Posted on 09/09/2023 5:09:42 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
“I used my stick blender to make a smoother jam - the recipe did not say to do this, but I like the result.”
When I’m making my ‘Award Winning Bloody Mary Mix’ I cook all the veggies down, then use the immersion blender on it and THEN put it through the Foley Food Mill and it always turns out perfectly.
I do the same process with canned Applesauce, too. I leave the peels on for both the pectin content and the pink-ish color it adds to the end result. None better! :)
Please do try ‘Saychelles.’ It’s a nice straight bean; I use it for fresh eating and for canned Dilly Beans.
‘Apple-Maple Jam.’
Thanks so much for sharing that recipe with me. It’s PERFECT for all the apples I have on hand and I can use up some of our own homemade Maple Syrup. :)
The “pop” of jars sealing is ‘music’ to a canner’s ears. I have never done a 10 jar batch before .... sort of like having the percussion section of a band play LOL!
It sure feels like it! Is there an end in sight? I can’t see one yet, LOL!
The Clancey "from seed" potatoes worked better than the German butterball potatoes, but The 5 gallon buckets held too much water, and the medium that I used in growing in the 10 gallon buckets did not retain water and were too dry. We had extended periods of 100 + heat which is not good potato weather. Someone mentioned that potatoes would not grow if the temp was over 80 degrees, which might account for this. I probably do not have the climate for potatoes. The result of this year is that I have some seed potatoes and tiny sweet potatoes for next year (If I decide to plant!)
Not in pots/buckets; Results for squash were also marginal. 1 Red Kuri squash, one butternut squash, some patty pan and a few zuccini. Planted 2 pumpkins types with no results. (Rouge vif d Etamp, Muskee de Provance.) Had good results with Beit Alpha types of cucumbers Artist and Diva, partly because I kept them under a cover and protected them from insects. National Pickling Cucumber did well, but was could not be covered so died a slow death from cucumber beetles and bacterial wilt.
High producing: Tomatoes and Shishitos, lots of pole beans until the beetles arrived. Tons of Basil! I inter planted Johnnies Seed Prospera Compact DMR (PL4)and Thai Basil and Marigolds in my Tomato Rows in the late spring and provided I keep them topped and watered, they continue to grow without any problems with fungus, even with a period of 100 degree weather! The bees are still visiting the the plants. I had no real problem with aphids this year. I will keep using these varieties.
I had a good harvest of Estonian Garlic and Multiplier onions earlier this year. The Japanese Multiplier green onions and leeks are doing well. I just added some Catawissa Top Setting red onions.
So, a good salsa garden! Tomatoes and Peppers and Onions!
“...so died a slow death from cucumber beetles and bacterial wilt.”
“Avenge my death!!”
Save this post for Saturday. I am going to post a ‘2023 Gardening Season Round-up’ for successes and failures this past season.
Apples still on the tree? Not done yet! Peas are growing...more to do!
I will not be overwinter gardening this year. (I should plant lettuce now though.!) I have a bunch of broccoli seedlings that I need to plant once I clear out something else! I do not know if they will have enough time or light to mature, but you never know!
Oktoberfest is for all the gardeners and farmers putting a period on the end of the growing season!
(I am doing a Sauerkraut ferment in the basement that will go well with the Brats! )
15 pounds of figs ‘dealt with’ as of today:
2 lbs whole figs frozen
3 lbs quartered figs frozen
21 half-pint jars of fig jam
4 cups of cooked, pureed fig in freezer - plain, no sugar or anything else added
I am ‘done’ with the figs ... may eat a couple right off the bush as I mow around it. The bees & birds can feast on what is left.
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