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[REDNECK4LIFE32]

Just canned 7 quarts of yellow squash and zucchini tonight. Earliest ever fill pickles tomorrow all from My 30 x 70 garden. Swiss chard like crazy too. Beets will be ready this week too. Onions like crazy. Just waiting on them beans for dilly beans. Tell me about your canning.

[DirtTime]

We just bought a 1/2 bushel of pickling cukes. Already have the spices and pickle crisp. Got some fresh garlic, and jalapeño to make the spicy pickles. Doing those up tomorrow!

 

August, we will be getting a few bushels of tomatoes and making our homemade pasta/red sauce again this year.

 

 

[SteveB]

Doing a batch of beets and zucchini B&B pickles this week. Then away for 5 days - expect to battle zucchini monsters on return. 

[Otto]

We just harvested our garlic, which we split 50/50 with friends of ours. There are about 350 bulbs.



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[corydd7]

Otto, do you have any pictures of where these were grown? They look great enjoy, I'm just wondering the amount of space it took you to grow that amount.

[Otto]

45 minutes ago, corydd7 said:

Otto, do you have any pictures of where these were grown? They look great enjoy, I'm just wondering the amount of space it took you to grow that amount.

I don’t have a pic, but the total was less than a 10’ x 6’ plot.  I space the cloves about 6” apart and 3” deep in 2 close rows about 8” apart.  Then I space the next row about 18” apart so I can easily weed.  Plant the cloves in early October.  

[DirtTime]

Totally forgot this thread was here when I made my post this morning. Sorry about that.

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[Pygmy]

1 hour ago, Otto said:

I don’t have a pic, but the total was less than a 10’ x 6’ plot.  I space the cloves about 6” apart and 3” deep in 2 close rows about 8” apart.  Then I space the next row about 18” apart so I can easily weed.  Plant the cloves in early October.  

My bed is  about 4' x8' and I only plant about half of it to garlic and get about 100 bulbs....I plant mine in early to mid October also... Dug mine 2 weeks ago...

[REDNECK4LIFE32]

2 hours ago, Rob... said:

Totally forgot this thread was here when I made my post this morning. Sorry about that.

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It's all good was wondering if anyone else was canning. That looks great.

[REDNECK4LIFE32]

Being overrun with squash and zucchini. Canned 6 quarts of fill pickles with whole garlic included.also pics of more zucchini and squash 8 zucchini picked today and 6 yellow squash after canning 6 quarts yesturday. First green beans from the garden included.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

11 hours ago, REDNECK4LIFE32 said:

Being overrun with squash and zucchini. Canned 6 quarts of fill pickles with whole garlic included.also pics of more zucchini and squash 8 zucchini picked today and 6 yellow squash after canning 6 quarts yesturday. First green beans from the garden included.

That zucchini and squash makes some great pickles if you get overrun with them. Let them get big and take out the seed area. slice up and use your favorite pickle recipe. Great way to use the bumper harvest that happens with those two plants. I suggest making sure to use pickle crisp when doing them. 

[crappyice]

Thread hijack!!!!

Here’s why I usually avoid Zucchini


Under all that green ain’t jack squat !!! Space killer in a small garden


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[REDNECK4LIFE32]

14 minutes ago, crappyice said:

Thread hijack!!!!

Here’s why I usually avoid Zucchini


Under all that green ain’t jack squat !!! Space killer in a small garden


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Give it time it'll grow. When did you plant it I planted mine weekend of May 15. I just started getting it. Once they come you'll have an abundance of them.

[crappyice]

Couple weeks after you I guess.
My problem is when things start popping, we usually go on vacation!
Cukes are starting, cherry tomatoes are coming, eggplant slow as usual


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[REDNECK4LIFE32]

I got zucchini yellow squash and dukes like crazy. Swiss chard green beans coming radishes are done for me. Beets are just about ready. My egg plant is got blossoms. Corn starting with silk. Broccoli heads are starting green tail onions ready.

[stubborn1VT]

54 minutes ago, crappyice said:

Thread hijack!!!!

Here’s why I usually avoid Zucchini


Under all that green ain’t jack squat !!! Space killer in a small garden


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Look into "bush" varieties.  They don't vine like that, so they take up less room.  I plant vine type squash in my "pumpkin patch", and bush style squash in my raised beds.  

[DirtTime]

22 hours ago, REDNECK4LIFE32 said:

It's all good was wondering if anyone else was canning. That looks great.

I usually can some hot peppers, but not this year. I get too carried away, and make way to many jars and some end up getting tossed.

I might do some salsa and some salsa verde ( the salsa verde will depend on if I can get the ingredients when we buy the tomatoes for our sauce. No garden this year, so green tomatoes are hard to come by ).

[REDNECK4LIFE32]

1 hour ago, Rob... said:

I usually can some hot peppers, but not this year. I get too carried away, and make way to many jars and some end up getting tossed.

I might do some salsa and some salsa verde ( the salsa verde will depend on if I can get the ingredients when we buy the tomatoes for our sauce. No garden this year, so green tomatoes are hard to come by ).

I'm up north in Clinton county gonna have a lot of green tomatoes if you want some.

[DirtTime]

43 minutes ago, REDNECK4LIFE32 said:

I'm up north in Clinton county gonna have a lot of green tomatoes if you want some.

I'm down in south Albany county, near the Green County border.  I appreciate the offer, though. I appreciate it very much.

[REDNECK4LIFE32]

Just canned another7 quarts of fill pickles and garlic. Best year in the 3 years I've lived here for the garden.

[REDNECK4LIFE32]

Canned 3 quart and 1 pint of dilly beans.

[REDNECK4LIFE32]

Just canned another 6 quarts of dilly beans and 1 pint from what I picked out of the garden today. 7 more quarts of yellow squash and zucchini in the pressure can er as I type. More pickles to come tomorrow then start on my green tomato relis h which is great!

[REDNECK4LIFE32]

Canned another 7 pints and 3 quarts and 1 pint of dilly beans and 14 quarts of regular canned beans in 4 days. Been busy.

[wolc123]

Have you ever canned venison ?  My mother use to do it when I was a kid, and it was always pretty good.  My buddy killed a moose, that the taxidermist estimated to be 8-1/2 years old, a few years ago.  The roasts that he had in the freezer were pretty tough.  Those that he chopped up and canned (using a pressure cooker) were tender and excellent tasting.  Eventually, he thawed out the rest of the roasts and canned them too, which made them all good and tender.  That canned old-moose stroganoff over noodles is one of the finer meals that I ever remember at a hunting camp.   

I am sorry but canned vegetables just don't do much for me, so it is hard for me to get excited about that.  To me, vegetables are what food eats.   

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[DirtTime]

We can't wait to go get our tomatoes in a couple weeks ( that's the plan anyway ) and make our tomato sauce. Didn't make any last Summer. It's a process, and we are hoping the weekend we get it going is at least a low dew point in the temp outside.