I have so many cucumbers now that I pulled the plants out this morning. I'm still feeling a little guilty for it but have made enough pickles for two years and still have a pile of fresh cukes. Oh well, the okra needed the extra sunlight from clearing the fence anyways. I just started picking okra, but don't have enough to pickle yet. Maybe 1 full pint so far, but they are working overtime now.
Impressive! I know how much work goes into all that!
Oh I got more jars & right now HEB has buy one get one 1/2 off sale till the 11th. You can never have enough jars
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Just my family. Got to keep in mind that we eat what we harvest thru out the whole year and I like to have enough stored for the just in case bad season. Last year was one of the worst so the stockroom shelves were just about empty. I do also have my dried goods stored in there along with some canned goods bought at the store when dirt cheap. The store bought cans are now down to only a couple shelves on a rolling rack. I have utilized all the wall space in the bedroom including the closet which is pretty good sized, but that mainly stores my bigger kitchen appliances, like electric roaster, separator, milk machine when not in use, fruit press and linens. Rolling racks come in handy when placing in front of closet door and when placing in front of the metal racks.
I used a little soy sauce and some salt. They sliced thin and crunch, but still taste revolting! Very green tasting, almost remind me of the kale chips I thought weren't fit for dog food either! I love fresh cukes and will eat them plain, but these chips weren't so good.
They're not for everyone. . kinda like my spaghetti squash pasta. Hunny won't go near them.
Your post gave me a good laugh, sorry it was at your expense. yes, I guess there isn't any advice to not inhale fumes, LOL, the same as not sticking your head in the oven or touching the hot pan. but, I guess some folks have to learn the hard way. I wish you better luck in the future and hope you didn't have to go to the doctor or anything.
. I was planning on using the shop vac this morning since hunny plopped it down in the middle of the living room floor last night. Called him to ask where he left the attachments and getting them out in the shed behind the house & out in the red barn, he then tells me that he needs to get a new filter for it and not to use it cause it will just blow the dirt back out. . . Well at least all the pieces are back together.
All right, I guess I have to try making some jelly again. My first experience was kind of just sweet thick juice. Thanks for the inspiration!I ended up getting 31 half pints and almost 1 pint. The almost pint will go into the fridge for hunny to eat on his morning toast but I will be cooking some biscuits tonight to go along with the smothered pork chops. Also doing mashed potatoes and maybe green beans. . . that last one is still a toss up. Hunny went back to work today so I've been cleaning house while working on my jelly. . . mainly the juicing process and straining, but now it's done I can start on my floors. Yippy for me
Garden has been weeded and goat barn cleaned out. With three very new little ones I am trying to keep it super clean and sprayed down with bleach water. I did get in some cuddle time with each of them. Penelope is a good little momma but this is only Callie's second time around. She does not clean booties. . . so I go out a few times a day with a warm soapy rag to 'help' her out.View attachment 8696 He is only pooping yellow baby poop and it does tend to stick. . . If not cleaned off, it will harden and baby will clog up which is not a good thing.
Yep, sounds like my initial forays into jelly making. LOL
Reminds me of a good song, ‘Polk salad annie’.... seems like canning Polk would be like trying to preserve lettuce, it would probably turn to mush. I need to ask Wgregmiller to try freeze drying some lettuce and see if it’s still edible afterwards. So can you eat cattails?....
I have a lot of spinach growing now and you just motivated me to try canning some of the excess this season. I will pass on the poke, or polk, though.
It is like spinach when you can it. Plus you don't have to grow it. I like free food. Cattails are great. Early spring you can just reach in and pull the center out and eat it right then and there or you can fry, the heads you can also do a lot with, but you don't eat after they go to seed. You wouldn't like the fluffy stuff. You can get good info from the book "Stalking the Wild Asparagus", there are a lot of wild foods out there. Wild mustard is up now too. You can use the leaves like wilted lettuce.
