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I was in Best Buy the other day, and they had ZERO coil electric stoves on display. I asked someone to look to see if they even sold them. Yes, but it would take a couple weeks to get one in. $529, which was less than I was expecting. When we replace our 40 year old stove, I will DEMAND that...

I do. Tomatoes, onions, garlic, salt, vinegar, and as many jalapenos and habaneros as hubby wants in it. Chop up the veg in the food processor, then cook it down to desired consistency. Walking into the kitchen will clear your sinuses! Water bath can in pints for ... uh... not sure, 20 minutes?

Oh? I didn't hear about this. Sorry for your troubles and sending positive waves. And hugs! :fl:hugs:fl:hugs

@BReeder! Hey there! :frow How've you been? I'll be digging up some walking onions soon; my "regular" onions are nearly gone.

Oooo! That sounds good! Do you have a recipe? I have a lot of small onions from my harvest. Ping pong ball to golf ball sized.

I baked 3 sweet potatoes. I ate the small one (done first), and while I think it could be sweeter, I'm pleased! This is my second time growing them, but the the first time I've actually gotten any.

I made applesauce out of the wild apples here. I don't know what kind they are, they must be 60-80 years old...? Hubby really likes it. It's just the apples, with enough water added so they don't scorch. No sugar. He adds some sugar and cinnamon when he eats it. He also cut up some of them for...

Oh, those are great dried. But they're $35/half bushel, versus $15 for Empire. I just got a third half bushel to dry. I like to give them as Chirstmas gifts, and I need more!

I've never made raisins, so this may not work. I dried some cherry tomatoes by slicing them in half, and putting the skin side down on the dehydrator trays. They are very tasty, and I wish I'd made more.

I dry apple slices. My favorite to use is Empire. The tart/tangy flavor is fantastic!

I need to do mine! I need to do mine!!!! I got the bed almost done yesterday. I need to put some of the pile of chicken compost I got from my neighbor on it. It's been sitting there all summer long. Some for the garlic, some for the onions, some for the asparagus.

Thanks for the sweet potato info. I checked them earlier, and they're at 70 degrees and 70 RH. Both are too low. :hmm We're having a grey, rainy day, and the green house is just passive heat. I'm hoping that if I can't get it up to the really warm, humid air that I can do a longer time at sort...

Yeah, I was blown away! The size on some of those... :th The first time I tried to grow sweet potatoes, I planted them in my heavy soil garden, thinking they'd like it up on the hill where they get an extra hour or two of sunlight. Nope. I got nada. This time, I planted them in my sandy soil...

Has anyone here grown sweet potatoes? I dug mine yesterday, and they are in the green house now, curing. The water on the (dirt) floor is to raise the humidity. A couple questions... IIRC, they need about 6 days of heat and humidity. How do you know when they're cured? Maybe they get up and...

Ditto on that! I bought a masticating juicer. Love-love-loved the juice it made. Clean up was a real pain. When I got my high speed blender, the juicer went down to the basement and I haven't used it since. I make smoothies instead of juice now. Re: cleaning my Excalibur trays. I take the...

My Excalibur is the only dehydrator I've ever had, so I am a bit biased. :) Another consideration is, how easy are the shelves to remove and clean? Some things (herbs, like basil) don't make much mess. Cherries make a lot of mess, since they're so juicy. Jerky is by far the messiest thing...

Oh, I know how those expenses pop up! HO insurance is April, property taxes are February and September, so at least they aren't all in the same month. This year, we also had to pay for an asbestos inspection and removal and a couple other big things. As far as getting a dehydrator, I can...

Yeah, I ate them as snacks. Thinking about it, I bet they'd be good in a salad. Don't think I'll put them in my oatmeal, though. TSC had one on sale... still $2700. It was the middle size, and I can't remember the brand. I keep thinking I want one. I bet freeze dried cherry tomatoes would be...

I did for exactly these reasons. I think of mine as tomato-raisins and call them "tomaisins," like dried cranberries are Craisins. I cut them in half and dry them skin side down. When you eat them, they're sweeter than the tomatoes were, but don't expect fruit level sweetness.

I tallied it up. 54 quarts of tomatoes 17 pints and 8 half pints of hubby's blowtorch salsa 4 pints, 8 half pints, and 16 3/4 pints of green salsa for me. I need hubby to pick the wild apples for sauce. I might try dehydrating some cherry tomatoes this year. The hybrid plant I bought...