Came back with pail full. We washed the beans, Pa cut off ends and I cut into pieces.
Filled the jars, got 13 pints! Moved into the church kitchen for canning as can't put
pressure cooker on glass stop stove. One of the jars didn't seal. More beans to come.
Then beets, potatoes too. Tried canning potatoes last year, will do so again this year.
Should have some carrots too! Lots of tomatoes, just a hint of color so far. Oh, yes,
peppers are producing. Have been giving them away. One long cuke to come in, also
1 squash! That black dirt that was delivered last fall and the pickup load of manure
certainly improved the production.
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Ooooh! I'm green with envy! My peppers aren't doing a thing for me. Has been a cool and rainy summer. Not much in the sunshine department. I think spider mites have been eating some of my bean plants, but they are finally starting to bloom. Potatoes are blooming. Tomatoes are growing and I counted about 100 of them. Can't wait!! I played with something today that I picked from the yard and processed in a hot water bath that I can't wait to taste tomorrow. Will share on my blog tomorrow. Camera battery needed recharging and couldn't snap the rest of the photos.
How are you uploading pics so fast? Have you moved to high speed internet in Brainerd?
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No, we are on low, low, slow, slow speed internet, but being retired we figure we have time to wait for the 6 - 8 minute load time. Potatoes are done growing, stems are drying up, tomatoes are all green with just a blush of color on some but too heavy for the cones to hold them up. Gotta go drive in some re-rod to help hold them up. Squash, one plant is taking over between mini peppers and anywhere it wants to spread
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Maybe you know the answer to the question a few of us were pondering one day. Do potatoes produce before they bloom? Nothing else does. I only have 2 plants blooming. Was just a curiousity thing and I'm not willing to dig up spuds to find out there are none!
Who was it who read the entire encyclopedia while on hold on the phone? Imagine the things a person could accomplish in 6 to 8 minute dowloads!! :)
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As far as I know, a potatoe blooms before the potatoe begans to grow in the ground. We always felt the hilling of potatoes should be done only until the blooming starts. I have sometime missed seeing the bloom. When the potatoe is done growing, the vine begins to die. Ours are now at that stage and the peel is beginning to thicken.
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June 24 at 4:10pm ·
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Cherry Greenhouse blossoming plants are a sign that the first "new" potatoes are ready to harvest. Pull aside the earth around the base of plants and gently pick off cooking -sized tubers which are delicious with the skins on.
I copied this from Cherry Green house face book page.
Frans
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