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Posted: 7/1/2013 1:27:16 PM EDT
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Lazy-boy beans is what I call them. Shiftless beans. That figures. |
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Posted: 7/1/2013 2:11:27 PM EDT
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Lazy-boy beans is what I call them. Shiftless beans. That figures. you'll be a natural at picking them. TRG |
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Posted: 7/1/2013 2:23:01 PM EDT
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Both the dairies around here I'm familiar with pile it up to compost and give it to the landscape centers if they will pick it up. They even load with a big wheel loader.
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Do you have the ability to bring in a couple dump truck loads of compost this fall? That would amend your clay soil nicely and help retain moisture. Grove I haven't looked in to it, but, there are dairies nearby that might have something available. TRG |
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Posted: 7/3/2013 9:55:20 AM EDT
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Some pictures to explain the odd dry-patches in my garden.
Tomatoes, east end of the row. 
Plants on the left ... happy. On the right... hardly. Also, notice the eggplants. There is a tiny one there, that I mentioned a month ago, that is still not growing. No idea why, the neighboring plants are doing fine. This is the same set of tomatoes, just looking a little more to the right. That patch will not hold any moisture. I've planted cuckes, zukes, and cantaloupes there already this year. Each time the plants have shriveled and died. Only one cuke is hanging on, just under the last eggplant. 
Indian corn, same thing. One end is 9-12' tall the other is wilting and dried. In this area, last season I tried to get beans, pumpkins, cuckes ... hell, anything... to grow. Same problem, no moisture remained for even a day. You can even see the difference in the grass uin that area. Browned, withering, in comparison to the grass further to the left, and near the super-nice indian corn. 
The tomatoes, in the 'good' part of the garden are really producing now. I am not a fan of the Roma tomato, but I plan to make ketchup and possibly Russian style pickled tomatoes. 
We had dinner on the top level of the deck last night. Took this pic of the indian corn, so you can also see the difference in the corn in this angle. 
Record cool temps in our area, so dinner was on the deck. Wine was a gift from the neighbor for the vegetables, chicken was store bought. 
And, once again, since there was a camera nearby Eugene got his picture taken. I was using an HD camera app and ...well, it was amusing. 
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Posted: 7/3/2013 12:28:37 PM EDT
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It took me about a minute of VERY carefully reciting the poem before I was confident enough to pick him up. Even then, I was wondering if I was reciting it properly. TRG  You guys argued for hours over that last time.
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Posted: 7/3/2013 12:56:10 PM EDT
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It took me about a minute of VERY carefully reciting the poem before I was confident enough to pick him up. Even then, I was wondering if I was reciting it properly. TRG You guys argued for hours over that last time.
No we didn't. I never argue. TRG |
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Posted: 7/3/2013 4:41:26 PM EDT
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Make marinara with the Roma tomatoes.
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Posted: 7/4/2013 12:18:43 AM EDT
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If you have a dehydrator, slice those Romas a little less than a quarter inch thick and dry them out.
We found they add incredible tomato flavor to any soup, sauce or hot dish requiring tomatoes during the "off" season. We just store them in a ziplock bag in the closet once dry. |
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Posted: 7/6/2013 2:05:39 PM EDT
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Gonna make some ketchup today I think...
The drought is not letting up, the beans that I had planned to dry on the vine, then harvest were pintos, mostly. After seeing the 'laxy boy' peas/beans I decided to switch my storage plans. The lazy ones are actually 'zipper cream' I found the plantng stake with the original packaging and planting dates on it in the row. This is what was done today to two of the rows of beans, peas.. "Just how dry is it here....? Something wicked this way comes..... 
DPeacher likes tractors too... TRG |
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Posted: 7/7/2013 5:23:53 PM EDT
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The other half of the tomatoes...
Washing all 28 pounds of them. 
Grinding them, whole, unpeeled with 6 onions and 5 jalapenos. 
After about 4 hours, additional spices, and ...presto. Ketchup. 
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Posted: 7/7/2013 5:44:57 PM EDT
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Why do you have to show the easy way of doing things after we just canned tomatoes traditionally.
I hate you. Thanks man! 
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Posted: 7/7/2013 5:53:05 PM EDT
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Why do you have to show the easy way of doing things after we just canned tomatoes traditionally. I hate you. This. You totally suck. Spent a day boiling and skinning tomatoes. Yep. You suck. |
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Posted: 7/7/2013 6:22:50 PM EDT
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Why do you have to show the easy way of doing things after we just canned tomatoes traditionally. I hate you. This. You totally suck. Spent a day boiling and skinning tomatoes. Yep. You suck. Fine grinder plate. You will still have seeds. It is a much more thick and hearty style. It is not creamy and smooth like Heinz. But, you waste 0% of the produce. So, you end up with less work, more ketchup. TRG |
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Posted: 7/7/2013 7:05:37 PM EDT
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Why do you have to show the easy way of doing things after we just canned tomatoes traditionally. I hate you. This. You totally suck. Spent a day boiling and skinning tomatoes. Yep. You suck. Fine grinder plate. You will still have seeds. It is a much more thick and hearty style. It is not creamy and smooth like Heinz. But, you waste 0% of the produce. So, you end up with less work, more ketchup. TRG Thanks. We have the equipment and we are going to do this next time. 
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Posted: 7/7/2013 7:20:34 PM EDT
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Looks great! Do you have the cactus by the grill for napalitos? Looks thorn-less in the pic.
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Posted: 7/7/2013 9:23:39 PM EDT
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Looks great! Do you have the cactus by the grill for napalitos? Looks thorn-less in the pic. That is the thorn less variety that you see. I don't grill it. It is part of my shtf garden. It is slimy when I cook it. Got a recipe that Metis it taste good? TRG |
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Posted: 7/7/2013 9:42:49 PM EDT
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Sorry, I've eaten a lot of it but never made it. I think it was brined/pickled? Good in scrambled eggs.
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Posted: 7/8/2013 9:35:43 AM EDT
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Sorry, I've eaten a lot of it but never made it. I think it was brined/pickled? Good in scrambled eggs. I'll see if any of these recipes work. http://www.rootsimple.com/2012/06/four-ways-to-preserve-prickly-pear-pads-nopales/ TRG |
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Posted: 7/8/2013 1:19:53 PM EDT
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Why do you have to show the easy way of doing things after we just canned tomatoes traditionally. I hate you. This. You totally suck. Spent a day boiling and skinning tomatoes. Yep. You suck. Fine grinder plate. You will still have seeds. It is a much more thick and hearty style. It is not creamy and smooth like Heinz. But, you waste 0% of the produce. So, you end up with less work, more ketchup. TRG I use a juicer attachment on my kitchen aid. I get no seeds, and no skin. Send the seeds and skins that are "pooped" out the end of the juicer back through an extra time or twho and you end up with tomato cardboard and clean lump free tomato sauce. |
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Posted: 7/8/2013 1:21:51 PM EDT
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Live along. That's a wonderful life.
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Posted: 7/11/2013 9:22:04 AM EDT
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Snakes have been bad this year. Lost a large pullet to one.
Got traps out again. Grilled squash, tomatoes, eggplant and steamed corn have been on the menu every night. We picked the garden last week, and you rreally can not even tell that any vegetables have been taken out of it. Irrigating has been working, and the aggressive stinkbug killin' has been allowing the garden to flourish this summer. I had more vegetables in the Spring last year, and more squash in May, but, by this time the bugs had gained the upper hand. Tomatoes did not produce as well, and peppers did not come until November. It is a steadier flow of vegetables now. 
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Posted: 7/11/2013 9:53:57 AM EDT
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Snakes have been bad this year. Lost a large pullet to one. <a href="http://s671.photobucket.com/user/TheRedGoat/media/20130708_084825_zpsf04c5d7a.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv71/TheRedGoat/20130708_084825_zpsf04c5d7a.jpg</a> Got traps out again. Grilled squash, tomatoes, eggplant and steamed corn have been on the menu every night. We picked the garden last week, and you rreally can not even tell that any vegetables have been taken out of it. Irrigating has been working, and the aggressive stinkbug killin' has been allowing the garden to flourish this summer. I had more vegetables in the Spring last year, and more squash in May, but, by this time the bugs had gained the upper hand. Tomatoes did not produce as well, and peppers did not come until November. It is a steadier flow of vegetables now. <a href="http://s671.photobucket.com/user/TheRedGoat/media/20130710_190153_zps17fbf18e.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv71/TheRedGoat/20130710_190153_zps17fbf18e.jpg</a> TRG I wish I could fire up my grill.  It has been raining for the last nine days.
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Posted: 7/11/2013 11:21:03 AM EDT
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Snakes have been bad this year. Lost a large pullet to one. <a href="http://s671.photobucket.com/user/TheRedGoat/media/20130708_084825_zpsf04c5d7a.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv71/TheRedGoat/20130708_084825_zpsf04c5d7a.jpg</a> Got traps out again. Grilled squash, tomatoes, eggplant and steamed corn have been on the menu every night. We picked the garden last week, and you rreally can not even tell that any vegetables have been taken out of it. Irrigating has been working, and the aggressive stinkbug killin' has been allowing the garden to flourish this summer. I had more vegetables in the Spring last year, and more squash in May, but, by this time the bugs had gained the upper hand. Tomatoes did not produce as well, and peppers did not come until November. It is a steadier flow of vegetables now. <a href="http://s671.photobucket.com/user/TheRedGoat/media/20130710_190153_zps17fbf18e.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv71/TheRedGoat/20130710_190153_zps17fbf18e.jpg</a> TRG I wish I could fire up my grill. It has been raining for the last nine days.Rub it in... Under 1" since May 20th or so here. Couple of pics from today. Beans tilled under. Zipper creams are beginning to produce another crop. They got some water when I was irrigating and seem to be making a turn for the better. There is alot of grass in the beds of sweet potatoes. With so little rain and no way to prevent damaging the already stressed roots, I have decided to let the grass grow. The potatoes are slowly over taking the grass further down the row. 
Israeli melons on the right, squash in the middle, cantaloupes on the left. These really were not doing well in the drought. I've been pouring the water to them and they are now beginning to thrive. 
Squash. So much better than this time last year. 
These are the bastards that kill squash, pumpkins and other vine crops. Even watermelons. 
These are their eggs. 
Crush the eggs, or spray with a surfactant based chemical spray. Spray the adults with surfactants or crush with a leaf. They stink of course, so, directly squashing them is not a good choice. The spray also forces them out from cover. Mr. Clean will harm your plants, so be careful if you are using it to kill the bugs. But, it will kill them if used properly and selectively. TRG |
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Posted: 7/12/2013 1:43:42 PM EDT
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WEll, the grasshoppers and drought pushed me to the point that I decided to harvest the majority of my indian corn. Some of it is still growing, but the tall corn is irresistible for grasshoppers to use for overnight perches. While they roost overnight, the gnaw through anything. It was starting to really do some damage and stunted a lot of the crop.
I spent a lot of time and energy trying to get a bumbercrop out of this patch. With under 1" of rain for the entire 6 weeks the ears have been forming... it just could not happen. No matter how much I irrigated the corn, the lack of any residual water below ground kept the ears from being able to develop fast enough. 
This is what happens to the ears when a grasshopper roosts on it overnight. They gnaw through and destroy the ear. 
This one made it through ok. I am going to plant a patch of this deep purple corn. It looks interesting. Probably will make some interesting corn meal. 
Some successes: 
Some failures: 
The most fun with indian corn is the Forrest Gump effect. You never know what you are gonna get. Some of them are pretty damn cool. 
The harvest. Thoroughly underwhelming. 2/3rds of the stalks either had deformed ears from the drought or from the grasshoppers. 
I am going to plant another crop of corn. The problem is that the grasshoppers are going to get even worse from this point forward this summer. TRG |
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Posted: 7/13/2013 4:34:53 AM EDT
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Looking good despite the lack of moisture. It's still amazing to me how much you harvest, have you had issues with storage space yet?
Had lettuce from my garden last week and green beans tonight. Extra delicious knowing it came from the backyard
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Posted: 7/13/2013 10:27:14 AM EDT
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Looking good despite the lack of moisture. It's still amazing to me how much you harvest, have you had issues with storage space yet? Had lettuce from my garden last week and green beans tonight. Extra delicious knowing it came from the backyard No. I am giving away 20lbs per week. I pickled too much last year. Dinner is normally 2 grilled squash, 4 jap eggplants, 3 tomatoes, ribs or hamburger. Leftover for lunch the next day. It's a much steadier harvest this year. My storage crops, hard squash, pumpkins, sweet potatoes still have months to go. Dried grains and dried peas are compact to store in jars. TRG |
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Posted: 7/13/2013 11:07:56 AM EDT
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Looking good despite the lack of moisture. It's still amazing to me how much you harvest, have you had issues with storage space yet? Had lettuce from my garden last week and green beans tonight. Extra delicious knowing it came from the backyard No. I am giving away 20lbs per week. I pickled too much last year. Dinner is normally 2 grilled squash, 4 jap eggplants, 3 tomatoes, ribs or hamburger. Leftover for lunch the next day. It's a much steadier harvest this year. My storage crops, hard squash, pumpkins, sweet potatoes still have months to go. Dried grains and dried peas are compact to store in jars. TRG Any good advice on preserving peppers? I will pickle some jalapenos and banana peppers, but will have chili's (Anaheim) and Cayenne's. Drying? Freezing? |
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Posted: 7/13/2013 1:21:27 PM EDT
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Looking good despite the lack of moisture. It's still amazing to me how much you harvest, have you had issues with storage space yet? Had lettuce from my garden last week and green beans tonight. Extra delicious knowing it came from the backyard No. I am giving away 20lbs per week. I pickled too much last year. Dinner is normally 2 grilled squash, 4 jap eggplants, 3 tomatoes, ribs or hamburger. Leftover for lunch the next day. It's a much steadier harvest this year. My storage crops, hard squash, pumpkins, sweet potatoes still have months to go. Dried grains and dried peas are compact to store in jars. TRG Any good advice on preserving peppers? I will pickle some jalapenos and banana peppers, but will have chili's (Anaheim) and Cayenne's. Drying? Freezing? I used a 'cowboy candy' recipe last year to preserve jalapenos. I've had very good luck with drying peppers in the sun, then once they are powder dry, pulverizing them in to pepper to be used in soups, chilli, sausage for years to come. TRG |
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Posted: 7/13/2013 1:31:03 PM EDT
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I am pulling some more tomatoes to avoid the grasshoppers gnawing them as well. More ketchup today. I also sent a Wal-Mart bag full of tomatoes home with my parents on Thursday. This puts me well over 50lbs of tomatoes so far. There is probably another 20lbs still green out there.
Some early melons. Not 100% ripe, but the heavy watering has made a few of them begin to burst. 
One of my squash. Several more larger ones. We picked almost all the 10" or better ones Thursday. Fertilizer, 100 degrees, and heavy watering has made them in to machines. 
Squash caviar will be the next major canning operation. Some seeds, that failed to germinate in the Spring, and were also overgrown by rye grass, finally decided to sprout. Peanuts, some squash, etc. They are doing very well. The rye acts as mulch and they are between the corn and the vine crops, so they get watered as well. 
It's hard to show how much the watering has helped out here. The rows are healthy, lots of leaf growth and pumpkins are 6" in diameter or more. 
This is what the grasshoppers are doing to most of the indian corn. 
Oh, and wanna see how much rain we had the other day? 
It did finally rain, and we had a whopping .04" fall. Got a deal off Amazon for a handcranked corn grinder. Before investing in a 300 dollar stone grinder, I wanted to give it a try. Worked ok, 20 bucks delivered. 
102 here today. But, there is a chance that more rain will miss me for the next 3-4 days. Temps predicted to be only in the mid 80s though. TRG |
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Posted: 7/13/2013 3:24:35 PM EDT
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Made just over 7 quarts of ketchup.
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Posted: 7/13/2013 3:26:38 PM EDT
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Made just over 7 quarts of ketchup. <a href="http://s671.photobucket.com/user/TheRedGoat/media/20130713_141630_zpsa94a9e49.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv71/TheRedGoat/20130713_141630_zpsa94a9e49.jpg</a> <a href="http://s671.photobucket.com/user/TheRedGoat/media/2013-07-13_14-15-58_HDR_zps7f02e9de.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv71/TheRedGoat/2013-07-13_14-15-58_HDR_zps7f02e9de.jpg</a> TRG Nice. We are going to process all our tomatoes tomorrow. |
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Posted: 7/13/2013 3:31:12 PM EDT
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Made just over 7 quarts of ketchup. <a href="http://s671.photobucket.com/user/TheRedGoat/media/20130713_141630_zpsa94a9e49.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv71/TheRedGoat/20130713_141630_zpsa94a9e49.jpg</a> <a href="http://s671.photobucket.com/user/TheRedGoat/media/2013-07-13_14-15-58_HDR_zps7f02e9de.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv71/TheRedGoat/2013-07-13_14-15-58_HDR_zps7f02e9de.jpg</a> TRG Nice. We are going to process all our tomatoes tomorrow. Making ketchup? I have several recipes in my photobucket account if you need one. TRG |
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Posted: 7/13/2013 3:49:44 PM EDT
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Made just over 7 quarts of ketchup. <a href="http://s671.photobucket.com/user/TheRedGoat/media/20130713_141630_zpsa94a9e49.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv71/TheRedGoat/20130713_141630_zpsa94a9e49.jpg</a> <a href="http://s671.photobucket.com/user/TheRedGoat/media/2013-07-13_14-15-58_HDR_zps7f02e9de.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv71/TheRedGoat/2013-07-13_14-15-58_HDR_zps7f02e9de.jpg</a> TRG Nice. We are going to process all our tomatoes tomorrow. Making ketchup? I have several recipes in my photobucket account if you need one. TRG Spaghetti sauce. The wife really knows her Italian. 
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Posted: 7/14/2013 1:30:27 PM EDT
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Despite the drought and the threat of grasshoppers, I decided to go ahead with the third indian corn planting. I harvest seed from the corn that I picked over the weekend. I had repviously tilled this area to prepare it.
I tilled deep today, sprinkled it liberally with seed and 10-20-10 fertilizer. RE-tilled about 1" deep to set the seed and turn under the fertilizer. Tow beds, 5' wide. I stopped short of the naturally-dry area. Hopefully this gives me a better cropw ith less wasted time and water. 
Seeds and fertilizer. 
Irrigating. Flash flood warning west of me. nothing here. We are on the dry-side of a low pressure system. Missed the rain again. 
This is rabbit damage. 
That is the result of two, 100lb, dog crashing through the garden in pursuit. 
Harvested peppers today. I've never made pepper-jelly before. I have made candied japs, but, I think Google has a couple of decent recipes for babnana peppers. The weight of the bowl was 'dialed out', so this is an actual weight. 5lbs of peppers. 
All the recipes I have seen call for only a few cups of peppers. I am not sure how to scale it up to this kind of volume. TRG |
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Posted: 7/14/2013 10:03:31 PM EDT
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Trimmed, washed, ground. Made 4lbs of peppers.
Used this recipe: http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/surejell-hot-pepper-jelly-51962.aspx After measuring the ground peppers, it equaled to 14 cups of peppers. That meant I needed to double the recipe. There was not enough spice from the jalapenos. so I added a TBSP of Cayenne. Pics to come. TRG |
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Posted: 7/16/2013 10:59:48 AM EDT
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Any good advice on preserving peppers? I will pickle some jalapenos and banana peppers, but will have chili's (Anaheim) and Cayenne's. Drying? Freezing? We dehydrate various types of hot peppers, jalapeno, chili, cayenne, put in a ziplock bag and put in the fridge. Use as needed in bean and rice dishes. |
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Posted: 7/16/2013 4:40:03 PM EDT
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Of course, with all the rain there had to be some damage or downside to the garden. We went out today and picked all the split tomatoes from the deluge.
Bowl weight was dialed out, and it still spun the dial all the way around... 26lbs. I think this puts out total harvest over 75lbs so far. 
Gonna be some more ketchup here in a few hours. Also made some, accidentally, in to a Russian Hrenovina spread. The boy tasted the early ketchup and claimed it was the same as he eats back home, so we pulled out two pints of fresh to set aside for a Russian meal one night. This is the damage from all the water. Every one of these would be spoiled in a few more days if left outside. 
This is my sidekick, sputnik, that helped pick vegetables today. 
we had a few squash to pull. With the rain there should be another picking like this in about a week. 
He took three of the average sized ones and is making a batch of 'Squash Caviar' with it. If it turns out well, we are going to do a larger batch and figure out how to can it. Low acid, no vinegar in it, so it will need to be pressure canned. Not sure how well it will stand up to that. Recipe he is using: http://anya.photosvit.com/squash-caviar-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0/ TRG |
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Posted: 7/16/2013 6:25:40 PM EDT
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How's the damn holding up with all the rain?
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Posted: 7/16/2013 6:37:30 PM EDT
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How's the damn holding up with all the rain? It developed another leak, but, is holding enough in the reservoir in spite of the leaks. I can pump 5-6k gallons per day. It looks like some water did go over the top of the dam, but, we did not have much runoff. Not enough to inundate the creek and bring in enough new silt materials to seal it up. TRG |
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Posted: 7/16/2013 8:46:03 PM EDT
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Well, we now have almost 50 pints of ketchup. I gotta figure out something else to make now...
Squash caviar that the boy made turned out great. The recipe produced 2 pints of finished product, but, it's low acid. If we want to store it, it means 65 minutes of pressure processing, so, we will probably modify the recipe for less cooking on the stove, and more cooking in the pressure canner. TRG |
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Posted: 7/16/2013 9:09:46 PM EDT
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It will require pressure canning, but plain old tomato sauce and/or diced tomatoes can be used in soups or to make marinara sauce.
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Posted: 7/17/2013 12:20:59 AM EDT
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It will require pressure canning, but plain old tomato sauce and/or diced tomatoes can be used in soups or to make marinara sauce. Ima thumb through a book on pickles to see if there are some green tomato recipes. Probably will buy a brisket, or two, and can spaghetti sauce as well. TRG |
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Posted: 7/17/2013 12:34:14 PM EDT
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It will require pressure canning, but plain old tomato sauce and/or diced tomatoes can be used in soups or to make marinara sauce. Ima thumb through a book on pickles to see if there are some green tomato recipes. Probably will buy a brisket, or two, and can spaghetti sauce as well. TRG All's I had last year were green tomatoes. Blame the drought. I loves me some pickled maters. However, I over cooked them when I miscalculated the water level in the bath and had to add water to get the right level. Still good tho. It was my first try at canning so lesson learned. My jalapenos turned out alright. |
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Posted: 7/17/2013 6:02:17 PM EDT
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How much rain did you get?
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Posted: 7/17/2013 6:42:34 PM EDT
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The grinder has easily paid for itself already in hours saved. Used it again to make the squash caviar. Recipe calls for the onions and squash to be sauteed, then pureed. Pureeing almost 20lbs of squash and onions was not really a viable option.
We ground the onions, then sauteed them to get the flavor. 
Sauteeing: 
Cut the squash in to 1" strips and ground them as well: 
Original recipe called for 1.5 hours of cooking on low heat. I split the difference. 30 minutes at a boil, then pressure canned. This is what it looked like prior to canning. 
Final result... 
We processed 8 pints and 6.5 quarts. Running two canners at once, we started working on the vegetables at 10:30 and the lids just started popping on the cool down at 3. TRG |
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Posted: 7/17/2013 6:45:42 PM EDT
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How much rain did you get? That sucks about the maters but at least you were able to do something with them. How are the cucumbers? Around 3". It was a good 'soaking rain' and the relief from the sun and a chance for the water to soak in deeply will help. I have not looked at the cucumbers in a week or more. They were in an isolated part of the garden, between the first sweet corn and the ragged indian corn. Watering them took too much time and effort. Since I could water 25 squash plants in the same amount of time, I left the cucumbers to their own devices. They had some cucumbers on them a week ago, but they were yellowing and drought stunted fruit. TRG |
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Posted: 7/17/2013 10:32:03 PM EDT
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Around 3". It was a good 'soaking rain' and the relief from the sun and a chance for the water to soak in deeply will help. I have not looked at the cucumbers in a week or more. They were in an isolated part of the garden, between the first sweet corn and the ragged indian corn. Watering them took too much time and effort. Since I could water 25 squash plants in the same amount of time, I left the cucumbers to their own devices. They had some cucumbers on them a week ago, but they were yellowing and drought stunted fruit. TRG Quote HistoryQuoted:
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How much rain did you get? That sucks about the maters but at least you were able to do something with them. How are the cucumbers? Around 3". It was a good 'soaking rain' and the relief from the sun and a chance for the water to soak in deeply will help. I have not looked at the cucumbers in a week or more. They were in an isolated part of the garden, between the first sweet corn and the ragged indian corn. Watering them took too much time and effort. Since I could water 25 squash plants in the same amount of time, I left the cucumbers to their own devices. They had some cucumbers on them a week ago, but they were yellowing and drought stunted fruit. TRG Rain wrecked most of my tomatoes. Well, most of the tomatoes that were becoming ripe. Still have all the Romas and a bunch of peppers coming. mm |
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Posted: 7/18/2013 8:24:05 AM EDT
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Rain wrecked most of my tomatoes. Well, most of the tomatoes that were becoming ripe. Still have all the Romas and a bunch of peppers coming. mm Quote HistoryQuoted:
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How much rain did you get? That sucks about the maters but at least you were able to do something with them. How are the cucumbers? Around 3". It was a good 'soaking rain' and the relief from the sun and a chance for the water to soak in deeply will help. I have not looked at the cucumbers in a week or more. They were in an isolated part of the garden, between the first sweet corn and the ragged indian corn. Watering them took too much time and effort. Since I could water 25 squash plants in the same amount of time, I left the cucumbers to their own devices. They had some cucumbers on them a week ago, but they were yellowing and drought stunted fruit. TRG Rain wrecked most of my tomatoes. Well, most of the tomatoes that were becoming ripe. Still have all the Romas and a bunch of peppers coming. mm Wrecked? How so? TRG |
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Posted: 7/18/2013 6:49:04 PM EDT
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Wrecked? How so? TRG All of the round ball shaped tomatoes split pretty bad. The Romas don't seem to be affected at all. For some reason all my tomatoes are small this year...except the Romas. mm |
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Posted: 7/19/2013 12:16:59 AM EDT
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All of the round ball shaped tomatoes split pretty bad. The Romas don't seem to be affected at all. For some reason all my tomatoes are small this year...except the Romas. mm Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Wrecked? How so? TRG All of the round ball shaped tomatoes split pretty bad. The Romas don't seem to be affected at all. For some reason all my tomatoes are small this year...except the Romas. mm Are you on a regular schedule of fertilizer? I've seen my Romas splitting as well. TRG |
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