itchy
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Post by itchy on Jun 19, 2007 0:32:58 GMT -6
yesterday i canned 12 pints and 12 1/2 pints of picnate.sauce
tonight i canned 12 qts and 6 pints of spaghetti sauce
chili is set for the next batch of tomato's.
has anyone ever canned spaghetti or chili with the meat added??
OH and did we get a storm cause my corn is laying on the ground... hope the sun brings it back up vertical..
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Post by humbug on Jun 19, 2007 21:03:06 GMT -6
Itchy, after all the trouble I went to, to get you that corn you better go out and give it mouth to mouth. lol. ;D
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Post by itchy on Jun 19, 2007 21:19:15 GMT -6
i was hoping to give the corn mouth to mouth not the darn plants... the sun should bring them back up in a day or so.. if not I'll be out there with a hoe propping them up again... they just started to tassel too.. they sure are short plants.. hope he didn't give me maize instead of sweet corn...
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Post by humbug on Jun 19, 2007 21:30:41 GMT -6
They are suppose to be short. Guess I forgot to tell you.
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Post by itchy on Jun 19, 2007 21:32:54 GMT -6
They are suppose to be short. Guess I forgot to tell you. ya think? DUH.... LMAO ;D
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Post by humbug on Jun 19, 2007 21:36:25 GMT -6
I guess I thought you knew everything. hehehe. j/k
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Post by itchy on Jun 19, 2007 21:38:47 GMT -6
I guess I thought you knew everything. hehehe. j/k there ya go thinking again. i told you that was dangerous for ya and everyone around ya....... ;D
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Post by humbug on Jun 19, 2007 21:41:06 GMT -6
My bad. lol.
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Post by ogeezer on Jun 20, 2007 10:22:05 GMT -6
Way to go, Itchy ... home canning garden veggies is great treat for tablefare. Beats hck outa airtights for flavor.
For your corn, if ground is soft, you mite be able to lift the stalks to vertical (or about so) and prop up with a makeshift sawhorse design contraption (2 supports with a crossbar), thats if they hadn't laid on ground too long.
If soil has dried, and chance of breaking the corn stalks is increased, water the ground enuff, and gently raise the corn plants. Once elevated, treat any developing corn ears with a drop of mineral oil at tip of husk which will suffice in suffocating any corn worms that bore into young ears (1 drop will suffice). If tassels are well formed, and rot or mildew has not infested the corn, it will probably make it, and yield good roasting ears --------- good luck.
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Post by itchy on Jun 20, 2007 10:26:22 GMT -6
God and mother nature did it for me... there back up smiling at the sun again.... whoo hooo....
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Post by humbug on Jun 20, 2007 21:02:28 GMT -6
God and mother nature did it for me... there back up smiling at the sun again.... whoo hooo.... I'm so glad to hear that Itchy. Maybe when they are ready you could give me a few.
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Post by itchy on Jun 20, 2007 22:39:35 GMT -6
I'll have to think about that......heheheehee i have 4 short rows... and you have a friend who has a field..... thinking..... hummm... ;D i'll think about it.......... lmao... how about if i save the worms for your critters?? lmao...... ;D
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Post by ogeezer on Jun 27, 2007 7:24:27 GMT -6
All the rain lately is wrecking havoc on our cantaloupes that are just now coming into season. Too much moisture is making them swell at the seams, and start splitting. Had to harvest a bunch yesterdy that would've rotted otherwise, or fed the bugs (snails and ants, mostly) ... still have cantaloupe taste but flesh harder than if gotten more sun than this liquid sunshine
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Post by itchy on Jun 27, 2007 22:33:17 GMT -6
made a big batch of chile....... canned 12 qts , and 18 pts of it.... now i got another batch of tomatoes ripening on the table... (about 100 tomatoes) there just going to be whole tomatoes..... and i'm done...... i'm pooped..... giving away almost as much as i've canned and only have 12 plants.. picking a 5 gal bucket every other day...
waiting on the corn now..... grrrrrrr hurry up and wait........
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Post by ogeezer on Jul 2, 2007 6:25:30 GMT -6
Had a bumper crop of cantaloupes. All came in or harvested at nearly the same time due to all the moisture. Harvested well over 300 tomatoes, canned many whole, some into relish, canned combo salsa relish mix with onion, peppers, and rest for fresh salads. Bumper crop in Pickling Cucumbers, some let swell to typical cuke size, but most went into canning jars. Sweet corn picked two days ago, nearly 50 pounds of roasting ears, mostly shucked, vacuumed wrapped, put into freezer. Okra is coming on, picked couple pounds yesterdy, but lots of flowers, and tiny plugs poppin everywhere on the roughly 100 plants got in garden.
Snails are everywhere, devouring young leaves in garden. Crush everyone I see. When stops raining, dries some will be hitting 'em with stale beer traps like do for slugs. Assassin bugs cover many of tomatoes but prey on stink bugs and other insects not tomaters. Ants have been a persistant problem with all the rain. As have the overgrowth of weeds. Gaining on those til recent rains returned.
Squash and Zucchini didn't make as expected, need double attack nematodes and fungus blight better next year. Chard did well but for amount of coverage in garden, hardly produced enuff to justify space; going back with Simpson lettuce next year instead. Completely lost Chives and Peppermint this year. Only about 1 in 12 Artichoke seeds made, and these won't produce for at least 18-months (slow growers). Avocado trees (tho somewhat protected) cameback from hard freezes, even made a few avocados.
Time to begin planning for the Fall Garden ... moisture & rain will determine what is planted + what yields still left in patch. Peppers may suffer if rains continue; same goes for okra. Too much rain late in Summer will make for a poor potato crop too ... about a month before need get seeds in cups for Fall, and into greenhouse.
All in all, I'd say it was a pretty good Spring garden. Lots of fresh veggies, multiple cases of canned goods, frozen items practically fill veggie side of freezer.
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Post by itchy on Jul 2, 2007 7:58:45 GMT -6
How does my garden grow?? let me see..
hydro-phonically for the last week i think.......lmao
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Post by DirtyDon on Jul 2, 2007 8:09:40 GMT -6
Knew I shoulda planted a rice garden..
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Post by ogeezer on Jul 10, 2007 9:33:01 GMT -6
Usually its the hot summer sun that finishes off tomato crops. This year, on our place, it was 40 days of rain over a 45 day calendar stretch.
How'd everybody else's tomaters do over the abnormally wet past 6-1/2 weeks?
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