WR's 2017 Spring Garden

[w_r_ranch]

LOL!!! Cattle eat grass & with all the rain, we got lots of grass. Other than haying, which takes 3 days, it relatively easy. It's during the winter & droughts that consume my time & resources.

 

[seedcorn]

An honest man

 

[w_r_ranch]

Harvested another 7 cantaloupe (1 for us & the rest for our mail lady). Also another 3 cucumbers to give to her for her husband..

 

[ninnymary]

Harvested another 7 cantaloupe (1 for us & the rest for our mail lady). Also another 3 cucumbers to give to her for her husband..

I want to be your mail lady! All this talk about cantaloupe makes me want some. Think I'll go have some with cottage cheese for a snack.

Mary

 

[ninnymary]

My favorite snack.

 

[w_r_ranch]

It's been a good season, LOL!!! The only flop thus far was the garbanzo beans, aka chick peas (too hot). I'll try them again in the fall garden...

 

[w_r_ranch]

Picked a 5 gal. bucket of jalapenos for dehydrating (140 fit in the dehydrator quite nicely).

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[w_r_ranch]

Picked another bucket of jalapenos & diced them up (yes, that's a lot of dicing). These will be put in the dehydrator & used for when I make pinto beans. In a test, 5 fresh japs weighed 180 grams & 18 grams when dried, so I know how much to add to my beans when I use them this winter.

Here's enough to do 2 batches of pinto beans:

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[w_r_ranch]

Bottled up 3 pint jars of the dehydrated diced jalapenos (total of 518 grams). This should season about 29 pots of pinto beans!!!

 

[baymule]

I've got a hambone in the refrigerator that I'm cooking tomorrow in a pot of pinto beans. We'll take it to our friend's house and she'll cook cornbread. Simple feast with friends.