What did you do in your garden today?

[Dreamz]

Well, after long morning working outside and do the most embarrassing thing,like to go with my backyard attire to walmart to get flex seal and back fast, watered the garden and found these 2 babies up for grab,lol

 

[FarmerJamie]

You could have brought more home to can ! No reason to let it go to waste....IMO. We waste so, so much in this country. I hate to see it.

We'll see how tomorrow goes on whether or not I will get more

 

[CrealCritter]

Picked more tomatoes and peppers.

Stared long and hard at the free sweet corn going to waste, free for the taking.

Two dozen ears came home with me. Going to try dehydrating it

More jars yet? Did you buy more jars?

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[CrealCritter]

Lord willing, a bother from church and I will be processing quarts of tomato puree from tomatoes out of our garden after church.

We'll be following this recipe from my wife's canning book. The canning book has seen better days, it's got lots of use over the decades. But I mean the tomatoes aren't gonna jump in jars unless us guys make it happen. I'll post pictures if it happens

We won't be adding any sugar, just salt per the recipe.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[farmerjan]

We'll see how tomorrow goes on whether or not I will get more

@Mini Horses says that she freezes corn on the cob by just cutting off ends and vaccuum packing... no blanching or anything. I've put about 5 dozen in the freezer that way because it is QUICK.... make sure there are no worms or anything... sure hope they come out cooking up good. I have blanched corn on the cob and it is always tough...

 

[Hinotori]

Mom just stuffs the cobs in the freezer as well. She double bags them and really squeezes the air out. She never blanched tomatoes either when I was growing up. Stuffed the whole things in bags. We'd pull a few out and rinse the frozen things with warm water and the skin slipped off.

 

[Mini Horses]

Yep on corn and slipping skin off frozen tomatoes.

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

Yep on corn and slipping skin off frozen tomatoes.

Yep I second this, exactly how I do both of mine

 

[flowerbug]

Yep I second this, exactly how I do both of mine

that works for small amounts, but we've no freezer space and hundreds of lbs of tomatoes. also, i can't imagine Mom being very happy having to skin tomatoes every time she wants to use some in a recipe.

today is going to be a busy day, have to check the tomatoes and pick what are ready and then also check the beans for dry pods.

this afternoon and tomorrow it will be hot enough that being inside canning is going to be ok. i hope i can get the rest of the tomatoes that are ready to be put up done today and not have to drag it into tomorrow. we'll see how it goes...

 

[Mini Horses]

Yeah, gotta have extra freezer space to accumulate and slip skins....but, faster

Hot water works. I've had some that would slip off in real hot water...hard for any of it with quantity you're working. Amazing production.