Nevadans?

[vegaschick]

Those sound really yummy! Thank you for sharing!

They are! I hope you enjoy them as much as I did...and everyone I gave jam to for Christmas!

 

[vegaschick]

You can do:
-pears canned in apple juice with cinnamon (about the healthiest way you can)
-pear jam (recipe inside a box of SureJel)
Pear recipes in my Ball canning book: (let me know if you want any of these and I'll type them out)
-autumn cranberry pear jam
-carrot cake jam
-cinnamon pear quick jam
-ginger pear marmalade
-gingery peach pear freezer jam
-hot n' sweet chili sauce
-pear butter
-pear jam
-pears in syrup
-peppery pear salsa
-pear pickles
-spirited pears
-summer fruit cocktail
-seasoned pear almond conserve

I want the first 2 recipes...autumn cranberry pear and carrot cake.

ahem!

 

[sherylreno]

I have been way chatty tonight! I wonder if you can tell that I'm nervous about school starting Monday and that I actually have a ton of stuff to do before then. HA! I'm so good at avoiding stuff I don't wanna do...especially when I HAVE TO do it! I'm stressing and chickens chill me out. I may even have to watch my fish tonight. *sigh* I wish I could be like these ladies...just chillin' and layin' around doin' nuthin'!






I'm also in chicken withdrawl. My girls are still livin' the good life in UT until it cools down here a bit more...like maybe OCT and I miss them already!

That's 2 whole months w/out them. My chicks are gonna be HUGE. I'm so sad. I hate missing the important things. JOBS! They suck all the fun outta life! Booooo! Hissss! ...... yuck.

Sorry. I'll stop ranting now. I do like my job. Honest!

I'm sorry you're missing your flock! I hate it when I can't see mine too! I was able to see them a bit today but to miss the whole summer would suck!

Just to let everyone know who is in the Reno area or who ever would like to come. The GSR is having a re-launch day tomorrow, or by looking at the time now today, and the pool is open to the public for free! Anyone can come included children. It's going to be crowded but it should be a fun day. All sorts of goodies are going on there so if you want to come and just relax please do.

 

[chicharomirinda]

WOW, that is extra super cute!!!!
reminds me of this photo i posted on facebook yesterday (NOT my photo)


tee hee hee!


Sheesh so now i am just toying with EVERYONES emotions! Went to go put Banana BACK in the coop and mama cochin had all three tucked under her chest and was probably FINALLY comfy. three little heads poking out, with banana in the middle and the two little ones on either side of her.
But she is back in the coop and I am confident that she will stay warm in there. Probably wondering what the heck just happened!

Thanks all!

glad it turned out ok! that banana is quite a character!

I would love it if someone around here had bees. I spent all summer playing matchmaker with the squash and the tomatoes! Next year I'm planting a ton of flowers amongst my veggies! Sheeesh!

I'm with you on planting more flowers. I have some bee activity but not quite enough. I read that borage is really good to plant. it attracts a lot of bees so i'm thinking that will be one to plant next year.

I'm sorry you're missing your flock! I hate it when I can't see mine too! I was able to see them a bit today but to miss the whole summer would suck!

Just to let everyone know who is in the Reno area or who ever would like to come. The GSR is having a re-launch day tomorrow, or by looking at the time now today, and the pool is open to the public for free! Anyone can come included children. It's going to be crowded but it should be a fun day. All sorts of goodies are going on there so if you want to come and just relax please do.

that sounds like fun. if my husband weren't working I might think about going but I get nervous with 2 kids in the pool by myself when it's crowded. hope it's a nice day.

 

[americanvalkyrie]

Quote:
Ack! If I saw the first request, it got caught up in the midday brain rush hour wreck.

Autumn Cranberry Pear Jam

3 cups crushed cored peeled pears
2/3 cup coarsely chopped dried cranberries
1/4 cup unsweetened apple juice
5 and 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 pouch liquid pectin

Bring everything but pectin to a full roiling boil over high heat. Add pectin, then boil hard or one minute. Ladle into jars and seal.

Carrot Cake Jam

1 and 1/2 cups finely grated peeled carrots
1 and 1/2 cups chopped cored peeled pears
1 and 3/4 cups canned pineapple, including juice
3 Tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1 pkg regular powdered fruit pectin
6 and 1/2 cups sugar

Bring everything but pectin and sugar to a boil over high heat, stirring frequently. Reduce heat and boil gently for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and whick in pectin. Bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, add sugar, then return to a hard boil for one minute. Ladle into jars and seal.

My husband and I picked up our pears yesterday. I thought each box would be 25lbs. More like 50. I have 100lbs of pears sitting in my living room. Russ gave me the first "are you crazy" look of the season. I told him not to worry... one of the boxes was going to be divided up between two friends who are hooking us up with other foods. With our last 50, I think I'm going to do a mix of dehydrating, pear butter, cranberry pear jam, gingered pear, pear lime, maybe the carrot cake one. We'll see... we use most of our jams as toppings for yogurt.

This photo is called "How I Spent My September... Not Counting the Grapes that are Still on the Vine, or the Plums Still on the Tree."



The tomatoes are going in the dehydrator (the small ones, not the heirlooms,) as are grapes, pears, plums, and probably my surplus eggs once my girls start laying. The grapes will all be ripe within a week. The plums from my trees within 2 weeks. Those pears within 1-2 weeks. The nectarines any day now. Those peaches are ripe NOW (one of my projects for today.) And those plums got picked by a friend, still a little green, so I don't think I'll stress those. They're going to be dehydrated, anyway. I'll use my tree plums for the gingered plum jam. And the corn doesn't have to be milled immediately... we can use it for Halloween decorations first, then grind it. But the rest will need to be picked within the next few weeks, and the potatoes in probably 3 weeks or so. Green beans need picked and frozen about every 4 days now. And my friend with the apples is going to need them picked early, in a few weeks, because the power company is going to come and cut back her branches, so we can let them ripen the rest of the way in a closet. I told Russ not to plan anything for me this September.

 

[NevadaRon]

My neighbor 2 doors down has bees. Thanks to him, I didn't have to play squash blossom matchmaker.

LOL!! That's why I got them in the first place - I discovered that I make a lousy bee!

Okay you two...I'll get right on it!


Best way to do this is to literally highlight the photo, press control c, then go to the page you want it on and press control v .... try it. It works for me!

I would love it if someone around here had bees. I spent all summer playing matchmaker with the squash and the tomatoes! Next year I'm planting a ton of flowers amongst my veggies! Sheeesh!

Thanks! I didn't even think about that - good ol' Copy and Paste!

I have been way chatty tonight! I wonder if you can tell that I'm nervous about school starting Monday and that I actually have a ton of stuff to do before then. HA! I'm so good at avoiding stuff I don't wanna do...especially when I HAVE TO do it! I'm stressing and chickens chill me out. I may even have to watch my fish tonight. *sigh* I wish I could be like these ladies...just chillin' and layin' around doin' nuthin'!

I'm also in chicken withdrawl. My girls are still livin' the good life in UT until it cools down here a bit more...like maybe OCT and I miss them already!

That's 2 whole months w/out them. My chicks are gonna be HUGE. I'm so sad. I hate missing the important things. JOBS! They suck all the fun outta life! Booooo! Hissss! ...... yuck.

Sorry. I'll stop ranting now. I do like my job. Honest!

Amen to that, sister! I enjoy my job, too, but it doesn't leave much time for the things I really want to do!

Ack! If I saw the first request, it got caught up in the midday brain rush hour wreck.

Autumn Cranberry Pear Jam

3 cups crushed cored peeled pears
2/3 cup coarsely chopped dried cranberries
1/4 cup unsweetened apple juice
5 and 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 pouch liquid pectin

Bring everything but pectin to a full roiling boil over high heat. Add pectin, then boil hard or one minute. Ladle into jars and seal.

Carrot Cake Jam

1 and 1/2 cups finely grated peeled carrots
1 and 1/2 cups chopped cored peeled pears
1 and 3/4 cups canned pineapple, including juice
3 Tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1 pkg regular powdered fruit pectin
6 and 1/2 cups sugar

Bring everything but pectin and sugar to a boil over high heat, stirring frequently. Reduce heat and boil gently for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and whick in pectin. Bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, add sugar, then return to a hard boil for one minute. Ladle into jars and seal.

My husband and I picked up our pears yesterday. I thought each box would be 25lbs. More like 50. I have 100lbs of pears sitting in my living room. Russ gave me the first "are you crazy" look of the season. I told him not to worry... one of the boxes was going to be divided up between two friends who are hooking us up with other foods. With our last 50, I think I'm going to do a mix of dehydrating, pear butter, cranberry pear jam, gingered pear, pear lime, maybe the carrot cake one. We'll see... we use most of our jams as toppings for yogurt.

This photo is called "How I Spent My September... Not Counting the Grapes that are Still on the Vine, or the Plums Still on the Tree."



The tomatoes are going in the dehydrator (the small ones, not the heirlooms,) as are grapes, pears, plums, and probably my surplus eggs once my girls start laying. The grapes will all be ripe within a week. The plums from my trees within 2 weeks. Those pears within 1-2 weeks. The nectarines any day now. Those peaches are ripe NOW (one of my projects for today.) And those plums got picked by a friend, still a little green, so I don't think I'll stress those. They're going to be dehydrated, anyway. I'll use my tree plums for the gingered plum jam. And the corn doesn't have to be milled immediately... we can use it for Halloween decorations first, then grind it. But the rest will need to be picked within the next few weeks, and the potatoes in probably 3 weeks or so. Green beans need picked and frozen about every 4 days now. And my friend with the apples is going to need them picked early, in a few weeks, because the power company is going to come and cut back her branches, so we can let them ripen the rest of the way in a closet. I told Russ not to plan anything for me this September.

So jealous!

 

[aubreynoramarie]

so Mark had an interesting idea today. We were talking about insulting the coop to muffle some of the morning crowing and realized it may not be an easy thing to do with the rubbermaid shed. He suggested that we invest in a bunch of bales of hay to pile around the coop on three sides all the way up to the roof. Thought it may even help keep it a little warmer in the winter, whaddya think?

 

[chickee]

Having enough ventilation during winter is very important for chicken health so as long as you have vents or hardware cloth covered open windows around the upper portion of the chicken house (no drafts blowing directly at your chickens) to let out moisture it should be ok

Here is an article that explains it better than I can

http://successwithpoultry.blogspot.com/2007/10/winter-tips-in-keeping-chickens.html

so Mark had an interesting idea today. We were talking about insulting the coop to muffle some of the morning crowing and realized it may not be an easy thing to do with the rubbermaid shed. He suggested that we invest in a bunch of bales of hay to pile around the coop on three sides all the way up to the roof. Thought it may even help keep it a little warmer in the winter, whaddya think?

 

[aubreynoramarie]

I understand ventilation just fine, (Sunny has been a great spring of knowledge on this subject for us for the past few years) we wouldnt cover up the vents or the windows, plus we leave one of the big doors open no matter what the temp during the day to make certain of good air replenishment, which is why only three sides would be covered.

 

[chickee]

Sorry, when I read that you were thinking of stacking the bails up to the roof it sounded like those 3 walls would be solid with no air flow and with the door closed at night, no air flow

I understand ventilation just fine, (Sunny has been a great spring of knowledge on this subject for us for the past few years) we wouldnt cover up the vents or the windows, plus we leave one of the big doors open no matter what the temp during the day to make certain of good air replenishment, which is why only three sides would be covered.