2020 gardens......

[glenn57]

Do you have a 5 acre garden Glenn?  AND what do you do with all of those maters?

no.......its about 27 ft by 60 ft i believe.

when the maters are ripe, its nothing for me to eat 5-6 a day easy. i make salsa, stewed tomatoes, tomato juice and my own soup mix, or starter. to make the salsa and soup starter it easily takes a box of tomatoes the size of a box peaches and pears come in.........about a bushel. if i have extra i wash them and run them threw a food chopper, pour in a cake pan, freeze, then bust them up in smaller pieces to add in chili spagetti and hot dishes.

trust me, i go through serious tomato withdrawals when there gone.

[glenn57]

katchup!!!!!!!!!!!!

NAW........i let Heinz take care of that!!!!!!!!!

[LPS]

Do you have a 5 acre garden Glenn?  AND what do you do with all of those maters?

no.......its about 27 ft by 60 ft i believe.

when the maters are ripe, its nothing for me to eat 5-6 a day easy. i make salsa, stewed tomatoes, tomato juice and my own soup mix, or starter. to make the salsa and soup starter it easily takes a box of tomatoes the size of a box peaches and pears come in.........about a bushel. if i have extra i wash them and run them threw a food chopper, pour in a cake pan, freeze, then bust them up in smaller pieces to add in chili spagetti and hot dishes.

trust me, i go through serious tomato withdrawals when there gone.

Good for you Glenn.  I like maters but man you are a mater lover!

[deadeye]

My garden is mobile until all possibilities of frost are over.  Almost wore out the wagon and wheel barrow moving the plants in and out of the garage. 

[LPS]

Great idea DE!

[Bobberineyes]

Just finished the last trellis,  now its game on. Looking to go up with cukes, beans and snap peas. Not sure how many mater plants but thinking on trying homemade pasta sauce and of course for blts and salsa. A good variety of peppers and definitely zucchini. Probably start shopping tomorrow.  This is the first year of no raised bed, I imagine I'll get sick of weeding after a while.

[glenn57]

Just finished the last trellis,  now its game on. Looking to go up with cukes, beans and snap peas. Not sure how many mater plants but thinking on trying homemade pasta sauce and of course for blts and salsa. A good variety of peppers and definitely zucchini. Probably start shopping tomorrow.  This is the first year of no raised bed, I imagine I'll get sick of weeding after a while.

that dinky little garden....ya spend 1/2 hour every other day.......piece of cake!!!!!!!!!

you can come over and help with mine fer practice!!!!!!!!

[mike89]

looks good Bobber!!!! 

[Gunner55]

Gee, you must've skipped outta W O R K by noon yday to get all that done.

just plain hard work!!!!!!!!

Just like Mondays at The Hall?

[KEN W]

I eat a lot of tomatoes. Usually from mid July till freeze up. Making salsa.juice,spaghetti. pizza, sauce. I plant a few early reds and yellows, paste and a 8-10 heirlooms including
Black Krim, Cherokee Purple, Amana Orange, Winsall, Kellogg's Breakfast, Gold Medal,
Carbon, and Prudens Pink.

[roony]

I use to plant a lot of those same heirlooms. Really liked the gold medal but it didn't have much of a shelf life.

[Auggie]

As much as I hate to admit it....I plant like Glenn 27 maters and 30 different peppers. 200 plus onions. We do eat maters daily when fresh.
Diced, juiced, salsa, and spaghetti sauce all get canned. We generally put up 60 pints of diced, 30 quarts of juice, 50 plus pints of salsa and whatever is left goes to spaghetti sauce..the sauce actually takes a ton because you reduce it so much..freeze a lot of peppers. Still eating onions from last year, about a month to go before they run out..

[glenn57]

As much as I hate to admit it....I plant like Glenn 27 maters and 30 different peppers. 200 plus onions. We do eat maters daily when fresh.
Diced, juiced, salsa, and spaghetti sauce all get canned. We generally put up 60 pints of diced, 30 quarts of juice, 50 plus pints of salsa and whatever is left goes to spaghetti sauce..the sauce actually takes a ton because you reduce it so much..freeze a lot of peppers. Still eating onions from last year, about a month to go before they run out..

hey now! I do have some good qualities.

[Gunner55]

As much as I hate to admit it....I plant like Glenn 27 maters and 30 different peppers. 200 plus onions. We do eat maters daily when fresh.
Diced, juiced, salsa, and spaghetti sauce all get canned. We generally put up 60 pints of diced, 30 quarts of juice, 50 plus pints of salsa and whatever is left goes to spaghetti sauce..the sauce actually takes a ton because you reduce it so much..freeze a lot of peppers. Still eating onions from last year, about a month to go before they run out..

hey now! I do have some good qualities.

                                                                                                                                                                      

[glenn57]

not sure how much rain we got last nite but it sure perked up the stuff in the garden  even in the farmers fields!!!!!!!

[KEN W]

Same here. I measured about 1/2 inch.

 

[Dotch]

 

[deadeye]

Planted a bunch of canna bulbs this morning.  Still have a bunch left that won't get planted.  Put all the tomato, pepper, cucumber, sun flowers, and a variety of pumpkin plants out and will hope for no more frost.  I may have to get a Salsa recipe if all the peppers, onions and maters produce.   

[Dotch]

 

Thanks for the reminder on the canna bulbs. I gotta get 'em out of the crawl space and the attic yet. My usual source for 4 o'clock seed is either sold out or didn't stock them this year. Good thing I saved a bunch of seed last fall looks like. Wife is talking about petunias for some of the pots & planters so the hummingbirds won't go hungry.   

[deadeye]

My wife put flowers in the various pots a couple days ago.  I think we are about set with planting. Except I do need a few more cucumber and gourd plants.  Oh, and I almost forgot, couple acres of turnips and three acres of beans for the deer.   

[glenn57]

Deadeye, may as well plant a field of hostas too.

[deadeye]

Yes, I'm sure the deer would love hostas as well.  I did forget I plan to plant 5 additional apple trees on Wednesday.  That's in addition to the 70 or so that I previously planted.  I hope the deer, grouse and other birds are happy.   

[deadeye]

Put in the last of the flowers and bulbs, garden is ready for the deer.

[KEN W]

Planted a bunch of canna bulbs this morning.  Still have a bunch left that won't get planted.  Put all the tomato, pepper, cucumber, sun flowers, and a variety of pumpkin plants out and will hope for no more frost.  I may have to get a Salsa recipe if all the peppers, onions and maters produce.   

I have a great salsa recipe. Have used it for many years. From the Minot Daily News years ago.

[glenn57]

Planted a bunch of canna bulbs this morning.  Still have a bunch left that won't get planted.  Put all the tomato, pepper, cucumber, sun flowers, and a variety of pumpkin plants out and will hope for no more frost.  I may have to get a Salsa recipe if all the peppers, onions and maters produce.   

I have a great salsa recipe. Have used it for many years. From the Minot Daily News years ago.

I have a good one also . Be cool to compare, however mine used oddball containers to measure the ingredients.

[deadeye]

KEN W, glenn57,
Well post them here so I can copy them.   

[glenn57]

KEN W, glenn57,
Well post them here so I can copy them.   

will do soon. Probably in the recipe thread.

[KEN W]

Here is my salsa recipe. I also put it on the recipe forum......my kids and grand kids love this....

Hotsy Totsy Salsa

4 cups tomato puree or diced tomatoes
1 cup diced onion
1 cup diced peppers
3 TBS white Vinegar
1 TBS minced garlic
2 tsp dried parsley
2 tsp Cumin
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp dried oregano

If you eat this raw it is fine the way it is. If you cook and can it then you need to start with more tomatoes and cook them down to the thickness you want. Then measure out the 4 cups after cooking.

I put in the measurements for the onions and peppers. But after measuring out the tomatoes, I just keep adding till it looks to be the right amount w/o measuring.

Not everyone in my family likes hot food. So I don't add it. They can add hot sauce before they eat it. Or you can add Jalapeno peppers to get it as hot as you want.

I can this in a pressure cooker to be safe.

This recipe can also be used for green tomatoes in the fall when you have to pick them all. Usually raw not canned.

[glenn57]

I just added my reciepe to KenW salsa reciepe post too!!!!!!!!

[deadeye]

Thanks guys.  My neighbors may not like it if I make salsa out of the tomato's I used to give them.