What did you do in the garden today?

[igorsMistress]

My hubby's like that. Drove me nuts when we were young! Now we're old and he hasn't changed a bit...well, he's added fermented peppers, onions and cabbage to his list of edibles .

Wow, I’ve had this exact experience lol.

Tonight, I hope to find any remaining hornworms. There have to be more than 2, right?

I pulled out my cucumbers and radishes today.
My cucumbers and Ananas-whoevencareswhattherestofthenameisatthispoint melons either got a virus of some kind, or they didn't get enough water. The leaves became yellow-spotted, then all yellowy, then died. The leaves at the ends of the vines were healthy, though, so I think disease. And the cucumbers didn't give me many cucumbers at all. I left the melons in because they don't look as bad and actually have fruits on them.

The radishes I pulled because I tried them a few weeks back, and wasn't a fan. I'm going to try a few recipes with them, but if I don't like them, I won't grow them again and will have to give them to someone who wants the three packs of seeds I have. They were also making it difficult to see how the carrots are doing.

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A chrysalis I found in the radish greens:
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Love the melon name lol. I hope the fruit grows and ripens for you.

I never liked radishes either, until I sliced them thin and sautéed in butter. They carmelize almost like onions, and get almost sweet!

Good to know! I love raw radishes but never thought to cook them, maybe the fam will like
Them that way

 

[Ascholten]

Speaking of fermented stuff. Ever have blackened or some called fermented garlic? it's definitely an acquired taste but pretty good. I should see if I got enough garlic left to make some w/o killing off my next years crop stash.
aaron

 

[igorsMistress]

Speaking of fermented stuff. Ever have blackened or some called fermented garlic? it's definitely an acquired taste but pretty good. I should see if I got enough garlic left to make some w/o killing off my next years crop stash.
aaron

I love fermented garlic! It really ups the flavor.

 

[WthrLady]

Waiting for DS to get up so I can mill tomatoes and get them simmering. 13 pounds
I moved the unripe tomatoes from the kitchen back outside for the day, but we're heading for 100 again, so after that they'll be no ripening for them, so back in they'll come.

It's a pia, but the caterpillars aren't getting them, so there's that.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Guess I'm gonna go water...again
Ugh

 

[WIchickMama]

Has been raining since 2 am, won't get much done as it will be too soggy.

 

[Ascholten]

I love fermented garlic! It really ups the flavor.

From what I hear about it, it really ups the nutritional and medicinal if you can say that too, . quality of it as well.

The different types of garlic Do have a HUGE impact on the flavor of the end product. That elephant garlic tends to give kind of horrible flavors, I have some higher end garlic that I grew over the season and some of them fermented, just wow, I am contemplating doing an entire tote of just them next season just to have a bunch to ferment now.

aaorn

 

[Acre4Me]

Yesterdays garden canning:

9 jars of Rhubarb conserve. Contains rhubarb, lemon, orange, raisins, walnuts and liquid pectin, nutmeg for spice.

8 jars of red root relish: beets, red cabbage, onions, horseradish, salt, sugar, vinegar. Let’s just say it looked like a serious crime was committed in the vicinity of the food processor as I shredded 8 cups of cooked and peeled beets, followed by 8C of red cabbage. It was a messy process.

 

[jerryse]

It has been humid all week . Even my jeans get damp . Yes sweat of the brow but it did not mention sweat running down your butt .

 

[WthrLady]

Switched to my backup computer as this one is failing, well the keyboard is failing. They stopped doing up dates on it in June too. The keyboard is the annoying part though. Half the time the space bar doesn't work when you hit it, others you hit one key and it triggers another key. It really slows you down.
My backup is mostly for art as it is a touch screen with a pen and I LOATHE it. This morning I figured out why. Not only is the keyboard too small, so you hit more than you want to at full speed, but the screen is not anti-reflective. So you are looking through a full reflection of yourself and everything behind you to see your work. I am actually making myself motion sick using it.
OK, so off to shop this week for a replacement. Annoying as heck.