2023 Garden!

[Dave N]

Watermelon and cantelope vines are really slow, and might not fruit, we’ll see.
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Same here!

 

[WyoDoug]

GF has got her little green house going already. Seems a bit early when can’t plant till mid May

I plant tomatoes I started indoors in March using walls of water. Those things work and protect from frost and the early spring hail we seem to get.

 

[millerkiller77]

The less than perfect apricots get cored and frozen . Once I'm up to 40lbs of frozen fruit I'll make jalepeno apricot jam and can it

 

[Sask hunter]

Not from the garden but lots of Saskatoon berries this year. This is two nights of picking. Should keep me in Saskatoon pie and crisp for awhile

 

[Nick87]

Same here!

Wierd my cantaloupe and watermelon are some of the best I've ever had. I've got cantaloupe about the size of my fist as if a couple days ago.

 

[Nick87]

I've never actually pickled pickles before just canned tomatoes every year.
Will be giving the pickles a try here in the next few hours any tips tricks last minute would be appreciated.

 

[Gellar]

I've never actually pickled pickles before just canned tomatoes every year.
Will be giving the pickles a try here in the next few hours any tips tricks last minute would be appreciated.

My wife is the pickle maker so I’m no help.

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

I've never actually pickled pickles before just canned tomatoes every year.
Will be giving the pickles a try here in the next few hours any tips tricks last minute would be appreciated.

Use spring water if you can or water from a non-chlorinated source. Keeps them crunchy.

 

[Nick87]

Use spring water if you can or water from a non-chlorinated source. Keeps them crunchy.

Well water is all we got...so that'll have to do.

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

1st tomato of the year. This bush is really doing well, it's called a super fantastic. Real sweet tomato.

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

Well water is all we got...so that'll have to do.

I think that will be fine, better than city tap water.

 

[BackofBeyond]

I've never actually pickled pickles before just canned tomatoes every year.
Will be giving the pickles a try here in the next few hours any tips tricks last minute would be appreciated.

Best fridge pickles

Once our cucumbers really start rolling we keep a jar of these always on the make. Currently have (3) 1/2 gallon jars on rotation, and my kids will kill one every three days.

 

[Keep on]

Tonight's haul, not feeling it too much, I'm on my 6th 12 hour shift in a row, wife convinced me to come along out and pick a little before bed time.

 

[Jwill]

Returned from vacation to find our first haul of ripe tomatoes. At which point I had to run out for some fresh mozzarella that my kids had the idea to turn into my birthday “cake”. Squash, beans, cukes, and herbs all coming in full force.

 

[Dave N]

Wierd my cantaloupe and watermelon are some of the best I've ever had. I've got cantaloupe about the size of my fist as if a couple days ago.

Went out and looked this afternoon and I've got nothing but vines. Still getting new blossoms. I planted them May 6th. Oh well, the wife will have to settle for store bought.

 

[gouch]

Getting plenty of pickles this year

 

[Nick87]

Fingers crossed

 

[BackofBeyond]

Getting plenty of pickles this year

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Fingers crossed

If they turn out let me know the secret. I have yet to find a canned pickle recipe that I really like, and that they don’t get all soggy/mushy in me.

 

[millerkiller77]

If they turn out let me know the secret. I have yet to find a canned pickle recipe that I really like, and that they don’t get all soggy/mushy in me.

Pickle crisp

 

[WyoDoug]

If they turn out let me know the secret. I have yet to find a canned pickle recipe that I really like, and that they don’t get all soggy/mushy in me.

Use calcium chloride. Available on amazon. That is used by a lot of commercial processors to keep the pickles crisp. Research on it for amounts and how to use it. Don't take a whole lot. Calcium chloride absorbs well more than it's weight and volume of water. Also avoid overcooking during the blanching process.