Thread: In the Garden 2018

While my son did a decent job of taking care of things here at The Boars Nest, I watered the hell out of my front lawn yesterday and to my surprise the strawberries really matured since yesterday! I now have more than enough for a batch of jam.



So now I'm up to my arse in alligators! I've got 10#'s of cucumbers starting the process to make Benz's mothers special pickles (look and taste like nothing I've ever seen and I don't like pickles or cucumbers) here's a teaser for the pickles---they are in a lime brine as I write:




I also have two pork loins in brine to smoke in a few days and now I'll be making jam in the next day or so. Oh Well! It's all worth the effort!

Determined to get my kids growing stuff.

Today we planted a single garlic clove to see how it goes, and some potatoes in a bucket. Small start but let's see. Next plan is a raised bed cor some veg.

Got the first batch of fallers from the apple tree. Nothing huge but all into the box for cider. Another couple of winds and I should have enough for a batch. Hopint to get 2 or three 4.5l demijohns out of the tree this year.

Geek

Originally Posted by cudarunner

While my son did a decent job of taking care of things here at The Boars Nest, I watered the hell out of my front lawn yesterday and to my surprise the strawberries really matured since yesterday! I now have more than enough for a batch of jam.

So now I'm up to my arse in alligators! I've got 10#'s of cucumbers starting the process to make Benz's mothers special pickles (look and taste like nothing I've ever seen and I don't like pickles or cucumbers) here's a teaser for the pickles---they are in a lime brine as I write:

I also have two pork loins in brine to smoke in a few days and now I'll be making jam in the next day or so. Oh Well! It's all worth the effort!

#1: The strawberries are still in the freezer and I'll be canning them on Wednesday 8/01/2018.

#2: The Wedding Ring Pickles are done. See below:



#3: The pork is still curing and will be in the smoker on Thrusday. Stay tuned for more here:

https://straightrazorpalace.com/plat...e-cooking.html

Those wedding ring pickles look every bit as good as Mom's Roy. Enjoy and feel free to share her recipe.

Originally Posted by Benz

Those wedding ring pickles look every bit as good as Mom's Roy. Enjoy and feel free to share her recipe.

Yes, please do. I've already put up several jars of pickles. The bees are all over my newest crop of cuke flowers and they are starting to go nuts. We're going to be giving away a lot of pickles this season!

Originally Posted by kelbro

Yes, please do. I've already put up several jars of pickles. The bees are all over my newest crop of cuke flowers and they are starting to go nuts. We're going to be giving away a lot of pickles this season!

I posted in the Recipe Box--here;

https://straightrazorpalace.com/plat...ml#post1832720

I'm pretty sure that Joel's mother found the recipe in a magazine as I found the same recipe word for word online. Here:

Omg Delicious Cinnamon Pickled Cucumber Rings Cukes Recipe - Genius Kitchen

I did a couple of things different one was that I water batch canned them for 10 minutes. The original didn't. I wasn't comfortable with not processing like regular pickles. The other was I must have had too many rings as I didn't have liquid to cover so I added the water/vinegar solution to cover while they soaked for the few days and they taste just like Joel's mothers.

I opened a jar this morning and the processing didn't affect the crunchiness of the rings.

By the way, these rings not only don't look like any pickle you've seen before, the don't taste like any pickle you've ever eaten.

Cool. Thanks. I'll give it a try for sure.

One thing that I've found to ensure crunchiness on my regular pickles is to include a small chunk of fresh horseradish in the jar.

Originally Posted by kelbro

Cool. Thanks. I'll give it a try for sure.

One thing that I've found to ensure crunchiness on my regular pickles is to include a small chunk of fresh horseradish in the jar.

Never heard of that one.

I am turning into a vegetarian between the garden and the farmers market!

I don't have enough room to grow any amount of corn but have had it for dinner 3 times in the last week for supper. One plant of Zucchini is more than enough to keep 3 of us happy.