Posted on 09/10/2022 5:54:55 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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Ellendra, thanks that is intresting!
One year I grew tomatoes in garden bags and I used 1 gallon milk cartons with holes poked in the bottoms to keep them watered . Next year I ditched the bags and went back to in ground because the bags themselves would wick dry so rapidly.
Just leave as is no spil on top of slices.
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Like h3!! I will.
Many thanks! I’ve printed your original post to have a hard copy I can refer back to. I’ll be seeing the elderly couple a little later this week; fingers crossed that they still have a couple of heirlooms left.
Best, AFB-XYZ
The Amish seeding method is very interesting and I wonder if you even need to worry bout it going below freezing, although that would probably be better. I might try this and just keep a pot with dirt and peat covered and dark in a window well overwinter. (Outside basement steps might work!) Again, thanks for sharing!
I haven’t seen a farm census for some years but I seem to remember gardens maybe having taxable value even for home use. Tread carefully here.
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LOL - I just got an email from the place where I bought seeds earlier this year. The message header was:
“Darling, you look RADISHING!”
They’re trying to get people to buy radish seeds for planting now. I already have mine (not from them) & will be planting as soon as I can pull up some dead stuff & re-work the dirt! They will have to be inside the fencing .... deer just love radishes (turnips, too). I did buy ‘Dazzling Blue Kale’ seeds from them & will be trying that when I plant the radish seeds - it’s a lacinato type (not a curly fan). My dad is on a kale kick - mom is always looking for some in the store.
If you’re curious:
https://www.superseeds.com/products/dazzling-blue-kale-50-60-days-organic
Superseeds is awesome! I think it’s Pintetree Seeds? They have good sales all season long, and sell smaller seed packs.
I mean, seriously. What home gardener needs 300 Kale seeds?
Two plants is MORE than enough for us for a season.
Yup, Pinetree Garden Seeds aka superseeds.com
I was trying to find a place East of the Mississippi that sold both types of cukes I wanted to grow & they had both. Same thing they said about the kale attracted me too - they liked the name, then liked it when they grew it. I liked the name so added a pack of seeds to the order.
This is not a cooking thread, but I just put a no-bake cheesecake in the fridge & whipped up a batch of Wild Blueberry Syrup for a topping. It’s for my mom’s birthday tomorrow - she’ll be 89. No-bake cheesecake tends to be a bit ‘soft’, but this recipe is fairly stiff before going in the fridge so it should slice nicely tomorrow evening. I swapped out the sugar for Swerve granulated so it’s low carb enough that my brother & I can eat it.
The wild blueberry syrup ... well, I hope it makes it to tomorrow. I could eat the whole pot right now! There is nothing like wild blueberries for taste, IMO. When I was hiking, there were certain trails where the wild blueberries were thick at a certain time of the year - you could walk along, picking as you go, & eat yourself silly ... have a plastic container & pick some for later. The only thing was that bears like them too .... I never ran into one in a blueberry patch, but I did run into one (with cubs!) in a blackberry patch ... ‘exciting’ for sure!
Pinetree has good sales, too - so get on their e-mail list if you aren’t already.
Blueberries are Beau’s favorite fruit. When he was in Alaska hunting Moose two years ago, he ate his weight in wild blueberries so he’s been off of them lately. ;)
Message me your cheesecake recipe when you get around to it, Please! I’d like a ‘sturdy’ no-bake recipe. Thanks! :)
I’m on the e-mail list .... that’s where the ‘Darling you’re RADISHING!” came from. Corny, but cute. The seeds were great - all I planted germinated well. I’m hoping what I have left will work for next spring.
Recipe headed your way.
Here’s a link to the no-bake cheesecake recipe. When I mixed it all together before putting it into the crust, it was a fairly ‘stiff’ mix so overnight in the fridge should really make it easy to slice.
https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/no-bake-cheesecake/
Video link was gone from the recipe post, but I found it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDsILmc71Qc
Better yet, post it here!
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Ok - here’s the link .... btw, it was a HUGE hit last night - everyone loved it:
Perfect No-Bake Cheesecake Recipe
https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/no-bake-cheesecake/
I did make one significant change - I subbed out the sugar for Swerve. This made the recipe pretty much low carb. The only real carbs were in the graham crackers in the crust & since they were spread out over the entire cake, they weren’t an issue. Graham crackers are MUCH tastier than an almond flour crust!
The other thing I did ... I made my own brown ‘sugar’. I added maybe a half teaspoon of molasses to the Swerve used in the crust. To buy Swerve Brown isn’t worth the money (a dollar or two more than the ‘regular’). A half teaspoon of molasses carbs isn’t worth worrying about either. BTW, whether you use Swerve or regular sugar, making your own brown sugar as you need it is a great cooking “hack”. I will never buy “brown” anything again, either Swerve or sugar.
The cake filling was easy to make and pretty stiff when I filled the crust. It was overnight in the fridge & cut easily. I was worried about the crust sticking to my pan, but went around with a sharp knife & the springform sides just popped right off.
Topping - I used a “Wild Blueberry Syrup” topping and boy, was it delicious - everyone loved that, too. Wild blueberries have a lot of flavor, more than commercially grown varieties, IMO. They also hold their shape when cooked into this ‘syrup’. It’s a low carb recipe which suited me just fine, but if you’re not into that, just use regular sugar & a thickener of your choice - it should turn out great that way, too.
Here’s the link for the syrup - it’s part of a pancake recipe, but the person using it for pancakes also used it on her cheesecake recipe - I looked at the recipe, but it was in a pie pan & I wanted a “cake” so I used Sally’s recipe.
https://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/low-carb-chia-seed-blender-pancakes-with-wild-blueberry-syrup/
Enjoy if you make it - this one’s a “keeper” in my recipe book!
Have you ever canned slightly underripe tomatoes?
I have a bunch ripened and a few that are borderline. We’re going to be out of town for a week and they won’t keep.
I have not canned under-ripe tomatoes.
How about a big batch of Fried Semi-Green Tomatoes before you leave? ;)
Take them to your Food Pantry? I was at ours yesterday and there was an amazing amount of garden produce, which I thought was really nice.
No cukes or zukes, though - also very nice, LOL!
These are not green.
They are more orange. I have them in a warm sunny window and will be doing them tomorrow.
Another question……
What would be a good way to protect butternut squash while we are out of town?
The lows later in the week are forecast to be about 42, but last night, for example, it was forecast to be 45 but hit 40. Too close for comfort. So I’m not sure I trust we won’t get a frost.
If I lightly cover the squashes with straw, would that protect them from a frost without causing them to rot?
I think there are some I could harvest now. They look about right but I have not tested them for picking yet.
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