08-22-2022, 01:40 PM
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I haven't been trying to lose weight seriously, just been cleaning up my diet a bit and have been dropping slowly. I'm a bit more active through the summer with yard work and being outside with the kids, but I have an office job and still spend a bunch of time sitting. I've always done pretty well eating healthy foods, the problem is I like ice cream, too, and it's kind of tradition for me to make sourdough pancakes every Sunday (sourdough bread, too, fantastic with butter and honey btw).
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Have you been trying to lose weight, or was it just naturally coming off from hard work and eating from your garden?
Also, do you can anything?
I have canning supplies but never end up doing it. My mom does a lot of canning and will sometimes give us some things.
Have you been trying to lose weight, or was it just naturally coming off from hard work and eating from your garden?
Also, do you can anything?
I have canning supplies but never end up doing it. My mom does a lot of canning and will sometimes give us some things.
We do bit of canning. This year so far just pickles. I was actually supposed to do some this weekend, but we got busy and I think my wife is picking cucumbers today so the job will be waiting for me when I get home. I'm unofficially in charge of the pickles my wife is in charge of the rest. We usually do peaches along with raspberry peach jam. Last year we did tomatoes, but they have to process longer and my wife doesn't think they're worth it. I think that's all of our canning. We do usually freeze corn - we like it better than canned corned, you just have to have freezer space. We also freeze apple juice. My parents have press and it's become a tradition to go over one Saturday in the fall and press apples. It has a much more complex flavor versus store bought apple juice.
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08-22-2022, 01:41 PM
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My green bell peppers, and sweet banana peppers are popping out left and right
The cucumber, peas, celery, Not too much. Neither the potatoes.
Radishes are mixed result.
The carrots are sprouting up… the tops get long as my penis
For me it’s not a hobby. not love of labor. I’m growing thrm to survive since … I won’t get political but a certain someone is going to kill us all and cause mass food shortages.
The cucumber, peas, celery, Not too much. Neither the potatoes.
Radishes are mixed result.
The carrots are sprouting up… the tops get long as my penis
For me it’s not a hobby. not love of labor. I’m growing thrm to survive since … I won’t get political but a certain someone is going to kill us all and cause mass food shortages.
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08-22-2022, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted By Deathstroke⏩
Never planted celery. Maybe next year. Right now we have as much as we can eat of corn, potatoes, carrots, beets, onions, and cucumbers. Peppers are doing well, but still ramping up. Tomatoes and green beans, too. Peas are done, along with lettuce and spinach. Although I am trying for a fall crop of lettuce and spinach this year. We usually get a hard frost in late September or early October. We can cover things up and get through them to a point, but most of my plants will be wiped out in a little over a month.
My green bell peppers, and sweet banana peppers are popping out left and right
The cucumber, peas, celery, Not too much. Neither the potatoes.
Radishes are mixed result.
The carrots are sprouting up… the tops get long as my penis
For me it’s not a hobby. not love of labor. I’m growing thrm to survive since … I won’t get political but a certain someone is going to kill us all and cause mass food shortages.
The cucumber, peas, celery, Not too much. Neither the potatoes.
Radishes are mixed result.
The carrots are sprouting up… the tops get long as my penis
For me it’s not a hobby. not love of labor. I’m growing thrm to survive since … I won’t get political but a certain someone is going to kill us all and cause mass food shortages.
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08-23-2022, 04:07 PM
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Tree is young we bought it about 8 months ago. I think the main reason its not doing well is its location, maybe not getting enough sun? I planted it next to a shed for shelter because it gets super windy where I live. Yes, it gets watered but maybe not enough looking at your post
Not a tree expert, but generally I'd think through a plant problem by considering what the problems could be. For a tree, the stuff I would consider are pests, disease, age, water, nutrients, and climate. Throw up a pic and maybe a tree expert will chime in. Pests and disease will probably require someone with an experienced eye to tell you what's going on. Age is pretty self-explanatory. Trees live a long time but they get old eventually die. Is this a 30+ year old tree? Or pretty young? For nutrients you would need to do a soil test, although, again someone with a good eye might be able to make an educated guess. Water is also pretty self-explanatory. Are you watering it? Compared to grass, trees should be watered less frequently but with more water. You want the water to soak in deep into the ground to get to the roots. Climate - sometimes you just have a hot stretch. Right now my dad's plum tree looks bad because it was a hot July. He watered it extra but the heat is still stressing the tree.
You will need to prune the tree to get the best production, but unpruned trees don't generally look half dead, they look wild, so I doubt that is the issue for you.
You will need to prune the tree to get the best production, but unpruned trees don't generally look half dead, they look wild, so I doubt that is the issue for you.
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08-25-2022, 12:43 PM
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I agree, I think your biggest problem is the location. Trees need some space to spread out and grow and it doesn't look like it has much there. Not sure what the best advice is for that. I don't think moving it again is a good idea. You might just have to try and nurse it along and hope it makes it.
Tree is young we bought it about 8 months ago. I think the main reason its not doing well is its location, maybe not getting enough sun? I planted it next to a shed for shelter because it gets super windy where I live. Yes, it gets watered but maybe not enough looking at your post
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Progress pics from yesterday:
Squash and cucumbers are taking over. Second corn patch is looking good, too.
Trap on the right side of the image is for skunks/raccoons. I caught a cat in a couple nights ago. Tomatoes are really starting to ripen:
We always do a bunch of squash. Burgess buttercup is our favorite. They won't be ready for bit, but they're doing great:
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09-01-2022, 03:16 PM
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Everything is pretty much the same. All the veggies are ripening and producing well. My wife did corn last Saturday. We boil it, cut if off the cobb, and freeze it. I think we're up to 35 quarts of pickles. Probably just do a batch or two more and call it quits. My daughter has been selling corn by the roadside. We hade some skunks in the corn at night so I've had all my traps out.
Caught neighbor cats twice:
That one was pissed. No skunks yet. I don't want to catch one very bad, but I do want to keep them out of the corn.
Caught neighbor cats twice:
That one was pissed. No skunks yet. I don't want to catch one very bad, but I do want to keep them out of the corn.
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09-01-2022, 03:20 PM
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Neat, so you use live traps?
What do you do if you catch a skunk? Kill it or release it over the neighbours fence?
What do you do if you catch a skunk? Kill it or release it over the neighbours fence?
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I'm a practical fellow so whatever I think is the least likely to get me sprayed.
Neat, so you use live traps?
What do you do if you catch a skunk? Kill it or release it over the neighbours fence?
What do you do if you catch a skunk? Kill it or release it over the neighbours fence?
I have a combination of live traps and dog-proof raccoon traps. Last year I had mostly raccoons in the corn so I got the raccoon traps to focus on them. The raccoon traps are setup so they trip when a lever is pulled inside, so other animals rarely set them off. I put out the live traps for skunks because regular foothold traps would be a problem with our cats and kids roaming about. My dad has caught skunks in them, I haven't yet. The live trapper maker claims that you can hold a tarp in front of you while you approach the trap to avoid getting sprayed. I'm a little skeptical. If I catch a skunk it's probably a gonner though.
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09-01-2022, 03:47 PM
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Mine are are raised garden beds on my patio. Next to the grill. It’s very amateur but good if gardening is hard on your back. But I am now having success with 3 different types of peppers. Also some dill, dandelion greens, and mint are coming out.
I did do a green house but everything melted so changed area to a coop for the chickens to lay eggs. This is all building toward my prepper mentality as I fear there will be some serious food shortages and what not in my lifetime. I want to be totally able to eat and live off the grid if need to one day. But I’m noob and nowhere near my country living goals. Here’s hoping to major wars, famine or other catastrophes until at least 6-8 years down the road.
Thanks for the updates op. Looking forward to it. Like I said gif me not an adventure it’s more for survival purposes. Good reason to get sun, develops a green thumb, and eat more plant based. As I used to live on protein powder, red meat, tuna, and milk.
I did do a green house but everything melted so changed area to a coop for the chickens to lay eggs. This is all building toward my prepper mentality as I fear there will be some serious food shortages and what not in my lifetime. I want to be totally able to eat and live off the grid if need to one day. But I’m noob and nowhere near my country living goals. Here’s hoping to major wars, famine or other catastrophes until at least 6-8 years down the road.
Thanks for the updates op. Looking forward to it. Like I said gif me not an adventure it’s more for survival purposes. Good reason to get sun, develops a green thumb, and eat more plant based. As I used to live on protein powder, red meat, tuna, and milk.
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09-02-2022, 09:53 AM
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Thanks for the kind words! I love raised beds, and I'll probably do more in the future. Right now I make my kids do most of the weeding. I'm going to get a green house in eventually to extend my season. I've barely been getting tomatoes the last few weeks and it would be nice to have them in June. With everything going on in the world it's getting more and more believable that food shortages could happen. I got into gardening because its relaxing to me and I like the fresh produce. As a bonus, I think it's a really useful skill. Are you in an area where you can grown things year round? If I wanted to be able to eat produce year round it would take a lot of planning. Growing season for me is March to September. We do grow a lot of things that keep well if kept cool - potatoes, carrots, onions, beets, winter squash. Last year we were eating some of those veggies in January, but that's about as far as we usually push it. If we want to keep things beyond that we have to can it or freeze it. Last year we canned peaches (bought), pickles, and tomatoes. I've done beans in the past, and thought about beets. I've always just eaten the beets fresh though because I like them better. Chickens have got to be the best source of protein from a prepper mentality. Continuous eggs and don't need a lot of space or food compared to large animals. I think rabbits would be a good option for meat, but chicken beat them out when you consider eggs.
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09-02-2022, 10:09 AM
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I recently planted some red bell pepper seeds just for the hell of it, and they actually are growing. Still little but it’s nice to see how much they’ve grown when I get home from work each day. I also planted some tomato seeds, they sprouted a bit and died unfortunately.
I recently planted some red bell pepper seeds just for the hell of it, and they actually are growing. Still little but it’s nice to see how much they’ve grown when I get home from work each day. I also planted some tomato seeds, they sprouted a bit and died unfortunately.
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09-05-2022, 09:30 AM
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About the last two big ears of corn:
My kids have sold about 200 years over the weekend. They just throw up a sign and load up a wheelbarrow in my driveway with a money can. They were selling 3 ears for a dollar, so they made around $65 to $70. That was a lot of work for $70, but I think a good life lesson for the kids so I'm counting it as a win. Just a few small ears left now.
My kids have sold about 200 years over the weekend. They just throw up a sign and load up a wheelbarrow in my driveway with a money can. They were selling 3 ears for a dollar, so they made around $65 to $70. That was a lot of work for $70, but I think a good life lesson for the kids so I'm counting it as a win. Just a few small ears left now.
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09-05-2022, 09:45 AM
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Just seeing this thread, but I've been posting updates on my other thread here:
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...post1665686463
Here's my last update I did from a month ago recapping my summer harvest:
I picked about 15 alphonso mangoes, not bad for year four of the tree, hoping for hundreds per year in the years to come. The complexity and depth of flavor on these can't be described. They are just pure bliss:
I harvested 113 bananas:
And a total of 10 plant-ripened pineapples. The sweetness just doesn't compare to the shyt you get at the store.
Here's my last update I did from a month ago recapping my summer harvest:
I picked about 15 alphonso mangoes, not bad for year four of the tree, hoping for hundreds per year in the years to come. The complexity and depth of flavor on these can't be described. They are just pure bliss:
I harvested 113 bananas:
And a total of 10 plant-ripened pineapples. The sweetness just doesn't compare to the shyt you get at the store.
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09-06-2022, 09:38 AM
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Good stuff with the fruit. I agree, nothing taste better than fruit that is picked ripe and the stuff you can get at the grocery store doesn't come close. Here's a picture I thought the fruit tree people would find interesting:
My dad messes around with grafting. He has a flowering crab apple tree out front that he grafted on apple branch into years ago. The original portion of the tree just flowers in the spring, but the grafted in apple branch produces apples really well. I have a plum tree at my house that has never produced much at all, but the plums are massive and fantastic when you do get some. Several years back he grafted a branch into the plum tree at his house and it produced really well. We think it's because it needs another plum tree to cross pollinate. Now we've grafted in branches from my dads tree into my plum trees and it seems to be working. I thought all my plums got hit with a late frost but I actually have a few dozen, with most of them around the grafted in branches from my dad's tree.
My dad messes around with grafting. He has a flowering crab apple tree out front that he grafted on apple branch into years ago. The original portion of the tree just flowers in the spring, but the grafted in apple branch produces apples really well. I have a plum tree at my house that has never produced much at all, but the plums are massive and fantastic when you do get some. Several years back he grafted a branch into the plum tree at his house and it produced really well. We think it's because it needs another plum tree to cross pollinate. Now we've grafted in branches from my dads tree into my plum trees and it seems to be working. I thought all my plums got hit with a late frost but I actually have a few dozen, with most of them around the grafted in branches from my dad's tree.
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09-06-2022, 10:16 AM
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So beautiful I’ll bet you get more done before noon then most men do all day long Srs. Yeah I’m in florida. What you’re doing with your land puts my patio with raised garden beds to shame. I said I was doing it for survival but I’m starting to enjoy . I let the dogs all run around and play in the backyard as I do my thing in the patio / poverty country living part of it I call my farm lol. I have more peppers than I know what to do with. I was about to can them. I know they freeze and thaw without turning to mush but the doomsday prepper in me is telling me “Deathstroke, what if the county loses power due to mass outages etc and then you cannot use a freezer one day? What will you do then?” And so I may want to jar/can/pickle some things. Enjoy the pictures with your commentary itt . Keep ‘em coming! You can pickle eggs too but I can’t stop eating them all after cooking them. Yes got plenty of eggs from the chickens. Sweet peppers. Bell peppers. And sweet banana peppers.
I want to add fruit trees. And like my boys in Mississippi also dig an actual lake with fish producing it in that can be caught and eaten if need be.
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09-07-2022, 07:27 AM
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Our peppers actually did really good this year, too. Tomatoes are weak compared to last year. Late spring was really cold and wet so we got a slow start and two or three of my tomato plants got blight in them and the vines have really died back. We'll still have more than we can eat, but not enough to can. My wife doesn't like doing tomatoes anyway. By the time you skin them and process them (40ish minutes in a water bath canner) they take a lot of time. I'm guessing if you canned peppers you would need to use a pressure canner - unless you pickled them. I'm not an expert but it's my understanding that low acidity foods need to be pressure canned so that you can get them to a higher heat to prevent bacteria problems. I've never ventured into pressure canning, although it has tempted me in the past. I'll have a lot of green beans this year that I could can if I had one. Some hunters can venison and elk meat and supposedly it comes out really tender; I'd think it would be perfect for stews. Pretty much everything is ripe now - my late crop of lettuce is even coming on - only thing we are still waiting on is the winter squash.
So beautiful I’ll bet you get more done before noon then most men do all day long Srs. Yeah I’m in florida. What you’re doing with your land puts my patio with raised garden beds to shame. I said I was doing it for survival but I’m starting to enjoy . I let the dogs all run around and play in the backyard as I do my thing in the patio / poverty country living part of it I call my farm lol. I have more peppers than I know what to do with. I was about to can them. I know they freeze and thaw without turning to mush but the doomsday prepper in me is telling me “Deathstroke, what if the county loses power due to mass outages etc and then you cannot use a freezer one day? What will you do then?” And so I may want to jar/can/pickle some things. Enjoy the pictures with your commentary itt . Keep ‘em coming! You can pickle eggs too but I can’t stop eating them all after cooking them. Yes got plenty of eggs from the chickens. Sweet peppers. Bell peppers. And sweet banana peppers.
I want to add fruit trees. And like my boys in Mississippi also dig an actual lake with fish producing it in that can be caught and eaten if need be.
I want to add fruit trees. And like my boys in Mississippi also dig an actual lake with fish producing it in that can be caught and eaten if need be.
It's still been getting hot during the daytime but nights are getting colder. We usually get our first freezes between late September and early October, so my growing season is quickly coming to an end.
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09-07-2022, 08:48 PM
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As of Monday, I'm declaring us done with pickles for the year. The cucumbers are still producing; we canned 13 quarts Monday. However, we have 46 jars in storage (and another in the fridge that didn't seal) and I'm declaring it enough:
I think I had 2 or 3 jars left over from last year, so counting those in the fridge we put up around 45 quarts this year. Not bad. We'll do some jam later, and maybe some peaches, but we're done canning for a bit anyway.
I think I had 2 or 3 jars left over from last year, so counting those in the fridge we put up around 45 quarts this year. Not bad. We'll do some jam later, and maybe some peaches, but we're done canning for a bit anyway.
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09-18-2022, 09:13 PM
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First update in a while. Not much has changed. The corn is completely gone now. Lettuce is back on with a fall crop. Tonight, for dinner we ate lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, and potatoes from the garden.
Peppers and tomatoes have done great this year:
Some of our tomatoes have died. The vines started dying off a month or so ago. Some kind of blight maybe? We still have more than we can eat.
Here's a picture of the plums I've been talking about :
The small purple ones were grafted in and provide the cross pollinator for the larger red ones. Both will probably be ripe in the next week or so. Overnight lows are getting down into the upper 30's. First frost is creeping up.
Peppers and tomatoes have done great this year:
Some of our tomatoes have died. The vines started dying off a month or so ago. Some kind of blight maybe? We still have more than we can eat.
Here's a picture of the plums I've been talking about :
The small purple ones were grafted in and provide the cross pollinator for the larger red ones. Both will probably be ripe in the next week or so. Overnight lows are getting down into the upper 30's. First frost is creeping up.
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09-18-2022, 09:34 PM
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Mirin! We are entering the growing season now. Might be time for me to pull finger and clean out the garden beds for planting.
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Plums reached perfection:
I checked them last week and they weren't quite ready. Checked again Saturday and I wish I'd checked in the middle of the week. The birds had gotten in to them a bit over the last week and several had pecked out holes. There were also 6-10 that had fallen off the tree. I just got busy in the middle of the week and didn't keep an eye on them. I could have picked them the week before and let them finish ripening inside, but they taste so good picking them fully ripe. We ended up picking three dozen. Not that many for the amount of trees I have, but plenty for the family to eat.
The rest of the garden is doing fine. We're definitely into the late season now. Second crops of beats, lettuce, and carrots are doing well. The only things left that we haven't eaten any of yet are the winter squash. We'll bring them in just before the first hard frost. The current low in the upcoming 10-day forecast is 38, so we have a bit of growing season left.
I checked them last week and they weren't quite ready. Checked again Saturday and I wish I'd checked in the middle of the week. The birds had gotten in to them a bit over the last week and several had pecked out holes. There were also 6-10 that had fallen off the tree. I just got busy in the middle of the week and didn't keep an eye on them. I could have picked them the week before and let them finish ripening inside, but they taste so good picking them fully ripe. We ended up picking three dozen. Not that many for the amount of trees I have, but plenty for the family to eat.
The rest of the garden is doing fine. We're definitely into the late season now. Second crops of beats, lettuce, and carrots are doing well. The only things left that we haven't eaten any of yet are the winter squash. We'll bring them in just before the first hard frost. The current low in the upcoming 10-day forecast is 38, so we have a bit of growing season left.
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09-28-2022, 09:52 PM
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nice harvest, brah. post your cows from your avi, too!
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10-10-2022, 01:35 PM
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The cow in my avi pic is from several years ago and that cow is long gone. We have 4 in the pasture now but I'm not in the cow business at the moment, the current ones belong to my cousin. We have to keep the grass down in the pasture, so we have my cousin bring his over.
nice harvest, brah. post your cows from your avi, too!
They absolutely love apples. We feed them all the ones that fall on the ground, have worm holes, etc. My avi pic is from years ago when my nephew was trying to feed an apple to a cow by hand but kept dropping the apple when he felt the cow's tongue. To give him a little extra courage, I came over and put an apple in my mouth and demonstrated there was nothing to be afraid of. Feeding a cow an apple like that is king of like bobbing for apples with a girl except the cow has a much larger tongue (and cow breath).
Sunday was our annual apple pressing day that we do with my parents. We picked some apples:
The near box is full of Honeycrisp apples, the far box has a mix of honey gold, Haralred, and macintosh. We think mix gives better flavor. The press:
It's made up of two parts the grinder on the right of the photo and the pressing part on the right. First, you run the apples through the grinder:
That shreds them up and makes it easier to get the juice out. The grinder rotates to the side out of the way, and the pressing parts rotates over and it's time to start cranking.
We put it in jugs and freeze it:
We also ate our first winter squash of the year - a burgess buttercup
Still no freeze, but we have some forecasted lows in the mid 30's tomorrow. Still eating fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, and peppers but not for long.
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10-10-2022, 01:58 PM
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Used a similar press at a fall event last year, the juice was delicious
The cow in my avi pic is from several years ago and that cow is long gone. We have 4 in the pasture now but I'm not in the cow business at the moment, the current ones belong to my cousin. We have to keep the grass down in the pasture, so we have my cousin bring his over.
They absolutely love apples. We feed them all the ones that fall on the ground, have worm holes, etc. My avi pic is from years ago when my nephew was trying to feed an apple to a cow by hand but kept dropping the apple when he felt the cow's tongue. To give him a little extra courage, I came over and put an apple in my mouth and demonstrated there was nothing to be afraid of. Feeding a cow an apple like that is king of like bobbing for apples with a girl except the cow has a much larger tongue (and cow breath).
Sunday was our annual apple pressing day that we do with my parents. We picked some apples:
The near box is full of Honeycrisp apples, the far box has a mix of honey gold, Haralred, and macintosh. We think mix gives better flavor. The press:
It's made up of two parts the grinder on the right of the photo and the pressing part on the right. First, you run the apples through the grinder:
That shreds them up and makes it easier to get the juice out. The grinder rotates to the side out of the way, and the pressing parts rotates over and it's time to start cranking.
We put it in jugs and freeze it:
We also ate our first winter squash of the year - a burgess buttercup
Still no freeze, but we have some forecasted lows in the mid 30's tomorrow. Still eating fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, and peppers but not for long.
They absolutely love apples. We feed them all the ones that fall on the ground, have worm holes, etc. My avi pic is from years ago when my nephew was trying to feed an apple to a cow by hand but kept dropping the apple when he felt the cow's tongue. To give him a little extra courage, I came over and put an apple in my mouth and demonstrated there was nothing to be afraid of. Feeding a cow an apple like that is king of like bobbing for apples with a girl except the cow has a much larger tongue (and cow breath).
Sunday was our annual apple pressing day that we do with my parents. We picked some apples:
The near box is full of Honeycrisp apples, the far box has a mix of honey gold, Haralred, and macintosh. We think mix gives better flavor. The press:
It's made up of two parts the grinder on the right of the photo and the pressing part on the right. First, you run the apples through the grinder:
That shreds them up and makes it easier to get the juice out. The grinder rotates to the side out of the way, and the pressing parts rotates over and it's time to start cranking.
We put it in jugs and freeze it:
We also ate our first winter squash of the year - a burgess buttercup
Still no freeze, but we have some forecasted lows in the mid 30's tomorrow. Still eating fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, and peppers but not for long.
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10-10-2022, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted By MrQuint⏩
Agreed. It tastes so good - way more depth and flavor than juice you get in the store. We always get out a bunch of little sampler size cups and turn the kids loose (I drank plenty too):
Used a similar press at a fall event last year, the juice was delicious
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Got some ripe green tomatoes growing I might fry up
Got some fat cucumbers too
Had to move all the pots to the shed during the Hurricane and then put them back on the patio a few days later they have bounced back very well.
Daughters Guinea pigs enjoy the home grown stuff way more than what they eat from produce from the Publix
Got some fat cucumbers too
Had to move all the pots to the shed during the Hurricane and then put them back on the patio a few days later they have bounced back very well.
Daughters Guinea pigs enjoy the home grown stuff way more than what they eat from produce from the Publix
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10-13-2022, 09:30 AM
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Covered up plants for the first time last night. The forecasted overnight low was in the mid-30's, so a freeze wasn't expected, but it was close enough that we broke out the tarps just in case. Didn't freeze in the end, but anytime.
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10-14-2022, 06:14 PM
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I started cleaning up the yard today. Our little plum tree is already starting to produce. I planted this about 10 years ago. To the right you can see part of the grape vine, I try to keep it out of the plum tree. To the left are the fejoas, new leaves but no flowers, they don't ripen until about march.
Macadamia looking promising, I planted this maybe 5 years ago.
Lime tree is starting to fruit already.
Time to mow the grass.
Macadamia looking promising, I planted this maybe 5 years ago.
Lime tree is starting to fruit already.
Time to mow the grass.
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10-14-2022, 06:31 PM
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Nice, always fun to see what others around the world can grow. The only overlap for us so far are plums and grapes. I actually just started the grapes from bare roots this summer. It will be a couple years before we get anything off them. Most people I know that have grapes run them through a steam juicer and can the juice or use it for jellies. I'm planning to try out the same press we use on apples and see how that works. My variety is Valiant, it's not great for eating, it's more of a juice/wine variety. I probably don't have as many options as you since I'm limited to cold hardy varieties.
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We dug up all the remaining potatoes and picked the ripe squash on Saturday.
Finally had our first freeze last night. All the squash vines we didn't cover last night are dead this morning. We covered a bunch of the squash that were still ripening. We also covered the tomatoes and peppers. We'll get another week with the non-cold hardy but the forecast calls for mid 20's next week. That will be it for everything other than the leafy greens and carrots.
Finally had our first freeze last night. All the squash vines we didn't cover last night are dead this morning. We covered a bunch of the squash that were still ripening. We also covered the tomatoes and peppers. We'll get another week with the non-cold hardy but the forecast calls for mid 20's next week. That will be it for everything other than the leafy greens and carrots.
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