Garden Picture Thread!

[A.Texas.Yankee]

I have to find time to do some canning. I have a brand new electric WB canner still in the box.

 

[Mreed911]

If you need a Garden cart, Academy has two on sale. This one, approx 4x2x2 with 1000lb carrying capacity, fold-down sides and a handle that converts to attach to a tow hitch for $80 and a smaller one for $50.

They'll sell it put together at the same price but I wanted to do it so I'd know how everything was connected and what to re-tighten every few months (and keep my man card, of course).

Comparable items were $120-$130 at Home Depot and Wal-Mart.

 

[Tony2]

I have to find time to do some canning. I have a brand new electric WB canner still in the box.

When you get started it will open your eyes to the possibilities. If you aren't gardening finding a farmers market with the right vegetables can be a issue One thing I like is if you lose power or the freezer goes out it isn't as much of an issue. I have also done some fermenting "sauerkraut" with great results. also better for you because it isn't pasteurized and easy to do

 

[rushthezeppelin]

When you get started it will open your eyes to the possibilities. If you aren't gardening finding a farmers market with the right vegetables can be a issue One thing I like is if you lose power or the freezer goes out it isn't as much of an issue. I have also done some fermenting "sauerkraut" with great results. also better for you because it isn't pasteurized and easy to do

Homemade fermented foods are incredibly good for you. As you mentioned it isn't pasteurized which means there's still tons of good probiotics in there. Same thing applies for other stuff like miso or keifer.

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[Tony2]

not familiar with miso I have had kiefer

 

[rushthezeppelin]

not familiar with miso I have had kiefer

Somebody hasnt seen every SNL Celebrity Jeopardy lol.

 

[Tony2]

I left snl with the old guys cause im one of em lol. what I am in need of now is the equipment for beer brewing in particular mead.

 

[TheDan]

I have to find time to do some canning. I have a brand new electric WB canner still in the box.

Make sure you only do fruits and other acidic foods with the waterbath caner. Most vegetables and all meat require pressure canning.

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

I have a nice All American pressure canner. Most of what I do is water bath pickling though.

I need to move more into the meat and veggie canning. I don't have many recipes for stuff like that.

 

[Tony2]

Make sure you only do fruits and other acidic foods with the waterbath caner. Most vegetables and all meat require pressure canning.

That's for sure. the canner probably came with a book of how to instructions for most any thing you want to can.

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

Sweet potatoes are coming out today...

 

[jpatm2]

Wow, do you grow them just like you would regular potatoes? How many hills is this?

 

[Tony2]

Sweet potatoes are coming out today...

Awesome ! mine are still in the ground. I put in about ten plants and they took off and covered about 23 x14 foot area I hope the resulting potatoes will be as good

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

Wow, do you grow them just like you would regular potatoes? How many hills is this?

Yep, throw em in the ground and wait until Fall to pull em up. They like the heat and grow well here. You gotta get them out of the ground before the first freeze in the fall.

 

[robertc1024]

Time to revive this thread. We've been hauling one of our kids to gym meets for the last seven years this time of year. Garden became untended, overgrown etc. This year, I made a raised bed garden. I need one more yard of dirt in it, but the wife and I are pretty fired up to get back to it. We live on a hill so the yard is pretty sloped - took some doings to get it all framed in and going.

 

[grasshopperglock]

Looking good. I've been wanting to do the same.

 

[Recoil45]

Nice view from your back yard.

 

[TheDan]

This year, I made a raised bed garden.

I really like that. Is that just galvanized roofing?

 

[robertc1024]

I really like that. Is that just galvanized roofing?

Funny story about that metal. I went out to my wife's uncle's place in the country to dump some yard debris in his burn pile and started talking to him about the best way to make a raised bed garden, he took me out behind his shop and he had a bunch of siding etc. from his company (that I work for) that burned down in 1981. They were 3' wide 31" tall panels that probably came from the soffits. I cut them in half with an abrasive blade to use them. I don't know how long they'll last but I've got a pile of spares. It's a lot thicker than regular roofing tin.

 

[TheDan]

It's a lot thicker than regular roofing tin.

Good find!