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Cissik
True Blue Farmgirl
578 Posts
Sylvia
Kent
WA
USA
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 Posted - Sep 08 2014 : 4:42:32 PM
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This year I used heirloom seeds and planted a variety of stuff. I"m sharing the photos taken today of what the veggies look like. I know I'll be pickling some green tomatoes. We've eaten tons of ripe ones. Will also be making some tomato basil jam. I just love how the garden came out and how great everything tastes. How have the rest of you done?
   
Sylvia
Kent, WA
Farm Girl #5389
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Catherine
True Blue Farmgirl
166 Posts
Catherine Ann
Temple
TX
USA
166 Posts |
Posted - Sep 09 2014 : 2:42:07 PM
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My garden did not do well, due to a lack of rain and a huge lack of work on my part.
I harvested a fair amount of tomatoes, a few squash, green beans and cucumbers early in the season, and once the heat of summer kicked in, not much else.
Fall gardening is my favorite, and I am planning to re-design and replant later this week. I'm looking forward to broccoli, chard, kale and the like :) .
Tomato Basil Jam sounds very interesting ... I'd love a recipe!
www.lovecatherineann.com
http://stillroomherbs.blogspot.com
Farmgirl Sister #1801
Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4719 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Sep 09 2014 : 3:15:54 PM
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Sylvia your garden is beautiful! I bought non-gmo organic vegetables for my garden. I feel much better eating food that hasn't been tainted by Monsanto!
Good luck with your fall garden Catherine!
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cajungal
True Blue Farmgirl
2348 Posts
Catherine Farmgirl Sister #76
Houston Area
Texas
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Posted - Sep 10 2014 : 10:04:09 AM
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Sylvia, the pics are wonderful. I wanna take a juicy bite of that tomato in the first pic.
Catherine, first, we have the same name and same spelling. Second, we're both in Texas. How ya' doin' Sista? I'm looking forward to Fall gardening, too.
Dawn, I'm with ya'...Don't want no Monsanto! I started telling my family and friends as far back as 1989 about their practices. They all thought I was crazy. Today, they see I was right. But, I'm not gloating...maybe a little. :)
One of the best compliments from one of my daughters: "Moma, you smell good...like dirt." |
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Cissik
True Blue Farmgirl
578 Posts
Sylvia
Kent
WA
USA
578 Posts |
Posted - Sep 10 2014 : 2:29:53 PM
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[quote]Originally posted by Catherine
My garden did not do well, due to a lack of rain and a huge lack of work on my part.
I harvested a fair amount of tomatoes, a few squash, green beans and cucumbers early in the season, and once the heat of summer kicked in, not much else.
Fall gardening is my favorite, and I am planning to re-design and replant later this week. I'm looking forward to broccoli, chard, kale and the like :) .
Tomato Basil Jam sounds very interesting ... I'd love a recipe!
Here's the recipe: I'm using regular basil this year
Tomato Pineapple Basil Jam
2 1/2 pounds ripe tomatoes, peeled (diced to measure 3 1/2 cups)
1/4 cup lemon juice (I used 1/2 cup bottled lemon juice)
3 T. snipped fresh basil (I used pineapple basil)
3 cups sugar
Powdered pectin for lower sugar recipes (Ball low sugar/no sugar 3T. of flex batch) (Pomona Pectin 3 t. pectin 3 t. calcium water)
Seed, core and finely chop tomatoes. Measure 3 1/2 cups tomatoes and add to stainless steel saucepan. Bring to boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat. Simmer, covered for 10 minutes, stirring often. Stir in lemon juice and basil. Add sugar and return bring to a boil, stirring often. Add the pectin and return to a full rolling boil for one minute. Remove from heat and quickly skim off foam.
Ladle hot jam into hot sterilized half pint jars, leaving a 1/4 headspace. Wipe jar rims, add lids and rings. Process in water bath for 10 minutes at a full boil. Makes 5 half pint jars.
Sylvia
Kent, WA
Farm Girl #5389
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Catherine
True Blue Farmgirl
166 Posts
Catherine Ann
Temple
TX
USA
166 Posts |
Posted - Sep 11 2014 : 12:35:15 PM
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Sylvia,
Thank you so much for the recipe! 
Catherine,
Hello there, fun to meet a fellow Texas farmgirl with 'my name' LOL!
Blessings,
Catherine
www.lovecatherineann.com
http://stillroomherbs.blogspot.com
Farmgirl Sister #1801
Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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Country Yankee Gal
Farmgirl in Training
22 Posts
Rosemarie
Charleston area
South Carolina
USA
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Posted - Sep 18 2014 : 09:57:50 AM
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Your tomatoes look beautiful! My mouth is watering! I live in South Carolina, and our summer was brutal this year! Temperatures above 90 degrees most days, weeks without rain then lots of rain then weeks without rain. My garden did not do as well as last year - at least, not so far. I got a good bit of tomatoes before the end of July, then nothing. I'll be pulling out the plants this weekend to make room for fall crops. My peppers are hanging on, so I'm hoping I'll get some more big harvests from them now that the weather is cooling a little bit. Pumpkins still going strong (squash vines died), second crop of string beans starting to flower, lima beans still flowering/producing, eggplants hanging in there. My raspberries are ripening, too. I'll be planting fall crops this weekend: lettuces, kale, brussels sprouts, carrots, beets, turnips, mustard greens, radishes, escarole. Next month: spinach, onions, and garlic. First frost isn't until the week before Thanksgiving here, so there's still time to get some more produce put up - I hope!
Rosemarie
~ Planting Yankee roots in Southern soil
www.sanctuarygardener.com
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Cissik
True Blue Farmgirl
578 Posts
Sylvia
Kent
WA
USA
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