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Wow a pressure canner for Christmas, how lucky. I kept a garden going while I was in college. I would get it going while I was one a weekend break and my dad was cool enough to take care of it until I made it home for summer break (only a couple of weeks). I took a couple of hort classes and...

So sorry. We just lost our dog of 15 years this spring. It's so hard to let them go.

Sorry your garden was so bad this year. Mine actually did better last year, when everyone else was complaining about how bad theirs was here. We are totally redoing the gardening area. So maybe better next year. I did a mid summer replant, there's pics on here somewhere. Hubs built me...

:frow Hey J. How are ya? Hope all is well! Good to see ya again. Gardens going the best they can here, how 'bout yers.

uhhhhhhhhhhh, helllllllllo those green eggs aren't ripe yet. You shouldn't be eating them. :lau My dad likes to eat hard boiled eggs with his lunch. When he opened his lunch box, pulled out the green egg and said something like oh nuts it's not ripe yet. My dad loves to tell that story...

No idea on the type, sorry. I was able to get some pears from the neighbors tree, type unknown. I just treated them like my bartlett and so far they are looking good. They've only been outta the fridge for a couple of days but when I checked today they seem like they are about ready to start...

What a handsome fella. I dread this winter, well ok every winter. We get our winter weather predication from my dad in Nov after deer season. I'm hoping it'll be a mild one after the last couple of years.

That's pretty neat. I'm all about anything that can be reused. Have to look into some of these next year.

I don't milk my goats, unfortunately we never tried. They are pygmys and were purchased to clear a large large amount of brush and undergrowth. We call them the weed and feed crew, LOL! I have thought a time or two about getting a milk goat. The money-maker in this house doesn't think it's...

Yes it was a good year for pears here. We even picked some off of our own trees. We have a small orchard here, but it's only a couple of years old, so I'm just really bummed by missing out on something free. I have 2 apple, 2 peach, 2 pear, 1 apricot, 2 cherries, plus a good sized grape...

I would if I thought I could get away with it. LOL! Actually this tree is huge, we managed to get what we did because the guys couldn't reach the top of the tree. Luckily for us we have a bucket on the tractor so hubby just lifted me up there. They did have a black cherry tree over there...

Yummmmmy on the peach sauce. May have to ferry across into Illinois for more peaches and give that a try. I've made peach jam for the past couple of years. We, I really mean I, go thru it fast in this house. My first attempt a couple of years ago was better than last years for consistency...

Unfortunately they weren't my trees. They are sitting on a the property next door that was foreclosed on last year. If they were my trees, all 5'4" of me would've been all over them. I was just bummed because I could just taste those peaches every time I drove by. We live on a private road...

Looking nice! I kinda cheat with my corn stalks. My goats love them. We pull the plant, strip the ears and toss the whole stalk over the fence. The goats pen is then bucketed into garden in the early spring. I should've given your harvet/compost method a try, but with the building of the...

These cukes will sprawl, I have plenty of the mulch to extend the area if I need to. It was free from the tree trimmers clearing the power lines. Lots of flowers on the toms, but yet to see a small 'mater on there. I do have a portable greenhouse that I can always set up over the area if I...

I started some cabbage seeds last week and the week before. I managed to get some of those 5/$1 seeds so I figured I had nothing to lose. I'm not really why I started some, I'm the only in this house that even likes cabbage. I guess I just wanted to try it and see what would happen.

The fully loaded pear and peach tree were hit by someone other than my family this weekend. When we were getting home from shopping someone was picking all the fruit. I slowed down in the drive and they jumped in their truck and took off. It was like locusts over there, not too many pears...

....of peach butter. Couldn't help it and had to have a taste already. DD couldn't resist and ate a bowl already. I'm wondering if it will even make it to the jars. This was made from the peaches from the free trees next door. The peaches weren't the greatest, clingstone and hard to peel...

That's a great trick. Thanks!

Good luck on your volunteers! I'm a person that truely believes you can never have too many tomatoes.