Gardening, canning, pickling and everything related
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wdaly I may have let a few profane words slip out. Good thing the grandkids weren’t there. 🤬 I’ve nearly gotten over it now. I was about a month ago. At least I didn’t have broken glass and juice to clean up.
Jonesy Would have been dog treats in my house, at least someone would be happy.
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Do you all find one strain of cukes better to use for dills than an other?
I love the chrisp snap of a spicy dill. I make bread and butters.@dennyo I like national pickeling cucumbers
. They seem to stay more crisp. Also to me they have a better flavor even raw. And I eat alot of raw cucumbers. Again just my opinion. -
I’m Done - Did all that Pickling and this happens.
Shelf collapsed in my cabinet.
lkrfletcher man sorry for your loss. That’s alot of work down the drain.
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I’m Done - Did all that Pickling and this happens.
Shelf collapsed in my cabinet.lkrfletcher Ouch! I just now saw this, dang! Sorry man!
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I’m Done - Did all that Pickling and this happens.
Shelf collapsed in my cabinet.lkrfletcher I feel your pain, I definitely would have let at least of few expletives fly. To add insult to injury, you have to clean it up, buy new jars and new shelving.
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I’m Done - Did all that Pickling and this happens.
Shelf collapsed in my cabinet.lkrfletcher Sorry you had that happen. I’ve been there before. It is so easy to underestimate the total weights as you accumulate jars. I began to realize it when I would put 12 filled quarts back into the box the jars came in. First time I picked one up I started to build new shelves.
Keep in mind that a gallon, with jars, will weigh around 15 pounds or so.
I built a separate shelving unit for canning jars and cook books. The weight is way more than normal shelfing could take.
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I’m Done - Did all that Pickling and this happens.
Shelf collapsed in my cabinet.lkrfletcher As long as no one got hurt ! They can be replaced.Feel bad for your loss though
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busted jar on the floor looks like one dilly of a pickle…lol sorry I had to.
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lkrfletcher Sorry you had that happen. I’ve been there before. It is so easy to underestimate the total weights as you accumulate jars. I began to realize it when I would put 12 filled quarts back into the box the jars came in. First time I picked one up I started to build new shelves.
Keep in mind that a gallon, with jars, will weigh around 15 pounds or so.
I built a separate shelving unit for canning jars and cook books. The weight is way more than normal shelfing could take.
Chef - Yup, learned the hard way. Going to have to reinforce them
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GWG8541 I harvested my garlic yesterday, 6/16. It’s been really hot here in Colorado and the bottom 1/3 of the leaves were turning brown. I plant it in late September and usually harvest it around Father’s Day but it was starting to lay down from the heat. This year we only planted 9 varieties, in years past we have planted as many as 20+ varieties.
Bob Stehlik Just now catching up with you guys. Dug the garlic today. Some was a little small so will plant them this fall. Good quantity though.
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Bob Stehlik Just now catching up with you guys. Dug the garlic today. Some was a little small so will plant them this fall. Good quantity though.
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Bob Stehlik Just now catching up with you guys. Dug the garlic today. Some was a little small so will plant them this fall. Good quantity though.
wdaly
Looks good. I planted garlic for the first time this year. Still trying to figure out when they will be ready to harvest. Watched some videos and I think they are almost there. I pulled one and it seems pretty small so going to give them some more time. Would be nice to have a steady supply of garlic around. -
Bob Stehlik Just now catching up with you guys. Dug the garlic today. Some was a little small so will plant them this fall. Good quantity though.
wdaly Looking good. I finished cleaning, trimming & bagging mine on Sunday. I bought some mesh bags and we hang them under the stairs to the basement. Most hold up very well.
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wdaly
Looks good. I planted garlic for the first time this year. Still trying to figure out when they will be ready to harvest. Watched some videos and I think they are almost there. I pulled one and it seems pretty small so going to give them some more time. Would be nice to have a steady supply of garlic around.Surg You want to pull your garlic when the bottom few leaves are turning brown. You should have cut off the scapes by now, if left on they can draw nutrients away from the bulb. You can cut up the scapes and use like chives or pickle them. Go to www.keeneorganics.com. They have a pretty good breakdown on growing garlic from planting to curing and storage. I’m sure you will find it helpful.
Improvise, Adapt and Overcome! Semper Fi
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Surg You want to pull your garlic when the bottom few leaves are turning brown. You should have cut off the scapes by now, if left on they can draw nutrients away from the bulb. You can cut up the scapes and use like chives or pickle them. Go to www.keeneorganics.com. They have a pretty good breakdown on growing garlic from planting to curing and storage. I’m sure you will find it helpful.
Bob Stehlik I was thinking it was when the tops fell over. Or is that the cue for harvesting onions?
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Surg You want to pull your garlic when the bottom few leaves are turning brown. You should have cut off the scapes by now, if left on they can draw nutrients away from the bulb. You can cut up the scapes and use like chives or pickle them. Go to www.keeneorganics.com. They have a pretty good breakdown on growing garlic from planting to curing and storage. I’m sure you will find it helpful.
Bob Stehlik thanks. The ones I planted do not have scapes. Can’t remember if those are the soft neck or hard neck. Definitely plan on planting those with scapes next time around so that I can use them in recipes. Thanks for the website link will definitely check that out as well.
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Bob Stehlik I was thinking it was when the tops fell over. Or is that the cue for harvesting onions?
Ridley Acres Onions will start to droop when they are ready to harvest, but you don’t need to wait that long. You can harvest onions at almost any stage of growth. Naturally the taste will vary as well as the size. Check out the link from keeneorganis.com. It’s out of the Madison area. Under their “How to grow Garlic” tab there is a lot of useful info. They also have planting garlic available. GO BUCKS!!! & BREWERS!!!
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HOT GERMAN DILLS 1QT 1Tbl Pickling Salt 1/8tspred pepper flakes 1/2 tsp pickling spice 2 toes garlic (canned minced alsoworks) 2 slices onion 2 heads of dill (or 2 tsp of dill seed) 1dried chile pepper (or 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper) 1/4 cup white vinegar fill the jar with boiling water put lid & ring on & hand tighten put towel on counter set jars on towel shake up daily if brine gets a little cloudy thats ok eat after 2 wks for lightly sour or 1 month for reg sour My family has done these for close to 100yrs You can also add peppers or carrots if you like to experiment enjoy some times I even drink the juice
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I’m Done - Did all that Pickling and this happens.
Shelf collapsed in my cabinet.lkrfletcher That is terrible. I cannot even begin to imagine what I would do if that happened. Time to switch over to Drink of Choice, I know that much!
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Ridley Acres Onions will start to droop when they are ready to harvest, but you don’t need to wait that long. You can harvest onions at almost any stage of growth. Naturally the taste will vary as well as the size. Check out the link from keeneorganis.com. It’s out of the Madison area. Under their “How to grow Garlic” tab there is a lot of useful info. They also have planting garlic available. GO BUCKS!!! & BREWERS!!!
Bob Stehlik thanks for the link. I’ll give it a read.
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