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Originally Posted by NevadaRon 

Very nice potatoes! I can't wait to harvest mine. I was thinking it was the purple ones that look almost ready since they are an early variety, right?

 

The beets are Perfected Detroit from Gurney's.

Mine are the first to mature.  My purple sun (purple outside, yellow inside) are maturing fairly early, too.  The fingerlings look like they're going to be latest.  What other variety of potato do you have planted?

Lacy Blues, I LOVE the feathering on the splash.  I can't wait to add her to the flock and see how well her coloring complements everyone else.  That's the artist in me talking... When one is missing, I can immediately tell because the color palette just isn't right.  There's some buff missing... oh yeah, she's broody.  Lol.

The andalusians are named Tapas and Paella.

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Originally Posted by wolftracks 

OK I drank one glass last night and haven't gotten to the first one of the day, but there's a huge difference already. I don't even care if it's in my mind. The pain is so much less. The Atnica gel was helping, but I usually wake up hurting so bad until I rub it in. Still it's been really bad. If it works this good this time, I should be feeling good by tomorrow or tuesday. What an idiot to know it works and wait so long to even do it. That's how much the past 2 years has done me in. And if I hadn't done it before that, Bill would have asked me why I was waiting. Anyway, my shoulder isn't hot like it has been. Hurts, but I can live with this.

glad you're feeling better already. that reminds me, I need to get going on my ACV, too.  My sinuses are bad again today.  

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Originally Posted by NevadaRon 

Thanks for the book link, Kim. I'll definitely be checking that out! Right now I'm on my way to the store to pick up some pickling supplies. Here's my beet harvest.

 

 

 

I pulled the onion just to see how far along it was. Doesn't look like they are there yet. But my potatoes are definitely dying off like you said Missy. Oh, the yellow things are zucchini ends from last night's dinner - they'll be going out to the chickens soon. Here's some zukes I harvested yesterday.

 

 

  looking good!  my mouth is watering thinking about pickled beets.  

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Originally Posted by americanvalkyrie 

I don't grow beets, so I immediately thought those dark bulbs were onions!  I was going to demand what variety you planted!  (What variety did you?  Those are beautiful.)

 

After advising on potato harvest, I got a little overexcited about my own harvest.  I dug up 5 plants, for almost 10lbs of potatoes.  (3 of the plants did extremely well, but 3 grew up in "the strip" where I believe a friend's daughter got bored and sprayed some herbicide before planting.)  The purple potatoes did extremely well.  Good thing we already planned to have roasted potatoes for dinner, because I wasn't careful at ALL when I dug in there.

 

The really big purple ones are from the yellow potato plant I posted a picture of last night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I stayed home from church today and had Russ teach my Sunday School class so I could get caught up on stuff.  I still didn't get as much done as I wanted, but I made 12lbs of goatsmilk-oatmeal-honey soap in 5 fragrances.  I've needed to make that for a couple of months, and wanted to get more in stock for the autumn/winter holidays.  Finally!  

 

The pears are suddenly almost all ripe.  Tomorrow morning I'm going to show some friends how to can, but hopefully that won't take long.  I've done one dehydrator load of pears overnight, but there are a at least 30lbs of perfect, beautiful pears sitting here that won't be that way for very long.

nice potatoes!  sounds like you had a productive day.  I got cleaning done and a bunch of cooking and folded and put away a million loads of laundry. we are good at washing and drying but not so prompt to fold and put away here. 

Sunny, this batch used just my leftover fragrances, so I have no biscotti.  The straight almond scent is really good, but is missing that buttery sweet note.  I made pumpkin pie, almond, black tea (nice and masculine), applejack peel, and a mix of almond/vanilla/chocolate espresso.  The recipe is the same as the last batch, just different fragrances.  I need to order more fragrance!  And yes, this will be available in 6 weeks.  I have a few other bars here, and one is goatsmilk, but not oatmeal or honey.  And I have a few of my vegan recipe, which is just a standard moisturizing bath bar.  I'll PM you price.

And I'm not so sure it's fair that I get an olive egger if you don't have one yet.  Not that I'd turn one down... but yeah, fair is fair.

Elizabeth, sorry about your sinuses.  I'm actually having sinus/allergy problems for the first time ever.  I'm guessing it's something carried in the wind, and I'm hoping it's seasonal.  It's not something I have time for.    I got some Braggs to use as a starter to make more vinegar.  I guess I'll use it for my health, along with some local honey.

Well, looks like I get to stay home all day tomorrow and try to catch up on stuff.  The friends who wanted to learn how to can had to reschedule.  The pears aren't "very" ripe yet, but they're perfect for eating.  So I might try to make the pear butter anyway, just because it's a solid day home.  And a friend gave us a few extra gallons of milk and half-and-half, and I cultured it into yogurt yesterday, so tomorrow I'll make it into pineapple rum flavored frozen yogurt.

It's a $25 version from Walmart, where you put the ice and salt on the sides. I've only used it a few times.

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Originally Posted by americanvalkyrie 

 

Mine are the first to mature.  My purple sun (purple outside, yellow inside) are maturing fairly early, too.  The fingerlings look like they're going to be latest.  What other variety of potato do you have planted?

Purple Viking and one called Gold Rush. I can't find the descriptions of either one on their website (they must be out), but the Gold Rush is not a Yukon Gold, it is a variety of Russet.

Finished pickling the beets. The only snag I ran into was peeling them. I tried several methods and it just wasn't happening - it was taking so long I'd still be doing it. So I decided to just throw them in skins and all. I figure if the pickling doesn't make them soft enough to eat then I can peel them as I'm eating them. If anyone has any suggestions... ?

ETA: That egg picture is awesome Sunny! BTW it sounds like you might be feeling better eh?

Ron, you took them straight from your garden and pickled them the same day.  I think they'll be just fine with the skins on.  If you had purchased them from the store, it would be a totally different story.  I don't peel my garden carrots or potatoes, either.

I grew Purple Viking this year, too.  I got a couple of seed potatoes from Sunny, and planted them in feed sacks in April.  They did great!  And got rather large for being in feed sacks.  These I harvested last night were Purple Majesty, which is deep purple all the way through.  Of all that I bought, this one was the only one that isn't supposed to be good for long-term storage.  Which is fine... we'll eat them up too fast!  I didn't do any russets, but I did Yukon Gold and Yellow Finn.  The area where I planted the Finns just isn't the best area anyway, and will probably need more soil amendments before it can be, so I don't think I can accurately judge that variety when I harvest it.  I do have a couple of seeds in Garden #1, though, which is super good soil.

My daughter is itching for some "Nancy's Quiche" but it's very pricey!  We have eggs coming out our ears.  Does anyone have a yummy quiche recipe they wouldn't mind sharing?