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[WendyGeisler]

Wahoo!
Thanks for posting the Carmel Apple Jam, I just got 2 cases of apples today and have been wondering what else to make besides applesauce.
I wanted to mention for those that were interested in bee keeping, that I took a class on Saturday at Venatucci farms on bee keeping. The class
cost 10 dollars and was about 2 hours long. It was very informative and gave everyone lots of information to getting in touch with the Pikes Peak
Bee Association. I am definitely going to try bees in the spring

 

[Minchi]

Pozee, Since you got no other replies, I searched the canning thread. Didn't find Caramel Apple Pie Jam, but I found this:

Caramel Apple Jam

6 cups peeled, cored chopped apples, gala works good (I took a stick blender to them in the pot after they cooked a bit)
Juice of 1/2 a lemon
1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 cups brown sugar
3 cups white sugar
1 package powdered pectin

Heat the apples, water, lemon and cinnamon on medium heat about 20 minutes or until soft. Add pectin bring to a boil, add sugar and bring back to a boil for 1 minute. Ladle into sterilized jars and water bath for 15 minutes on pints.


Then I found this one on google. (Sorry I just can't stop myself from searching.) Basically the same.

Carmel Apple Pie Jam

* 6 cups diced peeled apples (1/8-inch cubes)
* 1/2 cup water (or apple juice)
* 1/2 teaspoon butter (optional)
* 1 package (1-3/4 ounces) powdered fruit pectin
* 3 cups sugar
* 2 cups packed brown sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions:

In a Dutch oven, combine the apples, water and butter. Cook and stir over low heat until apples are tender, about 10-12 minutes. Stir in pectin and bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly. Add the sugars, cinnamon and nutmeg and return to a rolling boil. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; skim off foam. Carefully ladle hot mixture into hot half-pint jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles; wipe rims and adjust lids. Process for 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner. Makes 9 pint jars!

Sorry started work again and it is kicking my ***. Those might be worth looking in to but I just took apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and a bag of carmels. I also use the same amount of sugar as I would if it were just apples. It is a little on the sweet side but I think it worked.


Great news about Beth, I will keep my fingers crossed for chemo.

 

[mickey328]

I had not heard of this - will you be checking it out and reporting back to us?

I'm scheduled to work Sat morning but I'm going to see if I can find anyone to trade shifts with me. If I get to go, we'll take pix and I'll give you a full report!

 

[Pozees]

Sorry started work again and it is kicking my ***. Those might be worth looking in to but I just took apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and a bag of carmels. I also use the same amount of sugar as I would if it were just apples. It is a little on the sweet side but I think it worked.


Great news about Beth, I will keep my fingers crossed for chemo.

Thanks - totally understand the adjustment period. If I am reading correctly you didn't use water or pectin, correct?

 

[Minchi]

Oh yea, I use the liquid pectin, stupid fried brain. Just not water.

I miss visiting with my girls during the day.

 

[gardendufus]

GLW seems to be fine, it's me that's being punished by the separation. Every time I want to gather eggs, I have to close her into the run, remove the fencing I put up in the coop, gather the eggs, refill the feeder, put the fencing back up. Sheesh.

And I can't make the pathway into the garden until I let them back together again.

Anyone know anything about pumpkins? Everything else is out of my garden, we are due a frost tonight. Should I pick them all or are they OK through a light frost.

 

[kmatt87]

Just got the blood lab results......... Beth's Kidney function is back to normal!!!

Now to schedule chemo.....

thats fantastic!

Hopefully this round of chemo goes smoothly

 

[coloradogal]

easter egger anomaly

I had to isolate another of my almost ready to lay easter eggers yesterday. this is a different line (not wendel's #1) than my other one. I found her in the coop yesterday doing that weazing breathing thing that my other one did. I did the same treatment I did last time... take some activated oxine and give it to her in a diluted form... 3 drops with a 1 to 100 dilution and put her in a room with a humidifier with activate oxine in the water and closed her up overnight. Before I do that, I hold her to the warm steam and let her breathe it for a few minutes. I then put her in the carrier and let her rest. I restrict her food to kefir cheese because it has awesome probiotics and let her rest.

Today, she is fine. I'll keep her in there another few hours before I let her out. I may do a quick dewormer as a preventative but am not sure yet

I've never had this issue with any other breed of chicken. I don't even know what the problem is exactly. If I go online with these symptoms, they say it is a severe respiratory infection and to get her seen immediately. but this is the second time I've had an easter egger do this and both times, doing what I do brings about significant improvement in hours. surely a severe respiratory infection can't go away that quickly can it?

Also, if it were a respiratory issue, wouldn't i have other hens with issues? I hear no other hens with any congestion sounds. Tonight and for the next 7 days, I'll do an oxine treatment at night just to make sure but I don't hear anything out of the ordinary. The poo is starting to firm up but it's still softer than I'd like. The weazer ee's poo looks fine.

I guess I'm thinking it's just something weird with the breed? I guess if I wanted to do a control, if another one has it happen, I could let it take its course but suspect if I did that, eventually the hen would just die from the exhaustion. Labored breathing is hard on the hen when it goes on for hours and hours.

anyhoo, just passing along something I've noticed from my flock.

 

[Mtn Margie]

GLW seems to be fine, it's me that's being punished by the separation. Every time I want to gather eggs, I have to close her into the run, remove the fencing I put up in the coop, gather the eggs, refill the feeder, put the fencing back up. Sheesh.

And I can't make the pathway into the garden until I let them back together again.

Anyone know anything about pumpkins? Everything else is out of my garden, we are due a frost tonight. Should I pick them all or are they OK through a light frost.

They will be okay through a frost, but a hard freeze will start the rotting process and they won't last.

 

[mynamesjenelle]

GLW seems to be fine, it's me that's being punished by the separation.  Every time I want to gather eggs, I have to close her into the run, remove the fencing I put up in the coop, gather the eggs, refill the feeder, put the fencing back up.  Sheesh.

And I can't make the pathway into the garden until I let them back together again.

Anyone know anything about pumpkins?  Everything else is out of my garden, we are due a frost tonight.  Should I pick them all or are they OK through a light frost.

We picked our pumpkins a few weeks ago. They keep well for a long time as long as you keep them dry. We actually had a big white one in the foyer that we picked last October that we just had to throw out last month when it got squishy. I would take them in just to be safe because freezing does something weird to them and makes them go bad.

Our jerkface BR is such a terror now. The welsummer is her primary target and is missing a lot of feathers on her back now. I'm going to the store today to get another waterer to separate her into the small run, and some pinless peepers just in case we need them in the future. Since it's going to be so cold out I'm worried about her sleeping alone because the smaller run isn't very well insulated. I think she does a lot of her pecking when they are shut up in the coop before we let them out in the morning, so I'm thinking about getting her a diaper to keep her in the house overnight. Yes, I know what some of you think about that.


That said, does anyone know where I can get a chicken diaper before the freeze? She is a big BR, pretty much fully grown and just a little smaller than the brahma.