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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
    
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Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Jul 07 2022 : 4:08:29 PM
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Sara, Did you do the carrots together with the peas? I've done carrots with garlic and ginger and they were so good! The snow peas I did were my favorite of anything, except maybe the brined pickles. I just did them with the salt and dill. I'm glad you like the lids! |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
    
7219 Posts

Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Jul 07 2022 : 4:33:20 PM
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Lisa, I did them together. Maybe it was the recipe or maybe I just don't like fermented snap peas and carrots. 
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014 FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
    
4395 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Jul 08 2022 : 03:37:34 AM
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We all like different things, that is for sure. I have been looking at electric pressure canners. Not sure I want to take the plunge but they do look handy. I am on a facebook group and alot really like them. anyone else use one?
Farming in WI
Michele FGOTM June2019
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
    
7219 Posts

Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Jul 08 2022 : 05:04:24 AM
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Michelle, when I was looking for a small pressure canner no electric canners on the market. I will have to check them out, would make canning in my Yellow Rose Cottage a lot easier.
I forgot to mention I also fermented 2 quarts of green tomato relish. The green tomatoes came out of my sister's tomato patch. The relish was a sucess - really tasty.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014 FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
    
9510 Posts

Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Jul 08 2022 : 05:06:34 AM
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Sara, what a great idea to do the mini cucumbers. We only have tomatoes and peppers in containers this year so not getting much. No peppers yet. We had one but it wasn't big enough to pick before something took it. Not sure what. Possibly raccoon or bunny. Those are the only animals I've seen around here. Any way there are more blossoms so we might get a few anyway. We picked 8lbs of blueberries and I froze those. Saved some fresh to have for snacks and with breakfast. Going to go pick again tomorrow maybe. We have the peach truck coming in a couple weeks so I will be busy with those. The freezer is filling up. Noticed last night that when we stopped to get something to eat the prices have gone up and the portions have gone down. Hmm.
~Denise Sister #43~1/18/2007
"I am a bookaholic and I have no desire to be cured." 
"Home is where we find comfort, security, memories, friendship, hospitality, and above all, family. It is the place that deserves our commitment and loyalty." William J. Bennett
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
    
4395 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Jul 10 2022 : 06:11:02 AM
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I picked strawberries Saturday morning at a patch. I picked 5 - 5 quart pails. Froze them on cookie sheets, and pans. Just put them in freezer bags. So easy to pull out what I want when they are froze like that. Saved some for a pie, which I just made this morning.
Farming in WI
Michele FGOTM June2019
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
    
7219 Posts

Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Jul 16 2022 : 09:01:45 AM
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Michelle, you're enjoy all your hard work come winter. Good job on putting up the strawberries.
I dried one tray each of peppermint and chocolate mint. Will have another cutting in late fall. Will harvest the strawberry mint in the morning. My dehydrator only has two trays. Sometimes I think I want a larger dehydrator then reality sets in and I know two trays is what I need.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014 FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
    
7219 Posts

Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Jul 17 2022 : 06:41:43 AM
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Strawberry mint is in the dehydrator. It has such a strong smell. When I came in from watering I was hit by a sweet aroma. It took me a minute before I could make out where it was coming from then it hit me it was from the strawberry mint being in the house before I took it to the Yellow Rose Cottage to dry it. The aroma is gone now but it was so nice while it lasted.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014 FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
    
4395 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Jul 18 2022 : 03:31:00 AM
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I bet that does smell delicious Sara. I have so much of everything left over from last year, I am not drying any herbs this year. One of my daughter in laws picked some of everything. Hopefully she got them dried. We got our meat birds processed yesterday. Nice to have them in the freezer. Will can old hens, once the young ones start laying this fall. Got the back and necks to make stock with. I will wait till I have more time to make the stock.
Farming in WI
Michele FGOTM June2019
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
    
7219 Posts

Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Jul 18 2022 : 05:25:22 AM
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Michelle, I am in awe of you and all you get done. Canned broth is so handy to have in the pantry.
I brewed the strawberry mint with my black tea for morning tea. It showered during the night, so I am celebrating. We need a week of soaking rain, but I'll take every drop we get.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014 FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
    
4395 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4395 Posts |
Posted - Jul 18 2022 : 5:49:36 PM
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Thank goodness for the rain. We have been getting rain now, in bits and pieces. We do need a few all day slow soakers. Got enough wild raspberries and black caps to make a batch of jam now. Yippee. Will do that some rainy day too. hot and humid this week. That will make the corn grow. Happy Gardening and enjoy your tea Sara.
Farming in WI
Michele FGOTM June2019
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
    
9510 Posts

Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9510 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2022 : 04:27:52 AM
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Still filling the freezer with all the things we can. Friday I will have peaches to do up. Looking forward to those. I haven't been canning but I do have some fruit that needs made up into jam soon.
~Denise Sister #43~1/18/2007
"I am a bookaholic and I have no desire to be cured." 
"Home is where we find comfort, security, memories, friendship, hospitality, and above all, family. It is the place that deserves our commitment and loyalty." William J. Bennett
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
    
4395 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Jul 22 2022 : 03:20:18 AM
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My garden is starting to produce now. Peas are filling out, baby string beans on the vine. Zucchini is going strong. Chickens like that too. Tomatoes have turned into a jungle. Keeping up on the weeding too. Need to get weeding on some raised beds I have though. Been a bit too warm, and I have been lazy.
Farming in WI
Michele FGOTM June2019
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
    
4395 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4395 Posts |
Posted - Jul 28 2022 : 6:47:00 PM
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Froze a few bags of string beans and peas tonight. Got cucs to make into, not sure what they are called other then cucumbers, in a vinegar and sugar. my husband loves them anyways. And the ever present zucchini is on my counter. I will shred some of it and make more zucchini bread. Got a new baby coming on Monday so will make up some to take to my son and his wife. Grandchild number 8, fingers crossed all goes well.
Farming in WI
Michele FGOTM June2019
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
    
9510 Posts

Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9510 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2022 : 08:29:09 AM
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Picked 8 lbs of blackberries on Saturday and froze most of them. Made blackberries and dumplings for dessert Sunday. Picked another 5 lbs this morning. Freezing those. Did 4lbs of strawberries on Monday. I plan to get some freezer meals done soon.
~Denise Sister #43~1/18/2007
"I am a bookaholic and I have no desire to be cured." 
"Home is where we find comfort, security, memories, friendship, hospitality, and above all, family. It is the place that deserves our commitment and loyalty." William J. Bennett
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
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debbieklann
Sharpshooter/Schoolmarm
    
789 Posts

Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
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Posted - Aug 02 2022 : 08:34:49 AM
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Congratulations, Michelle! Prayers for mom and baby!
Debbie Klann Farmgirl Sister #770 2018 Farmgirl of the Year
"Well behaved women seldom make history"....Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
    
9510 Posts

Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9510 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2022 : 08:36:54 AM
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Congratulations on the new grandbaby Michele! I posted once but I guess it didn't go through.
~Denise Sister #43~1/18/2007
"I am a bookaholic and I have no desire to be cured." 
"Home is where we find comfort, security, memories, friendship, hospitality, and above all, family. It is the place that deserves our commitment and loyalty." William J. Bennett
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
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atkinst2
True Blue Farmgirl
    
907 Posts

Theresa
Canal Winchester
OH
USA
907 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2022 : 09:22:10 AM
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Made zucchini bread with my zucchini flour and a pan of zucchini brownies with zucchini four. This is my first try at using zucchini flour from extra garden zucchini.
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
    
7219 Posts

Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Aug 02 2022 : 10:27:46 AM
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Theresa, tell us more about making zucchini flour. I have given up using wheat flour and buy almond flour. So far, I have used the almond flour in the cornbread mix I keep on hand.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014 FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
    
4395 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Aug 03 2022 : 7:04:51 PM
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Momma and baby are home now and doing well, thank you all! Colby Joseph, 9lbs 15 oz. Zucchini flour.....do tell. lol Denise that is one heck of alot of blackberries, wow. Must be a good patch.
Farming in WI
Michele FGOTM June2019
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
    
9510 Posts

Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9510 Posts |
Posted - Aug 04 2022 : 02:35:33 AM
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It is a great patch Michele. I picked 5 more lbs on Tuesday morning. One thing I haven't had much this year is zucchini. What I do get I have been using in salads in place of cucumbers. I think I'd put just about anything in a salad. Lol.
~Denise Sister #43~1/18/2007
"I am a bookaholic and I have no desire to be cured." 
"Home is where we find comfort, security, memories, friendship, hospitality, and above all, family. It is the place that deserves our commitment and loyalty." William J. Bennett
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
    
7219 Posts

Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Aug 04 2022 : 04:27:09 AM
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Congratulations Michelle on your new grandbaby.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014 FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
    
9510 Posts

Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Aug 04 2022 : 05:07:40 AM
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Michele, 9lbs. 15oz. is a good size. So glad momma and baby are doing well. Have you been to visit yet?
~Denise Sister #43~1/18/2007
"I am a bookaholic and I have no desire to be cured." 
"Home is where we find comfort, security, memories, friendship, hospitality, and above all, family. It is the place that deserves our commitment and loyalty." William J. Bennett
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
    
4395 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Aug 05 2022 : 04:27:07 AM
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Thanks everyone. We were supposed to visit last night, but they ended up back in the hospital. Jaundice issues. Hopefully he gets past it quickly. We did take a meal over to the house, and flowers. I get the daughter in laws flowers after each birth.
Farming in WI
Michele FGOTM June2019
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
    
4395 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Aug 05 2022 : 04:28:23 AM
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Gees talking about babies and I forgot. Got me an early birthday present. Presto electric canner. That bad boy is pretty good size and I can't wait to try it out.
Farming in WI
Michele FGOTM June2019
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