by J F.
Member since:
August 2, 2006

Last of the Garden Veggies

September 21, 2008 12:54 PM UTC
views: 0 | comments: 31

Well, we are now cleaning out the vegetable gardens.  It was a pretty good year other than trying to keep the critters out of them.

I managed to can tomatoes, tomato sauce, hot peppers and salsa.  I also made saurkraut.  We had alot of cucumbers and cabbage.  Last night we had eggplant parmesan.

Yesterday I made hot pickled vegetables.  The picture is below.  You can leave out the hot peppers if you like.  They are so good.  They have green peppers, red peppers, hot peppers, carrots, onions and cauliflower.  Then they are canned in a vinegar mixture.

Now I am concentrating on our apples, pears and grapes.  Been a pretty productive year. 

I dehydrated some hot peppers.  I still have to dry my thyme, oregano, sage, and basil yet.  I still have time to do that, though.

How did your gardens do?  Oh, and I froze around 12 gallons of blueberries.

 

Comments: 31

Bob B. Sep 21, 2008, 12:57pm UTC
It sounds like your garden produced very well.
Karen M. Sep 21, 2008, 1:21pm UTC
Our year was so-so...we had a lot of rain...too much actually. Then at the end of the summer when some things needed to be picked, we were dealing with a family issue and the garden got away from us...better luck next year...
Karen G. Sep 21, 2008, 1:35pm UTC
not great got some smallish tomatoe and a few onions. I am still trying to plant a fall crop which I think I can squeeze in before the weather gets too cold.
Madame Donna C. Sep 21, 2008, 1:38pm UTC
Wow, your gardening was certainly worth the trouble this year. Nice job, JF.
Netty B. Sep 21, 2008, 1:47pm UTC
Sounds like you had a good garden year, I have not canned anything in ages. Our yard at this house is way too little to put in a garden. I do miss it.
Suze P. Sep 21, 2008, 2:09pm UTC
I only had a few plants, so I didn't get much out of mine, but I did get some tomatoes and some green peppers and stuff..the cucumbers are still doing good. Sounds like you had a great year, and you'll be eating good for a few more months. I would love to be able to grow a huge garden and freeze and can fresh stuff..but that's a lot of work, and I'm way too lazy LOL
JoAnn C. Sep 21, 2008, 5:44pm UTC
you had a great year. I wouldn't mind trying some of hot pickled vegetables.
Marilyn (PaintsOnSlate) S. Sep 21, 2008, 6:55pm UTC
When I was younger I canned, preserved and enjoyed my efforts all winter long. Good for you for doing that.
Elaine S. Sep 21, 2008, 8:25pm UTC
Sounds like a very good year for you.

I didn't have much of a garden this year just some tomatoes,peppers,onions and brocolli
Beverly P. Sep 21, 2008, 8:28pm UTC
WOW! Great haul!
Gotta love reaping your rewards!
sheila ~the hapless housewife~ j. Sep 22, 2008, 7:03am UTC
You had a great year!
Nurse Nancy S. Sep 22, 2008, 2:08pm UTC
I'll be over later on tonight to pick up my two cases of canned vegs...LOL

Great summer for you!
Nurse Nancy S. Sep 24, 2008, 10:42am UTC
Thank you for posting to
Linda G. Sep 25, 2008, 6:13am UTC
you are good and smart
Amy C. Sep 25, 2008, 8:46am UTC
My garden ended up not doing very well this year! Sounds like you had a good year
Pamela K. Sep 25, 2008, 10:12am UTC
Yummy - can you send me a jar
Kimber L. Sep 25, 2008, 10:49am UTC
Sounds like you had a great year!
que.e.duck . Sep 27, 2008, 9:09am UTC
How wonderful it would be to have such a great garden!
Sandra L. Sep 28, 2008, 9:30pm UTC
It sounds like you had a very "fruitful" year. LOL
I used to do all the canning and preserving, but I haven't done any for a long time.
I had a really productive garden this year too, lots of rain and when it was dry we used rainwater i saved and gray water too........I even made all kins of raspberry and strawberry jam..been working on apple and pear butter the last couple of weeks.....I have a ton of tomato sauces frozen hot, sweat......we seem to eat all of the greens as soon as we harvest them though..I could really use some sourkraut...mmmmmmm......and I have beans of all kinds in the freezer too.......
Heather Gomez Oct 3, 2008, 10:16am UTC
i wanted a garden this year but i had pregnancy induced laziness!
Rhonda W. Oct 3, 2008, 4:25pm UTC
I love garden veggies. We had a small garden this year.
Danielle P. Oct 5, 2008, 7:11am UTC
We did ok this year. I got lots of cucumbers and then we went on vacation and the weeds took over the garden. I did have lots of squash and got 5 nice pumpkins. We didnt' get as many tomatoes as we usually get.
Your garden did wonderfully.
Toni V. Oct 5, 2008, 5:52pm UTC
Wow, you've been busy.
☃ Shannon K. Wendt Oct 6, 2008, 1:14pm UTC
I wanted to make hot pickled veggies with my abundance but I refuse to pay $2.50 for a small head of cauliflower!

I love that stuff too. *sigh*
Jill~Sexy Back~ V. Oct 10, 2008, 11:03am UTC
12 gallons of blueberries...........YUMMY! I have no green thumb, and no garden. Maybe someday!
Tanzanite S. Oct 10, 2008, 4:27pm UTC
I have no garden. You are so fortunate to have blueberries- they are so expensive.
rainne c. Oct 17, 2008, 11:23am UTC
i know this is alot to ask but could i have your reciepe for your mixed vegs at the top i did this one year and couldnt eat the taste was so strong and was a very bad waste for me food wise but my family likes pickled vegs and i would like to be able to do this thank you
Lina :-p Oct 21, 2008, 10:44pm UTC
We moved in the middle of the growing season so only a few of our plants survived the move in pots... We did get a ton of apples from a local orchard that we need to preserve.

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