My first Cherokee Purple is blushing! I have fresh mozzarella waiting for it. I’m about to start the Great Garlic Harvest of 2013, which will be around 175 bulbs. I’m quite relieved because a few months ago I thought I might have the Great Amish Roofing Fiasco instead of a garlic harvest. The hot peppers are producing like gangbusters too. I’ll be canning next week. Now I just need to decide if it’s worth a potential run in with the health inspector to sell my goods at the local farmer’s market. The State of Ohio has decided for its citizens that certain canned goods are illegal to sell.
Don’t sell. Keep it for your friends and family and Christmas gifts.
We’ve ordered some southern adapted garlics from gourmetgarlicgardens.com Hopefully they’ll be as tasty as they were last time.
Something ate my cherokee purple tomato plant about the time it got ready to bloom. Augh.
Psst.... buddy, wanna buy some canned jalpenos?
/johnny
Yes, we are getting blow back from a lot of local health inspectors around here too. Little old ladies in a neighboring county weren’t able to sell their home canned green beans like they used to.
The excuse was that the kitchens weren’t inspected and authorized, and they had no way of knowing what was in the jars-HA-like we know that for sure with commercial canning, or even a taco from taco bell.
Fortunately, in Missouri, if you want to go to someone’s house or farm and purchase whatever they have, you can still do so. That’s why we can still get raw milk when we want it.
??? marijuana?
My apologies for the snarky remark. I missed the “canned” in your post and couldn’t imagine what goods from your garden would be illegal to sell in Ohio. I should learn to read more carefully and think twice before posting.