Potato plants were wiped out by flea beetles followed by 2 weeks days of heat around 90F and no rain. Oh well. Everything else is thriving pretty well. I've got 15lbs of berries (2.25 gallons blueberries, 1.5 gallons wild black raspberries) in the freezer waiting to be processed and 22lbs of zucchini in the kitchen, neither count including what's been eaten already. Probably about halfway through the total harvest on both accounts. 4 quart and 3 pint jars of peas got fridge pickled, but we've eaten 2 quart jars already and given away 2 pints. I'll start in on the zucchini soon, but they don't come out as crunchtastic as the peas, so I've got the classic "too many zucchini" problem going on. Chickens have finally started laying, so that's exciting, I was getting impatient. Averaging 2-3 edible eggs/day, with 1-3 throw aways, and over the next few weeks that will go up and up until I'm getting up to a dozen/day, at which point I don't know what the fuck I'll do with them all lol
No doubt! I love this time of year, every time I go outside I come back in with food, even if it's just a single egg or handful of berries. Turns out the potatoes are hanging in, I pulled the ones with dead and withered tops and found a surprising little haul of new potatoes to go with my bush beans. Soup is ready for dinner tomorrow!
@rgambs do u have a problem w ticks or do those chickens take care of that for you?
I haven't ever picked any up in the chicken yard, but I don't let them out of the yard or they shit on my porch and peck all my produce.
When I had chickens they only pooped on my porch when I fed them bread. When I switched to feed they stayed off the porch for whatever reason.
When I let them free range they would always be in the worst possible place for them to be at the time lol
All kidding aside, they might be happy to be around you. Mine would strut around me when I was outside and they didn't care for strangers. They were like watchdogs, I had some cool birds.
I’ve been living vicariously through all you happy planters!! Last year our garden was decimated by all the animals around. We are slowly rebuilding. Seeing some yummy harvesting and beautiful flowers.
The Bird-X netting was great at keeping critters from eating my seed or eating my seedlings, but tonight a lil goldfinch got caught up in the netting near the sunflowers. My husband got it out and it flew away. All is good.
Going to do the last official pick on the blueberry bushes today, I only expect to get a pint or less. It's supposed to rain all through this weekend so I'll be canning most of the time. I guess that means I need to clean the kitchen today. 😒
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Everything else is thriving pretty well.
I've got 15lbs of berries (2.25 gallons blueberries, 1.5 gallons wild black raspberries) in the freezer waiting to be processed and 22lbs of zucchini in the kitchen, neither count including what's been eaten already. Probably about halfway through the total harvest on both accounts.
4 quart and 3 pint jars of peas got fridge pickled, but we've eaten 2 quart jars already and given away 2 pints.
I'll start in on the zucchini soon, but they don't come out as crunchtastic as the peas, so I've got the classic "too many zucchini" problem going on.
Chickens have finally started laying, so that's exciting, I was getting impatient. Averaging 2-3 edible eggs/day, with 1-3 throw aways, and over the next few weeks that will go up and up until I'm getting up to a dozen/day, at which point I don't know what the fuck I'll do with them all lol
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I love this time of year, every time I go outside I come back in with food, even if it's just a single egg or handful of berries.
Turns out the potatoes are hanging in, I pulled the ones with dead and withered tops and found a surprising little haul of new potatoes to go with my bush beans.
Soup is ready for dinner tomorrow!
My pickling cucumbers were ready to pick so I got 8 of them and am making pickles. Never did that before so hopefully it comes out allright.
Thursday they should be ready!
I've never actually done real, fermented pickles yet.
Made up a vinegar brine and put the pickles and brine in a big ol jar with some mustard seed, dill, garlic and salt.
Hoping this works as I planted a bunch of pickling cukes for this very reason.
The Bird-X netting was great at keeping critters from eating my seed or eating my seedlings, but tonight a lil goldfinch got caught up in the netting near the sunflowers. My husband got it out and it flew away. All is good.
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Looking for a real Lacto/fermented pickle recipe.
Anyone? One that you have tried and it works.
Today would have been my in-laws 54th wedding anniversary. I put together a vase of garden flowers to give my MIL today.
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Squash and tomatoes!
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2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
astoria 06
albany 06
hartford 06
reading 06
barcelona 06
paris 06
wembley 07
dusseldorf 07
nijmegen 07
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It's supposed to rain all through this weekend so I'll be canning most of the time. I guess that means I need to clean the kitchen today. 😒
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albany 06
hartford 06
reading 06
barcelona 06
paris 06
wembley 07
dusseldorf 07
nijmegen 07
this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
Posted in the Food Thread on accident, same same.
Onion harvest is small this year, but the quality is pretty solid, probably won't lose much, if any, to rot.