What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

FYI all my fellow canners.
I purchased two cases of reg lid size, quart Anchor Hocking jars from TSC yesterday. They are interfering with my pressure canner lid. I have to space them out just right or the pressure seal button won't go down and seal. And the guard rails on the lid are banging the jar tops as you turn and close the lid.
My canner holds 5 quarts, but will NOT with the placement I need for these jars.
I've NEVER had this problem before.
They are a full inch taller than my wide mouth jars, but SEEM to be the same height as my other reg mouth jars, maybe just a tad taller.
I don't get it.

 

[Acre4Me]

Picked some asparagus and cooked it for dinner!

Rejected kid is 10 days old!! Now she’s about 3.4lbs. We now put the other kids in cages st night so she get first dibs on milk in the morning, then the boys get let out to nurse. Teen gets her at 5 am to nurse, then a second session around 730 before teen goes to school. Here’s little (orphan) Annie from today:

Her name is Anastasia, but we call her Annie.

 

[Happy hen lover]

I've been needing some loppers to trim tree branches for a while and found a pair of Corona FL3420 anvil loppers at a nearby garage sale today. Good quality, but...

One of the handles had been "MacGyvered", as the woman at the sale told me. A broken handle was replaced with a section of an aluminum cane. Haven't tried it yet, but for $2 it was still a good score. If the cane handle doesn't work out I can make a different one.

It's actually kind of a funny fix. Combination walking stick/lopper?

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Nice find! those are powerful ones. It's worth getting a new handle for sure.

 

[Smokerbill]

FYI all my fellow canners.
I purchased two cases of reg lid size, quart Anchor Hocking jars from TSC yesterday. They are interfering with my pressure canner lid. I have to space them out just right or the pressure seal button won't go down and seal. And the guard rails on the lid are banging the jar tops as you turn and close the lid.
My canner holds 5 quarts, but will NOT with the placement I need for these jars.
I've NEVER had this problem before.
They are a full inch taller than my wide mouth jars, but SEEM to be the same height as my other reg mouth jars, maybe just a tad taller.
I don't get it.

Well, that just sucks. You'd think Anchor Hocking jars would be standard size.

 

[Smokerbill]

Picked some asparagus and cooked it for dinner!

Rejected kid is 10 days old!! Now she’s about 3.4lbs. We now put the other kids in cages st night so she get first dibs on milk in the morning, then the boys get let out to nurse. Teen gets her at 5 am to nurse, then a second session around 730 before teen goes to school. Here’s little (orphan) Annie from today:

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Her name is Anastasia, but we call her Annie.

Cute kid!

 

[Smokerbill]

Nice find! those are powerful ones. It's worth getting a new handle for sure.

If the cane handle doesn't work out, I'll replace it for sure.

 

[WthrLady]

Well, that just sucks. You'd think Anchor Hocking jars would be standard size.

Not sure they're not. I've not had these before.

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

I put all the chicken manure on my garden, which attracts nightcrawler worms. I when down at about 9:30 after the storm ended, to pick some up for fishing. They are some of the biggest worms y’all will probably ever see! Maybe I’ll get a pic!

 

[Minanora]

I noticed a gopher tunnel right through my newly tilled garden this evening.



I haven't planted anything in there yet but this has been an ongoing problem for 3 years now....

Gopherhawk brand traps are my go-to. I have set one, taken five steps away and caught a gopher. Once you learn the way, they're the best trap ever made. I have 7 working traps and one waiting to be fixed. I should make a tutorial for troubleshooting them.

Didn't do too much today. Got 4 new tub-beds set up and seeded some carrots, purslane, baby's breath, portaluca, and stocks in them. Ran out of soil and still have 5 beds to fill so I'll pick up more tomorrow.

Gotta get working on the big garden too now that it's tilled.

I'm always surprised when I see people planting purslane on purpose. It's highly invasive here. It throws it's seeds, still develops even if you pull it out of the ground, and the seeds are viable for many, many, years. I don't care if it's food... I refuse to eat it on principle.

 

[Sueby]

FYI all my fellow canners.
I purchased two cases of reg lid size, quart Anchor Hocking jars from TSC yesterday. They are interfering with my pressure canner lid. I have to space them out just right or the pressure seal button won't go down and seal. And the guard rails on the lid are banging the jar tops as you turn and close the lid.
My canner holds 5 quarts, but will NOT with the placement I need for these jars.
I've NEVER had this problem before.
They are a full inch taller than my wide mouth jars, but SEEM to be the same height as my other reg mouth jars, maybe just a tad taller.
I don't get it.

Good to know, thank you. They def won't work in my canner. As it is I need to adjust the jars just right to fit.