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songbird > writes:

> it's so nice when things start coming in. we've been doing
>pickles for a long time and are almost done with them for us
>but other people want cucumbers as long as we can grow them so
>we'll just take them around.


As I somewhat worried, I didn't plant enough vines to have lots of
cucumbers all at once. So I probably won't get any pickles this
year, just mistake-based knowledge. But relish doesn't take too
large of a harvest.

I think I also made the same mistake with the beans. They are
coming in, but not really enough at once for good canning.

I guess that's what happens when you have a poor memory and skip
grwing something for a couple years.

> i'm assuming you are pressure canning the beans and
>sauce?


Oh, certainly.

Some day I'll get a pH meter and test the sauce to see where it
ends up. I'll still pressure can, but I'm curious.

> tomatoes are just coming in. i think we'll be
>pretty busy with those. rather large crop by the
>looks of it.


Mine are coming in and trying to die all at the same time. I'm
treating it as if it is my nemesis -- tomato leaf spot -- but it
isn't acting quite the same. The current batch of sauce can be
enough if it needs to be, but Iusually do two large batches --
August and September/October -- with lots of eating tomatoes in
between.

There are lots of green tomatoes right now. In fact, I've had to
pound in stakes to support a couple of the cages, since the plants
are so heavy.

Since I have them, I'm going to look through recipes for pickled
green tomatoes. Only one way to find out if I like them.


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