Today I managed to mow and my succulents arrived. Boy that cactus looks bad. 
What did you do in the garden today?
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Thanks. I have been too busy with company these past few days, but I hope to maybe have time to try a different canning recipe later this week. I have a couple big gallon bags full of beans in the refrigerator ready to eat/can. Just need some free time to get things done.
Since DH really loved the beans I cooked in the air fryer last night, I'm wondering if I'll be able to talk him into letting me freeze more, or if he'll want to eat them as soon as they're available.
OTOH, it's really good to see him excited about beans. He didn't used to think that they qualified as food. I will definitely plant even more next year!
OTOH, it's really good to see him excited about beans. He didn't used to think that they qualified as food. I will definitely plant even more next year!
Yesterday dh watered for me, bless him, and a whole bunch of other things I couldn't get to. One of our two ac units froze up and I spent the afternoon hiding at the mall. It was 100f again yesterday, and got up to 80 in the rv. Blegh.
Checked the garlic a bit yesterday. No mold, and the bulbs are feeling harder. Need to check and refresh my memory on what comes next. Busy day today though. Laundry, cleaning house, midwife will be over later for appt/home visit. Hence the cleaning, lol. Need to organize baby stuff too. Busy busy.
Checked the garlic a bit yesterday. No mold, and the bulbs are feeling harder. Need to check and refresh my memory on what comes next. Busy day today though. Laundry, cleaning house, midwife will be over later for appt/home visit. Hence the cleaning, lol. Need to organize baby stuff too. Busy busy.
Good morning gardeners. We got some rain overnight and it is now overcast, drizzling at times. only 72F but 93% humidity. Icky! Yesterday was a long day in Boston for more medical appointments. Nothing happened in the garden except a quick walk through and picked a few green beans, some small tomatoes and a cucumber. This morning I dumped one of the 5 gallon bags of potatoes that had nearly completely died back. Only 2 small potatoes. Very disappointed. I'm not sure if I will do potatoes in the grow bags again. However, it could just be the variety of potato. The poblano pepper plant I'm growing in an old feed bag is actually doing quite well. So perhaps next year I'll be putting potatoes in those instead. I finally have a lima bean pod growing 
hopefully there will be many more. The green beans growing in the cucumber bed appear to be slowing down, however, that was a hodgepodge of bush and pole beans and have been producing rather well. I have nearly 2 pounds of beans in the refrigerator that need to be frozen today, no excuses. I much prefer my home grown green beans frozen rather than grocery store frozen beans @Sally PB. I just can't keep up with eating that many beans. I still have some kale, chard and carrots I'm working on so I freeze the beans just because it's easy and they still taste better. Aside from the little potatoes I picked more beans, some cherry tomatoes, a zucchini and two more jalapenos this morning. A quick nod to @WthrLady, as mentioned here before, I pick my tomatoes when they are turning orange. I have found if I wait until they are very red they either split, attract bugs or the chipmunks have a feast at my expense. They finish ripening in one to two days, max on the kitchen counter just sitting in a bowl or basket and still have that fresh flavor you can't find a t the local grocery store. I noticed my San Marzano tomatoes are starting to turn yellow. I'm hopeful they all make it to harvest. Some of them are about 4 inches long and heavy looking. Fortunately no more scheduled appointments next week so if they ripen then I will have time to process them. Time to go and get ready to freeze green beans. Have a great day everyone.
Baby Poblano peppers
Lima bean finally???
The littles finally sleeping on the high roost
hopefully there will be many more. The green beans growing in the cucumber bed appear to be slowing down, however, that was a hodgepodge of bush and pole beans and have been producing rather well. I have nearly 2 pounds of beans in the refrigerator that need to be frozen today, no excuses. I much prefer my home grown green beans frozen rather than grocery store frozen beans @Sally PB. I just can't keep up with eating that many beans. I still have some kale, chard and carrots I'm working on so I freeze the beans just because it's easy and they still taste better. Aside from the little potatoes I picked more beans, some cherry tomatoes, a zucchini and two more jalapenos this morning. A quick nod to @WthrLady, as mentioned here before, I pick my tomatoes when they are turning orange. I have found if I wait until they are very red they either split, attract bugs or the chipmunks have a feast at my expense. They finish ripening in one to two days, max on the kitchen counter just sitting in a bowl or basket and still have that fresh flavor you can't find a t the local grocery store. I noticed my San Marzano tomatoes are starting to turn yellow. I'm hopeful they all make it to harvest. Some of them are about 4 inches long and heavy looking. Fortunately no more scheduled appointments next week so if they ripen then I will have time to process them. Time to go and get ready to freeze green beans. Have a great day everyone.Baby Poblano peppers
Lima bean finally???
The littles finally sleeping on the high roost
For your enjoyment:
I've spent the past week canning and have barely come up for air. I'm getting 20 pounds of tomatoes every 2-3 days. The peas are done. The greenbeans are done. Plum sauce is done. I'm in the middle of jelly. Chicken soup is done. Ground beef and stew meat is done. Chunk and shredded chicken is done. I still need to do sweet corn (it's not quite ripe yet.) And I'll probably do up some beef stew for Chris. Beyond that it's just keeping up with the tomatoes until the frost kills them off. Then I'll just preserve up left overs as they come, spaghetti sauce and such.
Last night I did 10 quarts of chicken soup and this morning I noticed one didn't seal. So I wasn't thinking and dumped it down the drain. It was like that slow motion moment when you lock your keys in the car at the same time you are slamming the door shut. Ya. Shredded chicken down the drain. Of course it clogged the T-joint. I have to unclog it sooner than later, I have 40 pounds of tomatoes on the counter. I can't can without water. I have a cake to bake and dinner to do. SO.....
So here I am with 15 pounds of simmering grapes on the stove (it's a timed thing) and a sink about two inches deep in water, and I have to take the underside apart and clear it. grrrrr.
Then I take it apart only to find the 6qt bowl I've put under the plumbing isn't enough. SO NOW I'm sitting on the floor, with grapes simmering on the stove, a bowl filled to the brim dripping black chicken water onto the old towel I DID have the brains to put under the bowl, and using the flat of my hand to block the pipe from the garbage disposal. OK, NOW WHAT?! (Can you picture this?? It's funny as hell.)
My brain briefly pondered dumping the bowl in the sink. DUH, I can't lift it with one hand while my finger is in the dyke. and oh ya, that water would be going into the broken sink. OK NOW WHAT??? OK need another bowl, pot, anything. Hmmm... So now I'm holding back sludge with the flat of my right hand and turning my body around like some kind of sadistic version of Welcome to Adulting Twister, so that I can reach the pot cabinet opposite the sink on my left, you know the cabinet that holds all my CAST IRON POTS.
I can reach the knob to open the cabinet no problem, but I cannot reach the top of the slide out drawer to pull the 30 pound drawer of iron pots towards me to grab a 6 qt pot. So keeping my hand on the drain hole, I twist more and send my left foot around and up to the lip of the drawer. (God, I'm glad I'm still bendy.)The whole time the timer on the microwave is counting down to turn off the gas for the jelly juice. I snag the drawer, grab the big dutch oven and twist myself and it towards the sink again. Now where to put the damn thing? The other bowl is taking up the room I need and the garbage disposal is in the way. I have to hold the bowl with one hand long enough to get the other away from the hole, then I can two hand it. Geesh, what a smelly mess.get the whole thing drained, and the grey water (literally) dumped down the utility sink in the laundry, and clean the pipes, the cabinet and put the whole thing back together and sanitized. The timer on the jelly juice had 40 seconds to spare. I swept and mopped the floors and dealt with the juice. But for crap sake! Maybe I'll can pizza sauce and salsa tomorrow instead.
I've spent the past week canning and have barely come up for air. I'm getting 20 pounds of tomatoes every 2-3 days. The peas are done. The greenbeans are done. Plum sauce is done. I'm in the middle of jelly. Chicken soup is done. Ground beef and stew meat is done. Chunk and shredded chicken is done. I still need to do sweet corn (it's not quite ripe yet.) And I'll probably do up some beef stew for Chris. Beyond that it's just keeping up with the tomatoes until the frost kills them off. Then I'll just preserve up left overs as they come, spaghetti sauce and such.
Last night I did 10 quarts of chicken soup and this morning I noticed one didn't seal. So I wasn't thinking and dumped it down the drain. It was like that slow motion moment when you lock your keys in the car at the same time you are slamming the door shut. Ya. Shredded chicken down the drain. Of course it clogged the T-joint. I have to unclog it sooner than later, I have 40 pounds of tomatoes on the counter. I can't can without water. I have a cake to bake and dinner to do. SO.....
So here I am with 15 pounds of simmering grapes on the stove (it's a timed thing) and a sink about two inches deep in water, and I have to take the underside apart and clear it. grrrrr.
Then I take it apart only to find the 6qt bowl I've put under the plumbing isn't enough. SO NOW I'm sitting on the floor, with grapes simmering on the stove, a bowl filled to the brim dripping black chicken water onto the old towel I DID have the brains to put under the bowl, and using the flat of my hand to block the pipe from the garbage disposal. OK, NOW WHAT?! (Can you picture this?? It's funny as hell.)
My brain briefly pondered dumping the bowl in the sink. DUH, I can't lift it with one hand while my finger is in the dyke. and oh ya, that water would be going into the broken sink. OK NOW WHAT??? OK need another bowl, pot, anything. Hmmm... So now I'm holding back sludge with the flat of my right hand and turning my body around like some kind of sadistic version of Welcome to Adulting Twister, so that I can reach the pot cabinet opposite the sink on my left, you know the cabinet that holds all my CAST IRON POTS.
I can reach the knob to open the cabinet no problem, but I cannot reach the top of the slide out drawer to pull the 30 pound drawer of iron pots towards me to grab a 6 qt pot. So keeping my hand on the drain hole, I twist more and send my left foot around and up to the lip of the drawer. (God, I'm glad I'm still bendy.)The whole time the timer on the microwave is counting down to turn off the gas for the jelly juice. I snag the drawer, grab the big dutch oven and twist myself and it towards the sink again. Now where to put the damn thing? The other bowl is taking up the room I need and the garbage disposal is in the way. I have to hold the bowl with one hand long enough to get the other away from the hole, then I can two hand it. Geesh, what a smelly mess.get the whole thing drained, and the grey water (literally) dumped down the utility sink in the laundry, and clean the pipes, the cabinet and put the whole thing back together and sanitized. The timer on the jelly juice had 40 seconds to spare. I swept and mopped the floors and dealt with the juice. But for crap sake! Maybe I'll can pizza sauce and salsa tomorrow instead.
Thank you for sharing.
I felt we all needed a good giggle this morning, even I found it funny.
Birdsonghill
Crowing
I have used rugs ,many years ago and grew great crops with few weeds. However, slugs, mice, snakes and other things loved the rugs as well. That was not the biggest problem ,however! After several years the rugs began to deteriorate and finally, the roots and weeds caused the rug to be very difficult to remove and it came apart. In fact strands of the synthetic fibers still tangle my tiller or rakes, 25 years later. I have spent hours and hours over years removing the fibers from one of my gardens. That was my fault, for not discarding the rug after the first season or two! Best wishes for your gardens!
Got home about 4AM this morning. We had been in NJ for 4 days for my niece’s wedding. Then got delayed in Chicago apart for 7 hours.
Anyway, I checked the garden when I got up today. I picked 5 fairly big zucchini, a couple of handfuls of green beans, a lot of cherry tomatoes, 10 or so jalapeños, 2 cucumbers,and 1 slicing tomato. Got finished just before the rain came roaring in. Also found 2 tomato horn worms. As well as tons of eggs on the leaves of the zucchini plants. I too just tear holes in the leaves. I throw the leaves in the chicken coop hoping the chickens will eat them. But I don’t know if they are eating them or not.
Anyway, I checked the garden when I got up today. I picked 5 fairly big zucchini, a couple of handfuls of green beans, a lot of cherry tomatoes, 10 or so jalapeños, 2 cucumbers,and 1 slicing tomato. Got finished just before the rain came roaring in. Also found 2 tomato horn worms. As well as tons of eggs on the leaves of the zucchini plants. I too just tear holes in the leaves. I throw the leaves in the chicken coop hoping the chickens will eat them. But I don’t know if they are eating them or not.
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