Garden 2012

[drddan]

Thats a one a crazy a looking a radish!!!!!!!

[freshtiva]

Had to pick my champion radish today, something ( not the dog ) was gnawing on it. Stuck it in the freezer. Weird seeds we are getting these days ?? Note the normal size radish and coins in the pics.

[freshtiva]

A pressure cooker?

The only way to kill the Clostridium botulinum bacteria spores is to cook low acid foods at 240 degrees. A temperature which can only be achieved in a pressure cooker. Mold, yeast, and enzymes which also cause food to spoil can be killed at 212 degrees.

[DriverOne]

A pressure cooker?

[freshtiva]

Are those the tators, or the apples? Looks good either way!

It just rained super hard here in Paola....for about 6 minutes. And it's gone completely.

The last time it rained was about 2 weeks ago...extremely hard for about 3 minutes.

It's pretty weird.

(The rain went away...Paola's still here )

Yeah it rained here yesterday for 10 minutes, best rain we've had all summer.



I canned another six quarts of potatoes today. My "Rotato" arrived as I was finishing up. Knew you want to see it in action. Video below

[BigElCat]

Hold up...I figgered that out by myself...They're tators!

Yum...

[BigElCat]

Are those the tators, or the apples? Looks good either way!

It just rained super hard here in Paola....for about 6 minutes. And it's gone completely.

The last time it rained was about 2 weeks ago...extremely hard for about 3 minutes.

It's pretty weird.

(The rain went away...Paola's still here )

[freshtiva]

if i remember correctly, you have a dehydrater, how is that working for you and what kind of quantities do you process.

Im loving the dehydrater !! Bought some apples for it today. I also got my new pressure cooker today in the mail and canned approx 1/6 th of my potato crop. Im hoping for 35-40 quarts total. The potato variety today was Pontiac.

[sc72]

if i remember correctly, you have a dehydrater, how is that working for you and what kind of quantities do you process.

[freshtiva]

Fresh, that little peeler would be great for making Apple pie

One of the first things I thought of. Since it slices a uniform thickness it would be good for dehydrating quanities too.

[sc72]

Fresh pie

Fresh, that little peeler would be great for making Apple pie, it's peeled quickly, put the apple on end and run a knife through it, now you have your pie wedges, hmm the Iowa state fair starts this week, maybe i'll find one there.

[freshtiva]

I've got fifty pounds of potatoes to peel so I bought the handy little peeler in the video below. It works on most fruits and veggies. Probably have to cut a cucumber in half first. Should be a real time saver if you are a canner. I also ordered a hands free electric one called the "Rotato" :^) The video shows how it peels, cores, and slices. Niffy eh ??

[drddan]

Drought? What drought?

I went to a creek I visit, usually can swim and play in the water. It was so low, there was only a trickle of water coming over the low water bridge.
I walked downstream about 70 yds and the creek disappeared!!! :eeeeeek:

In 20 yrs I hadnt seen that happen to that creek.

Man, those berries make me think shortcake and whipped cream. drool

[freshtiva]

Yeah I built the rain water catch system below, hasnt rained since. 93% of Missouri is in a extreme drought now. See link below. Its real bad, lots of dried up farm ponds and fish kills.

http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/DM_state.htm?MO,MW

[turbokid]

oops just read back a few pages, saw that you got water tanks... looks good.