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Originally Posted by Panther Creek Quilting
I have a huge garden and love it. Had some problems with the beans this year (too much rain) so I need to replant and now I cannot find seeds. Very aggravating! But here is what is in now. Lettuce, radishes, onions, carrots, green beans, lima beans, okra, corn, potatoes, zuchinni, tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers, peppers, watermelon and canteloupe. Will plant beets, turnips and another round of lettuce in the fall.
For anyone wanting to use a pressure canner, I would be happy to talk you through it. It is really no more dangerous than boiling water on the stove. They are built with safety mechanisms to protect you. It just takes a watchfull eye and they are handy as the dickens. I would freeze more but we just don't have the space, so I can most of what I grow. This year is a experiment in making claussen kosher dill pickles. I love those things nad they are just to darned expensive in the store. Sheila |
Originally Posted by quiltilicious
Originally Posted by Panther Creek Quilting
I have a huge garden and love it. Had some problems with the beans this year (too much rain) so I need to replant and now I cannot find seeds. Very aggravating! But here is what is in now. Lettuce, radishes, onions, carrots, green beans, lima beans, okra, corn, potatoes, zuchinni, tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers, peppers, watermelon and canteloupe. Will plant beets, turnips and another round of lettuce in the fall.
For anyone wanting to use a pressure canner, I would be happy to talk you through it. It is really no more dangerous than boiling water on the stove. They are built with safety mechanisms to protect you. It just takes a watchfull eye and they are handy as the dickens. I would freeze more but we just don't have the space, so I can most of what I grow. This year is a experiment in making claussen kosher dill pickles. I love those things nad they are just to darned expensive in the store. Sheila Sheila |
For the past 7 summers, we have planted a 1/2 acre out front, and another patch about 75' X 50' in our bottom land. The bottom land just gets corn. It has been so wet this spring we haven't gotten the corn in yet, so we will only plant a small amount as it may not have long enough to grow and ripen now. We are down-sizing the front area this year....only planting about 1/2 of it. So far we have:
32 tomato plants...roma, yellow heritage, beefsteak, early girl beans...green, yellow, and purple 2 carrot varieties, beets, red swiss chard red potatoes, butternut squash mooregold squash zuccini...yellow, green pumpkin english cukes pickling cukes burpless cukes cantaloupe seedless watermelon stars and moon watermelon brocolli cauliflower spinach sweet peppers...red, green, orange jalapeno peppers Scattered around the property... apples...crab, sweet eating raspberries, (almost ripe!!!!) bluberries chokecherries black cherries rhubarb plums Yes, we can lots!!! And we give away a lot. Last year we gave about 10 bushels of corn to the local mission...also many boxes of tomatoes and brocolli. It's a nice feeling to be able to share. Patti |
Pzazz what is : stars and moon watermelon ? That is a variety I haven't heard of before . Annie
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Originally Posted by stitchinMamaw
Pzazz what is : stars and moon watermelon ? That is a variety I haven't heard of before . Annie
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Patti, I always wanted to try luffa. My SIL didone year, and ma, did they takeover. She did get alotof luffas though!
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i planted some squash, cucumbers, tomatioes, peppers in bags of topsoil. Just threw bag on ground cut out slit in bottom , slit on top, planted, and muclched with straw. Got little tiny cucumbers , I saw them yesterday, so excited.
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Originally Posted by topper1
i planted some squash, cucumbers, tomatioes, peppers in bags of topsoil. Just threw bag on ground cut out slit in bottom , slit on top, planted, and muclched with straw. Got little tiny cucumbers , I saw them yesterday, so excited.
I did pile what potting soil I had to plant my pumpkin plant . I doing 1 this year to see how it does . We need some rain though . It has been all around us or just a sprinkle . Good luck everybody , Annie |
Yes we have a garden again this year. Last year ours was ruined by some kind a "blight" on the tomato plants. We lost all of our plants! This time everything looks Great and growing well. We have tomatoes, peppers, cukes, zuccini, eggplant, italian beans and acorn squash. I can't wait to be able to go outside and pick my own veggies!! :lol:
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Originally Posted by SuziC
Yes we have a garden again this year. Last year ours was ruined by some kind a "blight" on the tomato plants. We lost all of our plants! This time everything looks Great and growing well. We have tomatoes, peppers, cukes, zuccini, eggplant, italian beans and acorn squash. I can't wait to be able to go outside and pick my own veggies!! :lol:
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