For what it's worth, I saved the seeds from lemons I used for tea and after drying them, put them in potting soil in small planters near the fireplace. It's been several weeks and each planter has multiple plants growing. Don't know if they'll survive or if so, for how long, but they ARE growing.
To save tomato plants from pesky (but cute nevertheless) deer, I cover them with giant tarps each night before dark (secured with large rocks). It's tedious to do on those nights when you're plumb tired, but one night of forgetfulness or laziness could mean havoc to the tomato crop. This past summer was the first year tomatoes were bountiful on our acreage. I believe the tarps keep them warmer at night than they would be without them. I try to keep onions under the same tarps as deer love the onion greens and they pull the whole onion out of the ground to harvest the greens, wasting the onions.
Does anyone have words of wisdom for canning corn, green beans and cukes? I don't have a temperature gauge on my pressure cooker and I've never canned those things before. I dread buying canning jars (that used to be cheap).
Hello M.D., glad you are here.
On canning jars, I often found them in adds in the paper, garage sales and Goodwill type places.
I intended to can all Oregon had to offer, when Bill got sick and we moved to Arizona, I had put an ad in the paper to buy or pick free fruit and buy jars, there were several calls for apples, and other items, even grapes.
And I found lots of jars.
You will need to talk to someone more up to date on canning than I, but there are sites with the info.
If you do not have a gauge, you might use it as a ‘boiling water canner’ and not need the pounds of pressure, I have done both types of canning, but not for 20 years.
Did you read post 1064, it talks about laying hogwire on the ground and that the deer will not walk on it.
Your lemon trees may never bear usable fruit, but think how pretty they are and how sweet the flowers will smell and they were free to boot.
I too am a seed planter and have grown several pretty plants over the years, even a pineapple, when you leave about a half inch of the pineapple attached to the green top, let it dry for a couple days to seal the bottom and plant, in a pot, kinda shaded, till it roots.
You knew that I would have to visit google:
I liked my dried squash, simply toss it in a pot of soup and it is good, wish that I had also done the cabbage, as I like cabbage in a vegetable soup also.
I had good luck with a $30. dehydrator from Walmart, but I also have one that is large that heats with an electric stove burner and has a fan, it works too, but the counter top is easier.