Garden sucess

[johnr]

4 pepper plants this year, all I have for space in my fancy new yard. They produced fair, the area I was growing them in was quite shady

 

[DirtyMike]

My garden sucked this year. I'm going to pull the wood barriers out of the ground and seed grass. Done..

 

[BBQBluesMan]

Peppers and most everything faired well this year. Just harvested the last of the nine different kinds of peppers a couple of days ago.

 

[scrotcaster]

Peppers and most everything faired well this year. Just harvested the last of the nine different kinds of peppers a couple of days ago.

Wow ! what do you do with all the different kinds of peppers?

 

[BBQBluesMan]

Haha, this is the first year I have planted that many varieties. Each plant produced a crazy amount of peppers this year, so wasn't expecting so many. But make hot salsa, dry them and either vac seal, store in mason jars, or grind for seasoning, and I made some habanero hot sauce this weekend. I want to try and make some homemade Sri racha as well. Oh and I am going to make a batch of chili just so I can say I made a nine pepper chili. It won't be edible by most humans, but I like hot! Haha

 

[Duckslayer100]

Just looking at all these pepper pictures is giving my butt phantom ring-of-fire.

We have three rhubarb plants. They did what they were supposed to do.

That's as green as our thumbs get.

 

[Fly Carpin]

Haha, this is the first year I have planted that many varieties. Each plant produced a crazy amount of peppers this year, so wasn't expecting so many. But make hot salsa, dry them and either vac seal, store in mason jars, or grind for seasoning, and I made some habanero hot sauce this weekend. I want to try and make some homemade Sri racha as well. Oh and I am going to make a batch of chili just so I can say I made a nine pepper chili. It won't be edible by most humans, but I like hot! Haha

As a friend, and more importantly a coworker, I'm going to start a fund to supply your office with Glade plug ins for the winter

 

[BBQBluesMan]

Haha! Luckily for all hot foods don't give me too bad of gas... Now sauerkraut, beans, and duck or goose...look out!

 

[Ristorapper]

We did just cukes and cherry tomatoes and carrots. Cukes and tomatoes produced like crazy. Tried the trellis with the cukes so I could squeeze in some carrots on the same plot. 9 hills of cukes in a 7X14' plot. One huge cherry tomato plant in the corner and carrots along the southern border.

If ya dug all your carrots already, you're not getting the sweetest carrots you deserve. Wait til after a good frost (but don't let 'em freeze); they only get sweeter.

Without the trellis (cattle panels) system there would have been no room for additional produce (carrots).

 

[BDub]

It takes a lot to freeze carrots. I picked mine last December. I wait till the very last moment.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Anyone else grow beets? Ive got a lot an not sure what to do with them, I think they are more prone to mold in storage than carrots are? Was thinking about boiling them and then slicing and dehydrating for later...

 

[wildeyes]

for the last few years been storing carrots in ice cream pails in the fridge down stairs with a paper towel once the paper towel gets moist take it out put dry one in. the carrots will still snap in april.

 

[guywhofishes]

our squash and pumpkins were devastated by squirrels this year - they ate into them to get the seeds out

never had that happen before - even after she "saved" the remainders they attacked those at the back door!


galwhofishes is awful hot about it - the skwerls are in deep doodoo

proper shot placement is key for eating skwerl - good woman that gal

 

[tikkalover]

Lycan, par boil them with the skins on until they are about half done ( don't know how long) then put them in cold water. You will be able to take the peelings off just by rubbing them with your fingers. Slice them and put them in freezer bags then into the freezer.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Lycan, par boil them with the skins on until they are about half done ( don't know how long) then put them in cold water. You will be able to take the peelings off just by rubbing them with your fingers. Slice them and put them in freezer bags then into the freezer.

Have you ever tried drying them? I wonder how thin they would need to be to be used as 'chips'... or if htey would get too hard to chew.

 

[tikkalover]

No, the only thing I like dehydrated is JERKY!! ;:;boozer

 

[deleted member]

those peppers look great! but, there are only so many things you can do with peppers. i had a bumper crop of the hot types about 6 years ago now. we dehydrated 90% of them because we couldn't find enough things to do with them while they were fresh. we are still using the dehydrated ones. in fact, we have about 3 good quart sized ziploc bags left. haven't grown em since because i fear we would end up having to throw them out.

 

[svnmag]

Anyone else grow beets? Ive got a lot an not sure what to do with them, I think they are more prone to mold in storage than carrots are? Was thinking about boiling them and then slicing and dehydrating for later...

Iffen I lived closer to Bismark, I sure could help with your quandary. I freaking love beets in salad or by themselves with S/P and Catalina dressing. Why don't you pickle what you can't use raw? That's also a damn fine treat.

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Damn, I wish I wasn't into a couple beers; I'd be going to the store. I've got a mad craving now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSi2LlW6n1I

 

[svnmag]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJrxxlWLFhU

 

[PrairieGhost]

I am more into things I don't have to weed. The pears got away from me while I was gone this year. At least 300 lb on the ground.
The grapes did ok. One half of one vine produced five gallons.