UPDATE: purple hull jelly AND watermelon rind pickles!

[Farmer Kitty]

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I don't think anyone will be getting any of these. Maybe if I make more...LOTS more.

I found another recipe that called for 1/4 cup of pickling salt per quart of water, and that's what I went with. It took 2 quarts of water to cover the pieces, so I used 1/2 cup of pickling salt.

Good, then I'm about right!

I never use as much salt as called for!

 

[MissPrissy]

NP, do you plant fall peas? You can do 2 pea harvests if your climate holds out without frost through mid october.

You would love white acre peas, lady fingers and dixie butter peas!

 

[ninjapoodles]

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Sadly, I live on a rock. I tried a small, modest veggie garden this year, and boy, it was a bomb. I have to buy my produce from local farmers. Which, of course, I don't mind, because besides living where I do, I also happen to be the suckiest gardener in the history of sucky gardening.

 

[silkiechicken]

I'd try a garden next year... this year is a TERRIBLE growing season, at least here. I've got 30 day old 64 day corn standing about 6 inches tall. Never mind how it was raining today and the high is 62... again.

 

[ninjapoodles]

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Hmmm, really? Maybe I'll try a simple kitchen garden, just herbs and tomatoes and onions, etc. Like you said, it's not as if we've had a dry season or anything. I even built boxes to go on top of the ground, but my carrots didn't reach down much farther than 4-5 inches.

I had GORGEOUS broccoli and cauliflower, but cabbage moths just murdered it.

 

[Rogue_Woman]

My god, I think I love you....I've been looking for a pickled water melon rind recipe forever! And just yesterday, DH and I were trying to figure out if we could weave baskets or something with the purple hulls, we've got sooooo many. I never would've thought of jelly!

Hey Prissy, I could send you some purple hull seeds if you want? I think they're about the best tasting peas on the planet!

 

[ninjapoodles]

Ha! I am totally in love with these watermelon pickles--I have another batch simmering on the stove right now, made from Sugar Baby watermelons (those Sugar Babies should be acknowledge as the supreme QUEEN of all watermelons, BTW--YUMM). I think these are going straight into the refrigerator once cooked, instead of processing, because I want to eat them NOW.

 

[amyquilt]

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MissPrissy....did you get a chance to find your preserves recipe??? I'd love to have it!

 

[pbjmaker]

Was that the rind from just one large watermelon? I'm trying to figure out how to save the rinds from some smaller ones so I have enough.


Any suggestions?

My next melon isn't ripe enough yet.

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Dang, and all the watermelon rind from yesterday is now history out in the chicken run! Those look really good! Maybe we can get one more good melon before summer is done..