Gardening 2024 - Whatcha got going on this year?

[Deadalus]

It's been several weeks of garden neglect here. Had Covid, a weekend getaway, then Helene, cleaning up some from Helene, and this past week pneumonia. What I had planted for fall is pretty chewed up on the ground and not much survived in the greenhouse. I'll get some sunchokes for sure and maybe some brassicas. We have frost likely the next few days. I did manage to pull the tomatoes yesterday along with some other stragglers. Amaranth on the back left, haven't tried it yet.

 

[day_trippr]

These were green two weeks ago and represents about half of the stash (the rest are still green or green-ish).
Spent last night blanching skinning and seeding them in quarters before freezing and bagging them. 9 pounds of toms.
Pita but they'll be appreciated in the dead of winter...

Cheers!

 

[Deadalus]

These were green two weeks ago and represents about half of the stash (the rest are still green or green-ish).
Spent last night blanching skinning and seeding them in quarters before freezing and bagging them. 9 pounds of toms.
Pita but they'll be appreciated in the dead of winter...

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Cheers!

Have you ever used or are you familiar with a food mill?

 

[Deadalus]

Processed my first two pepper ferments from this season into sriracha-2 quarts. Using less brine and the immersion blender got the thickness I wanted!

 

[day_trippr]

Have you ever used or are you familiar with a food mill?

Yes, and The Spousal Unit is going to use it this afternoon - she checked the stash and found enough ripe ones to make sauce for dinner tonight.

The hunks I froze will be used for chilis and stews, etc...

Cheers!

 

[passedpawn]

Well, between the late heat this summer, the incredible rains we had, and a hurricane, all my plants are done except a ghost pepper that has full foilage and is still producing crazy hot peppers. So hot, in fact, not sure I'll grow again. I'm processing a ton of them on the stove at the moment.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Well, between the late heat this summer, the incredible rains we had, and a hurricane, all my plants are done except a ghost pepper that has full foilage and is still producing crazy hot peppers. So hot, in fact, not sure I'll grow again. I'm processing a ton of them on the stove at the moment.

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Nice piece of hardware you got there.

 

[passedpawn]

Nice piece of hardware you got there.

Thanks, that's a Miyabi knife that I keep pretty sharp. Got a whole set of those. I'm into knives. Got some others that you'd like...

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Thanks, that's a Miyabi knife that I keep pretty sharp. Got a whole set of those. I'm into knives. Got some others that you'd like...

My kitchen knife is a shun blonde, love it, and my wife got me a handmade Damascus hunting knife that has proven to be my favorite.

 

[Deadalus]

A friend of mine who blacksmiths made me this one in trade for bringing several kegs of homebrew and my jockey box to a party of his.

Of sentimental value is this knife my dad gave me that was his. I use this one out in the garden.

 

[passedpawn]

My kitchen knife is a shun blonde, love it, and my wife got me a handmade Damascus hunting knife that has proven to be my favorite.
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That's too pretty to use for anything!

 

[passedpawn]

Pickle cukes are coming in! I germinated these from seed and put in pots and sorta forgot about them lol.

 

[VApatriot]

Peppers still going strong.

Santa Fe Grande, Pasilla Bajio, and Shishito

 

[Agent]

Let's hearken back to this fall when it was raining black walnuts for weeks straight.

With some effort, many piles were converted into many bags of cleaned nuts to dry for a few months.

Now is finally the time if year when I can kick back in front of the fire with a movie, some beers, and get to cracking these bad boys!

And slowly but surely accumulate the fruits of my labors.