Some dill pickles I made today.
Sliced the cukes into spears and put them into the sterilized jars. Made a brine on vinegar, water, salt, pepper corns, garlic and onion powder.
In each jar I put a bay leaf, garlic clove, a pinch of pepper flakes, pepper corns, and a fresh slice of jalapeno. Poured the simmering vinegar brine in each jar, lidded them and put them in a stock pot and boiled slowly for 10 minutes.
They all sealed within a few minutes after removing them. Wish I had more cukes to have done more. I have been eating them fresh with a dash of salt n pepper as fast as they come off the vine
Looks good!
Back in May we were discussing different squash varieties. Here are some cushaws that we gathered this morning. They were planted in a couple of rows along with some Silver Queen sweet corn. Corn's been gone for weeks and these babies have matured and have been hiding under the grass and weeds that followed the corn. They make great pumpkin pies. Treefarmer
It appears your green thumb has risen above your average "joe schmoe" back yard gardner, like me. I get my beens, some watermelon, cukes and my sunflowers. My corn was all of 2-3 foot tall and the cobs were so small Icould have used tham in salads. good job on you!!
Nice going treefarmer. :toast let me know if you want to get rid of some of those seeds.
