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first frost here can be anywhere from Halloween to Thanksgiving. some of the pumpkin seeds I got were under 100 days so it looks like I may be out of time to get them in the ground this year. We've mainly done throw and grow type turnips as foodplot for hunting season so this year is really...

We’ve been trying to get a pumpkins, turnips, and rutabaga in the ground but the tilling has been brutal and it’s been at a standstill for other projects :th

Good to know……my first experience with fruit trees The apples are pretty yucky looking so I’ve been giving most of them to the pigs But I did harvest over a dozen nice Asian pears yesterday

What are you planting for fall garden?

We have a few fruit trees, the peach tree only put on 1 peach though :th

Beautiful 😍 https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/official-byc-2023-summer-fair-contest%E2%80%94canning-preserving-contest.1589082/post-27004173 I’d love to see some entered!

We’ve done green tomato ketchup (from my grandpa recipe), chow-chow (from YouTube recipe), and a jalapeño salsa verde (from our own concoction). We also slice and “pickle” green tomatoes for frying to use up last of them before frost

Thanks for posting that!!!!! Great explanations

A few of the jars boil some of the liquid out so they don’t appear full

I got it from a YouTube video :confused: I figured antibacterial??

Yes we’re leaving proper headspace and wiping with vinegar prior to putting on rings and lids

Question for those good at pressure canning: what is causing the liquid to boil out of some of our jars and how can we prevent it?

I think my cucumbers are almost done……I still have 2 overflowing 5 gal buckets after peeling and slicing a bunch last weekend. We’re doing some as pickles and some tomato and cucumber salad

Also vacuum sealed and froze the leftover ribs and turkey smoked on Sunday

6 pints of pickles and 4 pints of banana peppers…….getting the canner and more jars ready for squash. Haven’t even put a good dent in the 5 gal bucket of cucumbers and definitely need more jars 🙈

Spending most of the day today putting up veggies

We’re still getting gassed!!!! That stuff is rough!

Finally put last fermented peppers away today 😂 they had been fermenting for 3ish months 😵

My last fermentation batches are still in the closet :th from what I can see, they still look okay but I’ve got to finish them at some point 😂

Mr muddy added some fermented habaneros to our chili last week…..definitely kicked the flavor up a notch :drool