is just so much easier and cheap
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Canned 10 lbs of potatoes today. Have another batch in the dehydrator. Great way to warm up the house on a chilly windy day.wdaly I am going to try canning taters this weekend. I was going to use the recipe out of the ball blue book. You boil them for like 10 minutes, hot pack them with water and salt, process for 40 minutes at I think 10 pounds. Does that sound about right? Or do you have a better way
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Canned homemade pizza sauce this morning. I dont grow tomatoes tho, so I start with canned store bought puree.kyle looks like that might get you through the winter. Looks great.
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I do mine about the same way. I put my cut taters in water, put it on the stove and apply the heat. Once the water comes to a boil, I boil for two minutes then go back to the Ball book. Just like packing the jars with a little sturdier potato. I’m about 3500 feet so I pressure cook at 12#.
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Canned 10 lbs of potatoes today. Have another batch in the dehydrator. Great way to warm up the house on a chilly windy day.wdaly we have never canned potatoes. Very interesting thanks for posting.
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I do mine about the same way. I put my cut taters in water, put it on the stove and apply the heat. Once the water comes to a boil, I boil for two minutes then go back to the Ball book. Just like packing the jars with a little sturdier potato. I’m about 3500 feet so I pressure cook at 12#.
wdaly do they soften up then after processing. I think it would be nice to just heat them up and eat them for a quick meal camping or at the hunting shack
hey vegetarians, my food poops on your food!
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wdaly do they soften up then after processing. I think it would be nice to just heat them up and eat them for a quick meal camping or at the hunting shack
kyle They do soften up but are still pretty versatile. I like having canned items to take in the camper to save refrigerator room. These make great potato soup or fried potatoes.
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