What did you do in the garden today?

[Happy hen lover]

That’s why I only bought greek yogurt and still read the label.

Yes check the labels for sure. I loved the homemade yogurt I made let it sit longer and gets thicker, I even ended up with ricotta once! My insta pot had a setting but I got impatient and did the cooling myself.

 

[Happy hen lover]

yes was me, but indoor wood burner stove for heat too
I have an old propane grill the racoons kept chewing the hoses, the burner is probably also shot by now. I keep it figuring I could cook with wood on it. But it won't heat the house lol

But you could cook some coon on it! Lol

 

[Smokerbill]

I prepped one of the beds so it'll be ready for planting the fall-crop carrot, bok choi and collard seeds tomorrow. Maybe some kale too.

 

[Happy hen lover]

Humid and as hot as the devil's own armpit out there. Holy cow. Carry on

Canned another batch of mixed garden things “end of garden” recipe from Ball canning book. The base is apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, white sugar, cinnamon, ginger, NO added water. It will be interesting to try, not sure if I’ll like it. Used Zucchini, green beans, carrots, onions, red and green bell pepper.

The field peas (cow peas) have been good. One type is nearly done -not sure if they produce more (like green beans) after the first round. The second type is much easier to determine that it’s ready to pick due to a color change of the pods. The third type is just starting to produce. We’ve prepped them 2 ways. The second recipe was really good using a smoked ham hock.

The winter squash is producing well, except for one type that has produced a lot of leaves but only a couple squash among about 10 vines.

I used that recipe for my tomatoes one year if memory serves me correct kinda salty but good.

 

[Happy hen lover]

I watered it all again ! Garden HATES this weather peppers are great. Blossoms are just coming on maters cukes and peppers. I did make a great recipe with peppers chicken cheese , " chicken Chile relleno casserole" . Found out processing them in air fryer made peeling easy.

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Peas are sprouting, and I think the finches are eating the seed heads on the catnip. Not a huge deal, but memo to myself: if civilization collapses and I for some reason need a ton of catnip seeds, use bird netting or take the planter inside.

 

[akroberts1085]

I just had my husband pick a white gourd and it has yellow stripes but I don't know what to do with it. Does anyone know what type of squash it is?

 

[WthrLady]

I just had my husband pick a white gourd and it has yellow stripes but I don't know what to do with it. Does anyone know what type of squash it is?

Is it long and shaped like a fat peanut but fatter on the bottom end?

 

[karenerwin]

Did you mean black Australorps @karenerwin? I got 6 chicks in March. They are such sweet birds they rate their own coop and run.

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Yes! that’s what I was trying to spell.

 

[chickengr]

My cherry/black raspberry jam is thick syrup, not jam. It also tastes a bit like cough medicine to me. I will not mix those two flavors again. I also thought that it would gel on its own, since black raspberries do have enough of their own pectin to do so. Well, not mine, or not when mixed with another "it didn't gel and made syrup," ie, the cherry stuff.

But, it did get rid of the cherry syrup that was sitting on the shelf.

Oh, I love this!

you can cook some apples and add your cherry/raspberry jam.