What did you do in the garden today?

[TJAnonymous]

We dropped down to 12'F last night.
::grumble::

We dropped into the upper 20s. Frost on everything in the garden this morning. I covered the canna lilies but haven't checked them yet to see if they survived.

 

[TJAnonymous]

This is the first time I've used net pots with coco coir to start seeds.

Not a fan.

So far I've started broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, and peppers. All of them have germinated well and start off OK. However within a few weeks, every single plant has had chlorosis.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Will start some plants I bought a larger pot
for my aloe get it moved.
Going to candle the eggs tonight again.

 

[Sally PB]

Near freezing today. It warms up in the next week, 40s and 50s. Thankfully, the overnight lows are around freezing. This should keep everything in check for at least that long.

 

[Molpet]

When we're expecting a hurricane or tropical storm I fill up the freezer with bottled water, laid on their sides. I've never had one rupture.

If the power goes out the frozen water helps to keep the freezer cold. And in a pinch we can drink the water.

I fill empty vinegar bottles and freeze. A full freezer keeps temp better than half empty. When I process birds I put in the cooler for ice and swap every 8 hrs. And If I need room in the freezer , its easy to take them out.

 

[akroberts1085]

I'm not going to garden today windy and rain . So I guess housework can get done. I need to get some potting soil brought in the house so I can start some seeds. I'm going to try to use some of my pots that are smaller for growing Basil. I think having my herbs inside will get me cooking more and newer foods.

 

[Sally PB]

Sunshine tomorrow, so I'll go up to the green house then. Right now, cold, windy, and spitting snow.

 

[NewBoots]

Because I haven't been able to can the last couple years after multiple back surgeries I have broth & jams in ball jars in the freezer. I just make sure they are wide mouth & for quarts I fill them a little less, an inch under the shoulder & have not had any problems. I keep them in the tray in the freezer so they don't get jostled around or bumped.

Great information, and since I wouldn't have to process them so they wouldn't lose the collagen sticky texture like pressure processed jars do.

I also freeze my refried beans in jars. Because we eat them so fast there's no point in pressure canning them either.

I usually freeze my refried beans in burritos for easy reheating but jars would be handy too.

And.... another one of my semi-related rambles! We also preserve a lot of peppers, onions, garlic and green tomatoes with salt and olive oil, I do those in Mason jars and they get stored in the outside fridge for quite a while. We eat them a lot so they don't last a year.

oooo, recipes please?

Pooring rain again this morning so I'll have to put out more slug/snail bait but when I was shaking it out yesterday, one piece hit a snail I hadn't noticed till then right on the head. buon appetito!

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

My thought exactly. I was like

We call that "the stink eye" in my family, lol. I didn't know they had a stink eye emoji. Awesome.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

We call that "the stink eye" in my family, lol. I didn't know they had a stink eye emoji. Awesome.

My King of Stink Eye, Rocky, Always in Stink eye mode