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  1. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Cool here too but I just closed up all the windows. It's 75 outside, 69 indoors. Figured I'd keep the cool trapped inside. I pruned the cucumber vines, something I've never done before and I hope it works. I wrapped another (higher) loop of wire around my growing tomato plants to keep them...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I pruned my cucumbers this morning. Should've started pruning weeks ago because they were a jumbled mess. I'm giving them a good, long watering with the drip irrigation to help them get over the shock. Looks like the dam neighbor's cat is crapping between the cukes and zuchs.
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    Preserving Your Harvest

    Thanks!
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    Preserving Your Harvest

    I made some with a couple cabbages too.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I chopped the cabbage on the coarse side today, larger chunks so there's less chance of them floating to the top. Didn't take long to do it with my big chef's knife.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I made a batch of sauerkraut today with cabbage from the garden. Didn't you make some Penny Jo?
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    What did you do in the garden today?

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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Chopped the cabbages, weighed them out, added salt and have it macerating in a big bowl for a few hours to pull out the water. Then it goes into the fermenter. 1500 grams cabbage 35 grams salt @ ~ 2.35% salt concentration I found 3 pea-size slugs hidden in the cabbage leaves. Hope I found them...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    You might have one of these laying around somewhere. A female garden hose fitting would work as well as the drip irrigation fitting I used. And the hose end valve is nice to have but you could just set the flow rate at the hose bib and skip the additional valve. If I remember correctly I had to...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Picked cabbages for making kraut this morning.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    My zucchinis are doing the opposite. I'm getting female flowers with fruit but there've been no male flowers opening yet. I see small, green male flowers that should start opening within the coming week. I picked 3 more baby squash with blossoms this morning, probably have them for breakfast...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    I made it from things I already had on hand... a hose-end valve, a drip irrigation fitting and a section of straight 1/2" pex pipe. No fancy spray fitting on the end, just a straight tube with flow rate adjusted by using the valve.
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    Preserving Your Harvest

    I have some cabbages I need to do the same with tomorrow.
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    Open Contest Outdoor Garden Show—2025 BYC Summer Fair

    Entry 4... Brassicas and lettuce in raised bed.
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    Open Contest Outdoor Garden Show—2025 BYC Summer Fair

    Entry 3... Cabbages.
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    Open Contest Outdoor Garden Show—2025 BYC Summer Fair

    Entry 2. Red Russian hardneck garlic hanging to dry and cure on the back porch.
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    Open Contest Outdoor Garden Show—2025 BYC Summer Fair

    Wow, what gives? I clicked to watch this thread a while back but never got any notifications. Found it in the New Posts section... Anyway... entry 1. Beets.
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    Would you enter?

    Yep, I have lots of pics like these from last fall and will have more in the coming months.
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    Helpful hints for building coops

    You'd think squirrels are vegan too, but they're actually omnivores. I imagine a ground hog would eat protein too if it felt the need.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I caved and dropped the thermostat temp down to 79. It feels great inside compared to the great outdoors. Filled the feed bowl for the old hens and chicks.
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