Gardening for Old Folks (Adaptative)

[bruceha2000]

The only Yucca I know of is a desert plant, that is why I was surprised it would flourish and flower in an area that gets right cold in the winter.

 

[henless]

Love the pics @cavemanrich. I have sunny knock outs, love them. They smell so good!

I have a question for you canners out there. In pressure canning, is it ok to let the jars touch or do you need to leave room around them like in a water bath? I've looked on the internet and got both answers. I thought I'd ask someone I "know".

I did my first pressure canning today. Carrots & green beans. The gb were out of the garden. YUM!

 

[lazy gardener]

Keep some space between the jars with HWB or pressure canning. My first pressure canning experience was a fiasco. POC pressure canner with instructions written by clowns who did not even accurately state how many pint jars would fit in the canner. So, I called the "help line" and was told that it was just fine to crowd the jars into the canner. Yep. You guessed it. One jar shattered.

 

[R2elk]

@cavemanrich : yellow flowers = evening primrose.

@bruceha2000 : My MIL has yucca that blooms every summer. It's often seen in plantings in commercial landscaping here. I'm sure there are some varieties that are tolerant of our Eskimo weather, but most are not.

The ones that grow here bloom every year and are guaranteed to withstand -30°F. What they will not tolerate is a lot of water.

 

[igorsMistress]

The only Yucca I know of is a desert plant, that is why I was surprised it would flourish and flower in an area that gets right cold in the winter.

While it doesn't snow a ton it does get quite cold in winter and yucca grows quite well in the California desert.

 

[sharron]

The only Yucca I know of is a desert plant, that is why I was surprised it would flourish and flower in an area that gets right cold in the winter.

they grow quite well here in pa too, was like you, surprised, the first time i saw them here on the side of the road, not in someones yard

 

[henless]

Keep some space between the jars with HWB or pressure canning. My first pressure canning experience was a fiasco. POC pressure canner with instructions written by clowns who did not even accurately state how many pint jars would fit in the canner. So, I called the "help line" and was told that it was just fine to crowd the jars into the canner. Yep. You guessed it. One jar shattered.

Thanks LG! That is exactly what I was afraid of. My canner says it will fit 10 regular pint jars. I put 9 in it yesterday, and worried about the outside ring of 8 jars. They weren't touching, but were so close it was a bit nerve racking. I think today I will only put 8 in. I used ball pints, and they are kinda squared off. I think I have some kerr pints. I'll try those and see if there is any difference.

I have to say pressure canning is a bit nerve racking. I keep reading the instructions over & over to make sure I don't mess up.

 

[R2elk]

The J.P. Connell rose starts out yellow and turns ivory as the sun hits it. It is one of the Canada group of roses that will grow in cold climates. I am a cold zone 4 and do not give any special care to any of my roses. They come back and bloom every year once established.

J.P. Connell rose

John Davis rose

Prairie Joy rose

Morden Sunrise rose

 

[chickadoodles]

Beautiful Rose's R2E!

 

[lazy gardener]

Thanks LG! That is exactly what I was afraid of. My canner says it will fit 10 regular pint jars. I put 9 in it yesterday, and worried about the outside ring of 8 jars. They weren't touching, but were so close it was a bit nerve racking. I think today I will only put 8 in. I used ball pints, and they are kinda squared off. I think I have some kerr pints. I'll try those and see if there is any difference.

I have to say pressure canning is a bit nerve racking. I keep reading the instructions over & over to make sure I don't mess up.

After you've used it a few times, you will be more comfortable with it. About 40 years ago, I had a small pressure cooker that I used often to cook meals in. It was sure a time saver! So, having that familiarity under my belt helped me over the fear factor of pressure canning. And actually, pressure canning is less worrisome than cooking a meal in a pressure cooker, b/c there's not the worry about food particles clogging the vent.