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Good Luck! They sound delicious, we're all anxious to hear how it goes :bee

Congrats on the canner, :drool maybe next year for me.

I found this recipe for great tasting tomato jam - forget catsup this stuff is better: http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2010/10/06/tomato-jam/ It's also nice that you only have to core the tomatoes and you can freeze the jam. :thumbsup

Hoodat, Purple Cherokee was on my list of possible varieties for next year so I'm glad to hear it's prolific. How's the flavor and texture?

Just went to a farmers market tonite, this is what I noticed they were getting: Butternut Squash - $.50 ea. endive - didn't see this salad mixes - $3.00 per 1/4 lb. spinach - didn't notice price on this delicata squash - didn't notice price on this punpkins - varies by size beets - $4.00/bunch...

Using the hybrids for canning is a good idea - that's exactly where they're going. :) I'm still not convinced they're worth the effort though.

That's a great setup vfem, every gardener should have one. And great repurposing of leftovers - I think we've got a couple of extra doors around here........ ;)

Beautiful place Warthog and as hoodat said, it's hard work but there's nothing like working to make your dream come true to keep happy. :thumbsup

That's it, I've had it with the hybrid tomatoes. I've got both Brandywine and Early Girl ripening like crazy now, and it's not worth it to grow the hybrid. Pics and story here: http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2010/09/22/a-tale-of-two-tomatoes/ Anyone else feel that way about the hybrids...

I grew Silver Queen and Doubly Delicious this year, they were good; but we had some from a farm stand that was really good so I asked what it was. They said Bread & Butter - so I've googled for that type of sweet corn on the web but so far have not had any luck. Anyone heard of this type and...

I found another use for lavender, lavender wands to use as moth protectors in the closet. They smell great, and I think they look pretty neat too: I put instructions and pictures on how to do it on my website here: http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2010/09/08/lavender-wand-moth-repellant/...

Well, thanks to everyone's advice, the lavender did great and now I'm trying to find other uses for it besides bouquets and sachets. I found instructions for a "lavender wand" for moth protection and tried it - really like the results so instructions for making lavender wands are here...

Thanks boggy, my onion tops are down, and I was just wondering how to do this - perfect timing :)

I think you just answered something I have wondered about for years - why did the old time gardeners always, always plant sunflowers? My great-grandfather did it, my grandfather did it, and I have always wondered - they generally only grew something if it was going to contribute to the dinner...

Very good Steve, the Yukon Gold's have pretty much lived out their season, and if I harvest and find they did fine, it's been a successful strategy I'll use next year: rotate the potatoes to a new bed, use an early maturing variety, and be done with potatoes before the potato beetle population...

The potato beetles struck in my garden, so I did a blog post about them here: http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2010/08/01/potato-beetles/ Does anyone have any other great ways of preventing this pest and it's damage? :barnie

Wifezilla, I use DE for my chickens but not my garden. How and why do you use DE for the garden? And, it works on flea beetles? :fl

I was surprised by those too, and darn glad I'm growing my own without needing to spray!

I was looking into which fruits and vegetables had the highest pesticide loads, and was surprised by what I found. So, I wrote about it, and identified the best and worst here: http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2010/07/25/produce-pesticides/ It makes me happy about some of the things I'm...

Tonight it's blackberry cobbler, technically the blackberries are not from my garden, they grow wild here very prolifically, so all I have to do is pick. Got a love it! The cobbler recipe is on my website here: http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2010/07/14/blackberries-and-cobbler/