What did you do in the garden today?

[pennyJo1960]

So the kid and I both planted Kale.
Took a nap a couple hours.

 

[Sally PB]

Happy Birthday, Penny!

And... I'm off on the canning quest! 4 quarts (all sealed) down, 55-60 to go!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Happy Birthday, Penny!

And... I'm off on the canning quest! 4 quarts (all sealed) down, 55-60 to go!

Thank you and Bill heck that is a friggin lot of canning !

 

[Sally PB]

One quart of tomatoes per week for spaghetti night. The rest are for whatever else I decide to make. Soup, stew; hubby might make pizza sauce a few times too.

I have a fantastic recipe for lentil soup, and it takes two quarts of tomatoes.

 

[Eagle343]

Storm rolled through right as I came home from work, one of four trellis dropped. Power dropped for a few hours. rain stopped and wind dropped, got out and picked two bags of green pepper, egg plants, asparagus beans, hot peppers, cherry/Sauce/ and burger(slice) tomatoes.

 

[Acre4Me]

Do you have the recipe, or a link? I'm finding tons of "end of garden" pickling recipes, but none with cinnamon and ginger, which sounds good to me.

It intrigued me too, so that one reason I decided to make it.

For 5 pints-recipe below. Note that I generously doubled all measurements of veg, but only for 8 pints…maybe I stuffed my jars really full, but I had plenty of pickling solution. I also only cooked it for 10 min before taking it off the heat to put into jars.

3C sliced zucchini. (1/4”)
3C green beans (1”)
1.5 C sliced peeled carrots
2C onions (pearl or regular)
2 green peppers (1/2” slices)
1 red bell pepper (1/2” slices)
3C cider vinegar
1C lightly packed brown sugar
1 C granulated sugar
2Tbsp dry mustard
2Tbsp mustard seeds
4.5 tsp canning salt
1tsp ground cinnamon
1tsp ground ginger

Pickle crisp -add 1/8 tsp per pint jar

Prep jars, lids.

In large pot, combine all (except vegetables) - boil over med-high heat to dissolve sugar. Add veg to liquid, return to boil, cook for 15 min, until veg heated through and slightly tender.

Pack jars, add pickle crisp (if using), add lids, and process for 15 min.

 

[Sally PB]

I'm wondering about using the pickling liquid to pickle cucamelons. I'm looking for a sweet, but not too sweet, pickle with a bit of spice. Ginger, mustard, and cinnamon would fit that bill.

I'd just scale the liquid down for a few half pints.

 

[Cynthia12]

Watered!! 103 today.

 

[WthrLady]

Can you post a picture of one?

Can also have green stripes or a slight mix of the two

 

[WthrLady]

Happy Birthday, Penny!

And... I'm off on the canning quest! 4 quarts (all sealed) down, 55-60 to go!

We're all having a horrible tomato year so far. I would normally be hip deep into canning season by now. A batch every 3 days. TBH, I'm ok with that this year.