Getting 3 colanders full every other day.
Going to grid these up tonight and pick again tomorrow, then on Saturday and do another round of canning.
It will probably be my last round of sauce ( over 70 quarts) and the rest that comes will go to salsa and given away to church

 Son took garlic to the auction today and bought 60 dozen fresh picked bread & butter sweet corn for $10 

 Yeah that was a little too much but the price was right. Ate 3 last night without my teeth in and I didn't care. The old lady finished up removing from the cob about a hour ago. She used my antique butcher block I picked up a couple weeks back and a new sandwich knife seemed to work well. Was tempted to use the antique corn sheller with electric motor but she said she was doing fine. Have over 400 butcher and chef knives to go through from auction yet, least she used one today so that was a start. She hated the butcher block on the back patio when she first came up yesterday but think she changed her mind now. Still have to find a place for it yet. She is out cold now. Told her to hold off on the bell peppers until the evening.
 
 Garden at camp sucks this year with getting a late start then not having fence up in time before the over abundance of rabbits and and groundhogs. Had to replant a good bit. Then the July drought and some bugs on beans, cukes and zucchini delayed growth. Don't help when gone for a week at a time. Got close to 150 hogs out of yard in the past 4 years but now they seem to come out at night to avoid me Lol!!
 
  The peppers and tomatoes are doing great but a month behind.

Picking was heavy today. Bunch of Bells and Hungarians. 12 quart bags, portioned for what we use for a dinner side of green beans. 6 eggplants. Last of the cukes and 4 pie pumpkins. These plums are still coming. Like I said, 15 more quarts of sauce will make 40, thas enough. I have no idea what I'll do with the rest. Probably give them away or maybe take some to the store and put em in the produce case. Nothing helps a gross profit like free product. Last planting of lettuce has all popped. I should be picking that in about 3 weeks or so. It was good year for the garden. I think that 10-10-10 really helped. Guess I'll just manage what's left now and look forward to Columbus Day garlic planting. I think 150 heads this fall. 🤔

So , I started my tomato seeds mid/ late February. They got big fast. By late March they were pretty much planting height. They were able to go in the ground late may due to conditions. I ended up planting 48 . Many I had to trench and lay down the main stem.
Only fertilizer I use is from the compost pile of leaves and chicken/ fish/ pigs form prior year.
Obviously we had good perception in early June and then the drought.
Rain barrels were dry so town water through a carbon filter was key. Just enough and not to much worked well.
Peppers on the other hand, suffered.
I got enough jalapenos, herbs and oregano to make sauce. Farm market was onions and bell.
There are so many improvements I should do and keep saying to do but this was a nice relaxed garden year so I'm happy.
Our meats took total priority and working out fantastic.
Now the time for us is to support our local farmers.

I need to be picking again this weekend but will need to let them ride for a few days.  MIL is going for surgery today (breast cancer) and looks like we will be up her place helping out most of the weekend.  The SIL that was supposed to do the weekend shift to be with her came down with Covid this week so she needs to stay away.
 
Anyone have a good recipe for canning pints of sliced hot peppers?  I got a bunch that I need to do something with.  

pensfan1
We just do a basic 50water 50 white vinegar with a couple cloves of garlic. Good luck at the in-laws🤞. Hope her surgery goes well.

I was going to say that as well because that's what I do. Just thought someone may have had a recipe

Chickens made what should be their final relocation on fresh grass. They will be 7 weeks on Wednesday. They are a nice size and it's either labor day or the Saturday after.
Pigs got pushed back a few days until Sept Sept 12th.
They are ready, I'm just not yet until chickens are gone.
The only garden items left are basil and oregano. Probably picked the last of basil which is dehydrating now.
Heading to fish some water tomorrow for first time since early June.
Pan fish.

Ya, I'm getting ready too. 100sum last year, I'm gonna try for closer to 200 this year.

One other thing.
I don't process my garlic for long term storage until after I've separated the cloves for planting. I usually get a fair amount ( 30-50) of cloves that the skin has pulled off so I set those aside and don't use for in the ground.
Today there was enough to fill the dehydrator . Slice thin and these will probably take 2 days before ready to grind to powder. Garlic is heavy in oils so I do them low and slow on the dehydrator.

Troutbum sent a picture of pickled garlic.
Basically a 1/2 water- vinegar canning.
Since I'll have a bunch extra , I'm going to give it a try.

Got my garlic in a couple weeks ago. Ended up with 100 hard neck and 150 soft. Picked the very last of the lettuce. My daughter brought home some tomatoe plants we stuck in the ground beginning of July. I just picked the last of those also. I am trying to save some seeds from those plants. They must of been a German Plum. Semi-large fruits, with all "meat" inside. I am saving those seeds and just started the process. Any tips? I put them in a jar, covered with water. The inner web says it should take 2 to 4 days for fermentation. Anyone else save heirloom seeds?

My $20.00 electric grinder came today from Amazon.
Wow was I impressed. In about 30 seconds it pulverized dehydrated garlic to fine powder.
The hand grinder took me about 15 minutes to get to consistency of coarse salt.
The wife dosen't like it coarse but I prefer both so we now have options.
I can see lots of garlic powder on families Christmas list..

This weather is just stupid. We coulda started more beans and lettuce at the end of September. Lol.

hot tuna
My $20.00 electric grinder came today from Amazon.
Wow was I impressed. In about 30 seconds it pulverized dehydrated garlic to fine powder.
The hand grinder took me about 15 minutes to get to consistency of coarse salt.
The wife dosen't like it coarse but I prefer both so we now have options.
I can see lots of garlic powder on families Christmas list..

Tell me more... my coffee grinder works for really small amounts (maybe 3/4 of a cup at a time) but never quite gets it to soft powder consistency.  What amount does your grinder do and what brand?