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Do what ever it takes to save them. I know it's a lot of work but you can remove the affected leaves so the young unaffected leaves can get the sun and thrive. This might help.

So, maybe I underestimated a little but we got 26 pints plus 1 quart jar of sauce. And it tastes wonderful.... Oh yeah, with the humidity hitting 99.9%, it got a little damp inside!

Out of the garden and into the kitchen.... Again! So, today we finally took the 20 lbs of garden tomatoes from the freezer and added those to the 5 lbs of romas and 8 lbs large tomatoes. It took 3 hours to blanch, peel and pureed them. We saved about 2 lbs of romas and just diced them up. We...

What does everyone do with their pepperchinis and those others of the same size? I'm thinking of pickling them but I want a different flavor then my B&B brine... I don't really like the brine that you get at mexican food places they pickle their carrot slices in. Any ideas? 100 for the best...

Since the gopher took out the zukes and is chasing down the carrots. I have 2 beds that need a fall replanting... What are some good fall veggies for the heat in So. Cal.

From the kitchens at the Crazy H-Bar Ranch; Since the peaches were trying to jump off the tree, we decided we had better can them before they go to waste... or the birds find a way to devour them. Last year, the birds got all but a few but this year we netted the tree....So we have lots! For...

Many fruits of squash, zucchini, and cucumbers will look like end rot but they might not be getting pollunated. They will start but die if not pollunated, but you can pollunate them yourself...

I was looking at my broccoli plants today and they look really big and ready. So I thought I had better do some homework as this is our first time planting broccoli. So here is some tips that I found. How To Harvest Broccoli – When To Pick Broccoli By Heather Rhoades Growing and harvesting...

Thanks for the link... Unfortunately the lil Mrs. is allergic to penos... but we could use serannos or habaneros, or fish peppers.

you can but up temp plastic lil greenhouse type thang to keep out the rain...

Rants from the Crazy H-Bar Ranch: So, I just finished off the first opened jar of B&B pickles. I can honestly say...they were amazing. Although not as crisp as I had hoped, even though we used pickle crisp, but we did cook them in the brine briefly before canning. I can't wait to taste the frig...

Today we found B.E.R. on our roma tomatoes. I was shocked because we have always grown tomatoes and never had this problem. I found this and thought I would share; http://bonnieplants.com/library/conquer-blossom-end-rot/

Before it got too hot, we raised up the drip system sprayer heads..because everything out grew them. Trellised the heirloom tomatoes finally. Started to clean and tie up the first of the zucchini plants, staking them, should have done it sooner. (7 or 8 more to go) Then I had a heat stroke and...

From the Crazy H-Bar Ranch: How to store fresh produce – From A to Zucchini. - See more at: http://www.thevspotblog.com/2012/01/how-to-store-fresh-produce-from-to.html#sthash.nmZigphl.dpuf

From the Crazy H-Bar Ranch: Not so much in the garden, but what came out of the garden. Wow, what a chore. But we love it... The Bread and Butter pickles are done and canned. Step 1) Gather fresh vegetables from the garden. We had to get a few extra pickling and reg cucumbers from the store...

Hey garden heads..... all of my onion sets (planted 8 weeks ago) have all sprouted flowers. I think I read to remove the flowers so all the energy goes into making the fruit. So I did remove all the flowers.... Right or wrong???? When should the bulbs start to fatten up?

Hey, you can put plastic sheeting over the beds to keep them from getting too wet... They will even dry out under it as well, just sayin..... Don't want to pimp anyones "excuses", lol

If anyone is interested, Waste Management is putting on seminars showing how to compost. Here is the link with the upcoming dates; http://www.rivcowm.org/opencms/recycling/composting.html#schedule

Wow... that's a different definition of raised beds, lol. Are you going to paint or stain and seal?

We use ours for green protein smoothies...