Posted on 08/10/2012 8:41:20 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde
Thanks for the info. Sounds like and interesting and healthy way to save garden produce and money.
Trick for dehydrating tomatoes.
Core then first then Freeze them and then let them thaw at room temperature or do it in the microwave.
Thawing will make the water portion freed up.. Reduces dehydrating time by half. It is messy though.
I slice the semi frozen ones with my dehydrator tray over the sink..
Thanks. Great advice. I’ll have to work on freeing up the freezer space for that this weekend.
I’ve dehydrated the frozen sweet corn you get in the freezer aisle before. That’s a yummy snack!
I pickle mine using instructions in the Ball Blue Book.
Great posts... Thank you!
Bad week here.
Monday at the Doc I was given the news that the cancer is back. Then I go home and take a wander through my garden. Some !#$%#$#$@#$%#$% stole my one and only cantaloupe! Grrrrrrrrrrrr!
I’m impresses and congrats!
Bad week indeed my FRiend. Our Prayers are with you...
Additional humble Prayers from here...
I discovered freezing first by accident... Couldn’t keep up with the tomato production and had to go somewhere with them before they went bad.
Love my Excaliber.
Prayers for you.
We got almost one inch of rain a few days back. Then, miserable heat. Tonight we are getting a break in the heat, but there is not enough moisture in the air to get any rain.
Watermelons, tomatoes and one tiny patch of heirloom corn is still hanging in there. I have the tomatoes shaded and a few green ones again, but the squirrels will probably get them.
Hubby is now deciding he would rather have a cistern than a storage shed he was hoping to build.
Have a great weekend. God Bless.
I stumbled across this & thought of you.
http://funnydoom.com/surprise-under-the-roof/
I bet it made some beekeeper happy.
Prayers up.
We had a bad week. Last Saturday, a couple dogs jumped our fence and killed several chickens and ducks. After chasing the mutts down and calling the police on their owners, I spent the remainder of the day processing the birds. We ended up with 6 gallons of chicken broth, and we roasted the ducks.
The hoophouse is just about finished for the season, and we’ve germinated seeds for the second crop of the year.
You said, “Made the mistake of getting long day onions once, wont do that again down here.”
Please tell this newbie, what is a long day onion, and why is it a mistake? Thanks!
Thought you might like to see this one, amom!
“My poor blighty tomatoes are still hanging on. Need to spray their bleach concoction this evening if I can. Ive gotten about 50+ gallons of tomatoes *more* than Id have gotten if I hadnt sprayed.”
Would you be willing to share your bleach concoction recipe, and how do you know when to use it...and how much??? and on what? Sorry for my woeful ignorance. Thanks!
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