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We made 15 half pints of strawberry jam. The local Aldi's had strawberries for .99 a pound and they were really sweet, so I bought 8 pounds. Then my friend had a container of plums that were going down hill and I made 5 half pints of plum jam and 4 half pints of nectarine/cherry jam. The...

I threw out all my pickles last year because the recipe I used called for too much salt. Check out this video, the only thing I add is Pickle Crisp and I make sure to chill my cucumbers. It's really good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIiRFb7lkzA&feature=plcp

I wanted rabbits too, for the manure. I ended up with house bunnies that pee a lot. The compost is not as easily used. I hope this fall to get them acclimated to outside. I plan on building a tractor that fits over my beds. That way they can dig in them and fertilize at the same time. Bunnies...

I live in North Eastern Georgia, at the foothills of the Appalachia Mountain Range. I was born here and lived here most of my life. I did live 1 year in California. If you looked at a map of California and put your finger in the middle of the state, north/south to east/west, I lived there, lol...

I have 20 tomato plants in my raised beds and the family garden has over 30. We have been eating and canning tomatoes like mad. I have over 40 quarts of tomatoes and around 40 quarts of sauces (mexican, italian, relish). We've canned over 200 quarts for granny's house. If we have this off of 50...

My thumb is a permanent green from "shelling" small butter beans, and yes they taste like dirt. But when your favorite Uncle likes fresh butter beans for his famous vegetable soup, you have to make concessions. :D

My family have grown the same tomato for more than 20 years. It is a hybrid called Terrific, but last year we could find any started plants nor could I find the seed. We grew Rutgers and Celebrity, and they were awful. So I spent much of last year looking for different varieties to try and...

Italian Style Sauce: I never measure (when people tell me that I get mad), I just know there are a lot of tomatoes that need canning or they will go bad. So I put a large 12 quart stock pot with water to boil. When it boils I put 4 or 5 large tomatoes in and scald them for 1 minute. I dip them...

I should add I freeze over 200 ears of corn every year. I love corn and if you seal them in vacuum sealed bags, they last all year long until the corn starts coming in next year. I buy the vacuum bag replacements in the fall when Wal-Mart marks their canning/freezing stuff down real cheap. I...

One thing I implemented this year was planning ahead for garden harvests. I set up a Google calendar and I plan on having certain items once a month or twice a month, such as green beans. I make sure and can these things now so that I can have the correct number of jars. Once I meet my "quota" I...

I canned another 6 quarts of "Italian" tomato sauce last night. I've always just canned tomatoes and never canned sauce. I'm surprised at how it turns out. I blanch and peel the tomatoes and cut the tomatoes up and put on to boil. In the blender I put the peels, one large onion, 2 or 3 bell...

All my candy is gone, between the husband, kids and co-workers, that stuff goes fast. My Cherokee Purple tomatoes have succumbed to a blight and I plan on ripping them out this weekend and planting some zucchini. I personally can never have enough zucchini. I want to remind everyone to dry...

I have the same problem ninnymary and baymule and I never remember when to plant peas (green peas, garden peas, english peas, sugar peas, snap peas, etc). I know to plant peas (crowder, blackeye, zipper, cream, pink eye, purple hull, etc) in July, lol.

I buy cilantro every week from the grocery store, every week. If there is any left, I freeze it for soups. We eat a lot of cilantro at my house.

I have the same problem as the OP. Sprouts turns brown an DIES!!! Or last year I BOUGHT cilantro and as soon as I planted it, it bolted. I think I'm going to buy a bunch of seed packs of varying varieties and throw them in the corner of the horse corral along with dill. Maybe, just maybe I'll...

I have 4 cherokee purples and 4 opalka's in the same 10 x 5 bed. The opalka's have blossom end rot and the cherokee's do not. The BER has gotten better on my opalka's but I still find one or two when I pick. Same bed, same soil, same water.......... :hu

Zucchini Candy 3 or 4 Large Overgrown zucchini's 2 packs of cherry Kool Aid (or no-name brand) or what ever flavor you like 3 cups of water 2 cups of sugar You need to peel the zucchini's and remove the seeds and seed membrane. Cut into strips/chunks, you want to make them uniform so they...

That is beautiful. Last year I found one of my friends had figs on his new rental property and asked permission to pick some. I had never made fig jam or anything and I cut them up with a handful of fresh cherries, added the sugar and when they cooked down I put my emersion blender in. It was so...

Those black turtle beans look amazing!

All I have is a large food processor. I wonder if I can put them in a plastic bag and crush them, they are really thin.