Baymule's 2018 Garden

[baymule]

@murphysranch have you ever canned rutabagas? I have a boat load of them! Everything I read said they matured in the fall......ummmm nope! They are done. The heat is getting to them. So now what? I thought we could pull some all summer and harvest what was left in the fall. That’s what I get for thinking!

 

[baymule]

I have 3 wild Plum trees in my yard. They make the best jelly!

I need to plant some in our yard. We pick them off the fence rows.

 

[baymule]

Made zucchini candy for the grands, got zucchini/grape juice purée in the dehydrator now, for fruit strips. And just took two loaves of zucchini bread out of the oven.

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

I have not. But I looked it up on a canning group on FB and its easy. Blanch for 5 min or so, then pack and fill with hot water and 1/2 tsp salt per qt.

I think that sounds WONDERFUL!!!!!

 

[flowerbug]

I pressure canned them. Pickled? Got a recipe?

no, i've not ever canned or pickled them, but was hoping you pressure canned them since it sounded like there wasn't any acid involved.

 

[flowerbug]

@murphysranch have you ever canned rutabagas? I have a boat load of them! Everything I read said they matured in the fall......ummmm nope! They are done. The heat is getting to them. So now what? I thought we could pull some all summer and harvest what was left in the fall. That’s what I get for thinking!

i had them grow all season when i had them in the one time i grew them a few years ago. after tasting decided i liked turnips better.

rutabagas were one of the ingredients listed in Pasties up north, used to get one a week for food at local grocer's up there, some lady had a small business making them and they were always excellent. she made a wonderful whole wheat vegetarian version which had broccoli and cheese in it. when she finally retired it was the end of an era in good eats.

 

[ninnymary]

Bay, my neighbor has a plum tree that gives fruit just like those wild ones. It's been there for at least 50 years. Fruit is super sweet and super juicy. Skin is a little tart. I wonder if it's a wild plum?

Mary

 

[Nyboy]

I need to plant some in our yard. We pick them off the fence rows.

Plum trees are beautiful in spring flower. What kind of flowers do wild plum get ?

 

[baymule]

Bay, my neighbor has a plum tree that gives fruit just like those wild ones. It's been there for at least 50 years. Fruit is super sweet and super juicy. Skin is a little tart. I wonder if it's a wild plum?

Mary

Wild plums are about the size of a cherry, tame plums are much larger.

Plum trees are beautiful in spring flower. What kind of flowers do wild plum get ?

Little blooms, not showy at all. The trees have thorns and stay small.

 

[ninnymary]

My neighbor's tree has the typical white beautiful plum flowers. The tree is big with no thorns. Guess it's not a wild one.

Mary