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Moving to Blogspot
Posted on March 9, 2009, under Uncategorized.
I’ve decided to move over to blogspot for a more complete blog…
http://aspiringhomesteader.blogspot.com/
If I can figure out how to export from WordPress to blogspot I’ll be moving these posts over. If not.. oh well.
Getting ready for 2009
Posted on January 19, 2009, under Uncategorized.
It won’t be long now. The seed catalogs are rolling in. It’s funny, I’ve bought from one company and for some reason I’ve gotten about 20 different seed catalogs this year.
Pickles
Posted on July 12, 2008, under Uncategorized.
Susan and her sister made some pickles yesterday from cucumbers that were picked from our garden as well as some from her sister’s garden. I forget what kind they made but I believe they were some kind of sweet pickle.
Here’s our cucumber harvest:
Here’s a few of the pickles they made:
Making Squash Pickles
Posted on June 22, 2008, under Uncategorized.
2lbs Firm Squash
2 Small onions
1/4C Salt
2C Sugar (or less)
1tbls Celery Salt
1tbls Mustard Seed
3C Cider Vinegar
-With just enough water to cover, let the squash, onions, and salt set for 1hr. Drain but do not rinse, combine sugar, vinegar, mustard seed, celery salt and bring to a boil. Pack squash and onions in jars, cover w/ vinegar liquid. Put them in a large pot with water up to the top of the jars and boil for 10 - 20mins.
-Only had 1 1/2lbs of squash. Went with recipe as is. Canned 2 pints and 3 half pints.
-Just realized as I was typing this entry out that I completely forgot the sugar. Oops
Update 6/20/2008
Posted on June 20, 2008, under Uncategorized.
Susan planted two types of pumpkins out at our garden at my parent’s house. Cinderella pumpkins were one type, not sure what the other type was. We also weeded the corn by hand. Made a wall around the squash plants and gave them plenty of water. Picked some more squash from the garden. Plan to make pickles this weekend.
Irrigation system seems to be working great here at the house. Will check soil on all container plants to make sure they are getting good coverage.
Raised Bed status
Posted on June 19, 2008, under Uncategorized.
Row 1 = 4 catnip plants
Row 2 = Thumbilina Carrots
Row 3 = Thumbilina Carrots
Row 4 = 3 German Queen Tomato plants
Row 5 = 3 German Queen Tomato plants
Row 6&7 = Nothing
- Carrots don’t seem to be doing anything at all. Soil wrong maybe? They seem to need sandy soil and I have compost.
-Catnip appearing more healthy. Perhaps due to a lot of rail we’ve gotten lately.
-German Queen tomatoes growing good. No bad spots on them. Twice as tall as when I purchased (~2weeks)