What did you do in the garden today?

[Sueby]

Why are the knobs on the front where children can reach them?

My stove has them on the front. No kids here tho! & my dog won't walk on the tile to get to it because tile is lava.

 

[igorsMistress]

Good afternoon all. Didn’t do anything outside except bring in my camping gear to reorganize. Been looking forward to cooler weather and I’ll be out for a weekend as soon as it arrives. The storms looked to be headed right for us last night and then pooped out I had some choice words for Mother Nature. DH said I should be nice and maybe I’d get what I want but I couldn’t do it, I was so irritated. Supposed to have possible rain tonight but I’m not even hoping at this point.

 

[akroberts1085]

Is there any way to check to see if an egg might be a 3 yolker? I have one that weighs 79.1 grams.

 

[Sueby]

We are having the first BLTs of the season for dinner.

They were everything I dreamed they'd be.

(and I just love quoting myself )

 

[Smokerbill]

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They were everything I dreamed they'd be.

(and I just love quoting myself )

Looks great, but I have an important question. Miracle Whip or Mayo???

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Ok, we’re getting wind and rain bands from Debby. Fingers crossed the winds don’t get too bad.

 

[Minanora]

Well I decided to turn that last big batch of tomatoes into tomato sauce. Holy moly I've been in the kitchen all day. 12 pints and 2 quart jars full of sauce. I used my Vitamix and left the skins and seeds. I can't imagine how long I would have been standing here if I decided to peel and seed all of those. Plus that's a lot of good nutrition! Why waste it?! Last of the jars are in the canner out on the back patio. What would I do without that pantry I made!

I did save some seeds from the best tomatoes. We'll see what comes off planting those next season.

The consistency of my sauce is pretty darn good. I'm very happy with my handiwork.

I watered the garden a little this morning and set more gopher traps. Soon I'll be canning butternut squash.

Watermelon is done for the year. Got 4 small delicious watermelons. Cantaloupe is almost done, and I have two honeydew ready to cut up plus three more on the vine.

I am excited about the seeds I started. 291 cells total. And I still have more to plant directly in the garden and starting more indoors next weekend.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I will have lot's of acorn squash as it is ripening now.
Fresh from the garden is 2 yellow crookneck for dinner.

 

[Smokerbill]

I made another pint of Oregon grape jelly today. Well, maybe it's jelly. It might be syrup. Either is fine with me.

I'm going to de-jar all the Oregon grape stuff I made, reheat it and transfer it to appropriately small, 8 oz jelly jars. And water bath it. Someday. It's all in old peanut butter and relish jars now.

 

[Sally PB]

I canned 7 quarts of tomatoes this morning. One FTS. That's ok, as that quart can be the next batch of spaghetti sauce.