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Backyard Vegetable Gardening & Livestock Raising & Sustainable Living

i have a monstrosity of a tomato plant. it's still producing but it's the ugliest fucking thing on earth.

i'm so ready to chop that bitch down.

i think i'm just gonna go home and chop that fucker down tonight, the more i think about it.
 
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why do you feel like you have to go to athens to get what you need to brew beer? i've never understood that.

is it just cuz PB's brother gets a hook up, or something?

yeah. if he won't give it to us for free, we get it at cost. plus, none of the ridiculous pretentious asshole bullshit that goes alone with ale yeah!, and all that.
 
We picked all the green tomatoes last night before it got down to 34 F. Going to make green tomato pickles. I haven`t had any for 8 or 10 years...
 
I found this. might give it a try.

Pickled Green Tomatoes
makes 2 12-ounce jars, or 1 pint and one half pint

1 pound green tomatoes, stemmed and cut into wedges
1/2 cup white vinegar
1/2 cup water
1 1/2 teaspoons pickling salt
2 teaspoons dill seed
4 garlic cloves
1/2 teaspoon peppercorn
2 bay leaves

Combine vinegar, water and salt and bring to a boil.

Place the following into the bottom of each hot, ready-for-canning jar:
-1 teaspoon dill seed
-2 garlic cloves
-1/4 teaspoon peppercorn
-1 bay leaf

Pack green tomato wedges into the jars. Pour brine slowly into the jars. Use a wooden chopstick to remove the air bubbles and add a bit of additional brine if necessary. Wipe rims, apply simmered lids and screw on bands.

Process in a boiling water canner for 10 minutes. When time is up, remove jars from canner and let them cool on a towel-lined countertop. When jars are completely cool, remove rings and test seals by grasping the edges of the lid and lifting the jar. If the lids hold fast, the seal is good.

Store in a cool, dark place for up to one year. Pickles are good to eat after one week of curing. They are particularly good with sandwiches and stews.
 
The recipe my ex`s mother used to make had cloves and cinnamon plus it was almost 1/2 onions... It reminds me of bread and butter pickles. I really liked her recipe but God I`d hate to call her. If I get it i`ll post it.
 
well, i gave it a shot. 19 jars of pickled green tomatoes. hope they turn out ok. any tips on storing? think i'll just keep them in a cabinet. i've read that some people put them in the fridge, but i don't think that's necessary. monster tomato plants getting chopped down tonight so i can plant some more fall shit this weekend.

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wow chickenscratch, you wasted no time putting those up, i just mentioned it the other day... I have my maters and onions salted waiting for them to give up their liquid. Will can them tonight. I suck at posting recipes.

*If they`re canned in a canner you shouldn`t have to put them in the fridge.

I did 9 pints. I have enough tomatoes to do another batch, but I may just see if they`ll ripen.
 
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HA! Yea, thanks dude. More than anything I was just really ready to get rid of that damn tomato plant, as it was massive and ugly. now i have a free row to plant some more fall stuff this weekend. think i'm definitely gonna do garlic. seems easy, and it'll be ready by summer.
 
Of all the stuff in my garden, garlic gets the most comments from my friends... Last fall I grew 3 hardnecks and a softneck. Hardnecks were German Extra Hardy, Red Russian and Music. They did excellent here in Maine. The cloves are huge. I don`t know how they`d grow in the south though. The softneck was just garlic I bought at the grocery store. Plant just the biggest cloves because the small ones make small bulbs.
 
The one here at the house is about 1000 sq ft and I plant another 1000 at my uncles house. Our friends and family make out pretty good. We plant way more than just we could eat. We do can and freeze enough so that we hardly buy any veggies year round. It keeps us busy, that`s for sure.
 
cool man, it`s been so wet here, i haven`t got my garlic in yet... There is still time but it`s running short...

My kale is looking good but i`ve never actually cooked with it. Any thoughts? What do you guys do with it? I have no idea why i`m growing it but i think big when looking through seed catalogues.
 
so i ate some of my pickled maters this weekend. damn good. opened one can, well two cans, a little early, just because i couldn't wait to taste them. didn't die of botchulism, so i got that going for me.

i'm gonna wait for another 3 or so weeks to open another one. i'm sure they'll be really good by then.

fall garden is looking nice. beets sprouted about a week ago, and i'm trimming my mustards, lettuce and pak choy to promote growth....i've already made a couple of really good salads with what i've got so far.
 
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