How does your Garden grow?

dlgoff

No mail yesterday but I'm expecting them this afternoon. My taste buds are already watering.

Edit: They arrived this afternoon. Thanks a lot. I used an X-Acto knife to slice one of the green ones starting from the bottom. The last slice was the top half. The best word I could come up with to describe the flavor and heat; delightful. Now I am even more excited about growing these little morsels.

Borg

My wife and I went for a country drive yesterday. As we always do this time of year, we checked out a few apple orchards online beforehand. My wife is always looking for a bargain and always asks if they have seconds (or sauce apples) for a reduced price. When she called one they told her that "anything left on the ground is free". She asked if there was much left and they replied "it depends on how energetic you are". We were energetic.

rhody

Nice Haul Borg(s) family,

Ghost apple sauce perhaps ?!

Rhody...

Astronuc

Lot's of apple sauce, apple crisp, apple pie, stewed apple, and/or apple cider!

turbo

Get one of these and freeze bags of peeled apple slices for pies, apple cake, etc over the winter.

Borg

I could use one of those. I have started looking at recipes this morning. Thankfully, we have some room in the freezer and we will be bagging apples today. Both crispers in the refridgerator are full along with the big basket from the picture. We still have three boxes to deal with. But, the price was right - free!

Evo

Nice haul of apples Borg!

Astronuc

I forgot baked apples. My mom used to make them. She would core the apple and pack the hole with a mix of raisins, sultanas, spices and sugar. And then back the apple. Served hot à la mode (with vanilla icecream).


I have a few more habaneros that are almost orange.


August was the wettest month in terms of precipitation since 1895 when folks started keeping records. We had 212% of normal (average) precipitation. It did a lot of damage. Some areas W, NW and N of us received even more. One town had ~80% of homes damaged or destroyed.

Borg

Two one gallon bags of apple pieces are in the freezer with room for about four more.
Last night, we had fish with fresh cooked apple sauce - followed by apple pie.
This morning, I made myself oatmeal with an entire apple cooked in.
Tonight we're having baked chicken with apples and rice baked with apples - followed by the rest of the apple pie from yesterday.
I'm beginning to see a theme to our meals for the foreseeable future.

Astronuc

Ham and apple sauce, with sweet potatoes or yams.

And pork with apples, cranberries and red cabbage, perhaps with a sweet and sour sauce are options.

turbo

With all this talk about apples, I just ordered a new Fiskars' pruner to trim my fruit trees with. I have been borrowing my father's pole pruner, but the external lever and external actuating rope make it a real pain to use - they keep getting hung up on other branches.

Ms Music

Turbo, I don't know how you can eat habaneros! Cut one open, and it is like opening one of my daughters magazines with the perfume inserts. Smells nice and fruity for a half of a second, then *GAH* you get hit with a gag me perfume smell.

I need to find a HOT pepper that doesn't smell like a perfume bottle.

My garden pickles turned out amazing though! There were green beans, carrots, parsnips, mustard tops (to replace dill) and jalapenos from the garden. Then onions, mushrooms, and garlic from the grocery store. I swear my jalapenos are much MUCH hotter than a serrano.

turbo

It's hard for me to generalize about chilies, Ms Music. I don't know what I don't grow. I can't generalize about the strength of chilies, but I love when they have a nice sweet rich smell when I cut them.

dlgoff

At one time I had 16 red and yellow delicious apple trees. With apples running out of my ears, I had to find ways to use them and found that Applesauce and Apple Butter were the best choices. Both are very fast and easy to prepare and if you have a deep freezer, you can bypass the canning process. I would freeze it in "Tupperware" containers that would keep for years.

Astronuc

I got home after dark, so I'll have to check at sunrise, but we had a sunny day, so hoping that a few more habs have ripened. I guess I'll need to bring them inside soon.

rhody

I just cut up the remaining peppers for seeds, took almost an hour. I must have three or four hundred of them. I got about thirty peppers from my three pants. Have a half dozen new ones started as well. Now, to figure out how to grow a Ghost Tree, the pepper guy in Seattle claims his is four years old.

Rhody...

Astronuc

Methinks that one needs an arboretum.