What did you do in the garden today?

[TJAnonymous]

Have you tried eating any of the small ones yet? I haven’t

No, have you? I'm mostly growing them just for scrubbies because I go through a lot of them. I use them to clean out feed bowls, water troughs, etc.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Yesterday I drove up to my mom's place. She wanted me to go to a Master Gardeners class with her. I had no idea what the topic was going to be. They ended up doing a class on safe canning (gave everyone a free jar of canned green beans they made during class) and a presentation about soil health. The guy from the extension office that did the presentation on soil also grows grapes. After class, I pulled him aside and showed him the pictures of my Concords to get his opinion on what's going on with them. He thinks they might have a virus. He wants me to bring him about 5 leaves on Monday and some soil for testing. If they do have a virus, there is no cure. I will have to rip them out completely. Let's hope that's not the case.

 

[ChicksnMore]

holy moly! Though I don't wish for that warm of weather...looking ahead at mine I have lows in the 40s next Wed! and so it begins

I'm shivering just hearing that!

No, have you? I'm mostly growing them just for scrubbies because I go through a lot of them. I use them to clean out feed bowls, water troughs, etc.

How do you process them? Just dry or does it take more?

Yesterday I drove up to my mom's place. She wanted me to go to a Master Gardeners class with her. I had no idea what the topic was going to be. They ended up doing a class on safe canning (gave everyone a free jar of canned green beans they made during class) and a presentation about soil health. The guy from the extension office that did the presentation on soil also grows grapes. After class, I pulled him aside and showed him the pictures of my Concords to get his opinion on what's going on with them. He thinks they might have a virus. He wants me to bring him about 5 leaves on Monday and some soil for testing. If they do have a virus, there is no cure. I will have to rip them out completely. Let's hope that's not the case.

Fingers crossed for your grapes! That class sounds wonderful.

 

[TJAnonymous]

How do you process them? Just dry or does it take more?

Typically they turn brown and dry out on their own. Then it's a simple matter to peel off the outside, shake out the seeds to keep for next year, and bleach/wash the scrubby.

I also keep a few in our master bath and give away a few to friends & family. They really are wonderful and efficient for lots of different uses around the house.

 

[NewBoots]

& that's what I'm doing with summer squash right now, they're draining as we speak. But I did noodles instead of shredded this time as we eat them as pasta, did shredded yesterday. I should have enough to get thru winter also. Excited about that.

How do you make them into noodles?

I think I gave them to my sister, lol.

I love you Sueby! Sister from a different mister.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Yep, a whole set of shots over time, into your diaphram.

When I got the shots, I was 3 years old and they were in my abdomen.

 

[Ascholten]

back in the day I think it was like 8 or 12 shots straight into the gut.
Medicine has thankfully evolved !

Aaron

 

[WthrLady]

I remembered it somewhere in there.

 

[WthrLady]

Turns out they stopped doing that in the 80s.

Now it's in the arm, like a normal shot.

 

[Sueby]

How do you make them into noodles?


I love you Sueby! Sister from a different mister.

I have a spiralizer! Makes quick work of them & they're great as a pasta alternative. This is the one I have, got it like 8 years ago so would probably not buy the same one now, but it does work well.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015Q7ESF4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Here's, I think, 10 or 12 spiralized squash draining:

We got some huge thunderstorms - I can't wait to go check the rain gage. I bet we got a couple inches!

(ps, I'm still trying to talk DH into moving to the PNW )