The Outdoor Gardening Thread

PeppermintPatty said:
Our main garden. We picked the last row of tomatoes - 6 to be exact and a row of beets to make room to plant garlic. Garlic gets planted in the autumn and picked in the spring. The marigolds are to deter bugs which it does. View attachment 453842
We pick 70 to 80 tomatoes a day.
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Here’s some of our canned goods.
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Wowza!! @PeppermintPatty ! Good on you and your man.
 

Great work @PeppermintPatty its a lot of work , but at least you know you are eating food free of chemicals ,

When covid lockdowns started no one could get many canned / bottled foods , but we just sat back with a smile on our faces cause we had more than enough food in the cupboards / fridge and freezer

I picked some of our Rhubarb yesterday and dropped a bottle of preserved apples into in when it was almost cooked ( we find rhubarb to tart on its own ) we had it last night with freshly made custard ( more left for 2 more nights desert )
 
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We've just about finished picking out tomatoes. We freeze the surplus ones and when it comes to use them, we drop them into hot water and their skin splits and peels off very easily. Over the past week we lifted our potatoes and harvested the apples. In spite of the dry summer, we had a pretty successful year in the garden.
The rhubarb gave us a good crop - obviously a different variety from Kadee's as ours had thick, light red stems and a darker leaf.

Suddenly, the leaves have started to fall - I can see why some people call Autumn , 'Fall'.
 
My husband picked me a handful of fresh raspberries this morning that I had just before my shower. We don’t have enough to make jam out of but might have enough for next year.
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In the last 2 days we made 31 jars of apple butter using 3 different recipes. We want to make some crab apple jelly. There are lots of wild crap apple trees all around us.
 
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Capt Lightning said:
We've just about finished picking out tomatoes. We freeze the surplus ones and when it comes to use them, we drop them into hot water and their skin splits and peels off very easily. Over the past week we lifted our potatoes and harvested the apples. In spite of the dry summer, we had a pretty successful year in the garden.
The rhubarb gave us a good crop - obviously a different variety from Kadee's as ours had thick, light red stems and a darker leaf.

Suddenly, the leaves have started to fall - I can see why some people call Autumn , 'Fall'.
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That’s how we get the skins off of our tomatoes too. We put them in boiling water right out of the freezer. We have quite a few tomatoes to still havest. I’m glad your season turned out well for you.,
 

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