What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

OMG they are so cute! So she snuck off did she?! Clever girl.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Processed the Roma tomato made pizza sauce .. Just three small jars.
First time doing it water boiling for the bath.

 

[Acre4Me]

OMG they are so cute! So she snuck off did she?! Clever girl.

Yes, we didn’t realize she was brooding bc she was tucked between a fold of shade cloth next to a cage. We didn’t discover her until 5 days before hatch when she was growling at some other chicken for disturbing her!! Once they hatched we put her in a large dog carrier in the barn.

 

[Sally PB]

I have a table full of ripe tomatoes to make salsa out of, does anyone ever leave the skins on? It'll be so much easier to do without the scald and peel step. I have a lot that I already made that I did skin, I can use those for gifts and keep the batch with the peels on for home use. Opinions?

We switched to processing with the skin on, and will never go back to the scald and peel method when making salsa. Still need to take out the core of the tomato, of course.

We process in a food processor, using the "pulse" button. Tomatoes, onions, garlic, hot peppers, other hot peppers, salt, pepper, vinegar. Cook it down to the right consistency, then water bath can.

 

[pennyJo1960]

We used a food mill has been around 50 years but looks bran new.. boiled then thrown in a cold bath then run threw the mill before being cooked down.

 

[Ascholten]

Now that the brutal summer temperatures are finally behind us (just barely) my tomatoes, which have been growing like weeds but not setting any fruit since I started them indoors at the end of February (and transplanted to the garden on April 11) have decided to start setting fruit like there's no tomorrow. Now it's just a race between getting as many ripened as I can before the first hard frost. This is about half the plants, representing 8 different varieties) and most are loaded up like this (with more blooms still).

I got the same thing here. They been scraggly weeds, but NOW they all want to fruit. Half the tote is ratted out ass weeds since I didn't really tend it much because nothing did produce much in it. sigh. hope they ripen before frost starts hitting.

aaron

 

[Ascholten]

Looking at this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SLLS2M...&colid=XH78LR80UE42&ref_=gv_ov_lig_pi_dp&th=1 electric water bath canner. Since I do so many small batch pints of water bath it makes it sound easier and cooler for the kitchen. Anyone using one of those? IS it worth it?

I made cream of jerusalem artichoke soup for lunch today and it was delicious! I didn't have to peel the chokes since you pass the finished soup through a sieve so big plus there.

I have a table full of ripe tomatoes to make salsa out of, does anyone ever leave the skins on? It'll be so much easier to do without the scald and peel step. I have a lot that I already made that I did skin, I can use those for gifts and keep the batch with the peels on for home use. Opinions?

can you share the J artichoke recipe. I got a bunch of those, started out as one plant two years ago, a small bunch this year and now all over. I heard about their 'special properties' so am aware but would like some ways to cook them !

Aaron

 

[igorsMistress]

Looking at this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SLLS2M...&colid=XH78LR80UE42&ref_=gv_ov_lig_pi_dp&th=1 electric water bath canner. Since I do so many small batch pints of water bath it makes it sound easier and cooler for the kitchen. Anyone using one of those? IS it worth it?

I made cream of jerusalem artichoke soup for lunch today and it was delicious! I didn't have to peel the chokes since you pass the finished soup through a sieve so big plus there.

I have a table full of ripe tomatoes to make salsa out of, does anyone ever leave the skins on? It'll be so much easier to do without the scald and peel step. I have a lot that I already made that I did skin, I can use those for gifts and keep the batch with the peels on for home use. Opinions?

I think unless you’re going to use it outside due to portability you should save your money. Will a hot plate and a pot be very different than your stove top? There’s still hot water and steam involved, so I would expect the same results. That’s my theory anyway.

 

[igorsMistress]

can you share the J artichoke recipe. I got a bunch of those, started out as one plant two years ago, a small bunch this year and now all over. I heard about their 'special properties' so am aware but would like some ways to cook them !

Aaron

Roast them as you would potatoes

 

[igorsMistress]

Processed the Roma tomato made pizza sauce .. Just three small jars.
First time doing it water boiling for the bath.

Sounds yummy Penny, I bet you’ll sure enjoy those pizzas!