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Ohhh I would have just loved to enter this if DH weren't so anti-pumpkin. I did sneak a few golden delicious squash in there, but even those are not very impressive in size. Next year. I already have a pumpkin list a mile long and he won't have a say!

I try not to talk about GMO too much. I get all riled up.

You asked for it!

Not elderberry. Mystery Berry Elderberry

No its not a chokecherry, we have those and use them. It looks like a nannyberry to me but I want second opinions before I feed them to my kids haha! I'm a hopeless forager....

It grows along our pasture fence.

My vines weren't ready to die down yet, but we got a hard frost and they did die. I know ideally squash should be picked after the vine dies and is brown. My vines are green mush. If I pick my squash will it keep as it should or will it spoil from not being "done" yet?

ok, looks like a lawn chair and a glass of wine will be keeping me company tonight whilst I smash eggs

I caught a flock of those darned white butterflies laying eggs on my baby salad greens yesterday. So now that they are covered in eggs, what can I do to prevent the eggs from hatching?

My golden midgets are only 2 inches in diameter, very disappointing

I didn't try those ones but I did try ananas noire and had really good germination but slow growers.

I guess my straw isnt very thick in my garden but I havent noticed any mice... but we have 3 farm cats that don't get fed unless we see them mousing... dont want them so full on kibble they dont go mousing!

Thank you!

No pectin. the recipe just said sugar and water and cooking. Iassumed that meant the berries had lots of their own pectin.... I hate making jam I always screw it up.... give me vegetables any day!

I like peppers! Seranos and Giant Jalepeno

Soooo I made gooseberry jam last night. The recipe I followed called for equal parts sugar and berries, plus a few tablespoons water. It said that once I had a rolling boil I should cook it for ten minutes OR until it set on a cooled spoon. It cooked for about fifteen minutes before it would...

OK #1, do I store onions in like, a burlap sack, a tupperware tote, braid and hang? #2, I thought adding onions to canned things caused concerns for spoilage?

There are a lot of canning blogs... there are recipes on the forum. I recommend the ball blue book of canning... and i like the "for dummies" book series canning book.

boo hiss to Monsanto! Score one for stupid weeds.

Found it, bush honeysuckle. Invasive. Looks like chainsaw fun for me!