A Jesusfreaks tales of farm life with soon to be Six kids

[Jesusfreak101]

mine will eat it raw. and we have the squash bore caterpillars every year. they killed two plants sp far but thats more then enough for me to say they must all die. got bt will be spraying tonight along with some fish emiosion to help the plants recover some and i be using epson salt for the tomatos. and everything will be getting soapy water from now on.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Did you get to learn if you are having a boy or girl? Your garden looks great! Sorry the bugs are attacking, I'm dealing with a ton of pincher bugs here, there's holes in a lot of leaves and they completely mowed down most of the seedlings I started.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

i find out this saturday. we had to cancel the last appointment. look in to bt different strains kill different evil insect but dont harm the good insects and is a nature pest killer.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

three quart jars and five pint(one wasnt canned not enough room in water canner and i already started eating that one lol) yellow squash and zucchini pickles so yummy.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

more for my memory but i sprayed every plant in the garden. so we see how they look in a few days.

 

[Baymule]

Those look good! What is your recipe?

 

[Jesusfreak101]

this is another time this has happened i start getting everything ready to pressure can get the jars filled and got to put them in and the weight has vanished...... four kids and one frustrated mother. have three more ordered they be here tomorrow so jars are now in the fridge and i heat them up tomorrow and can once the weights are here.

 

[farmerjan]

Stick the weights in the top shelf of the medicine cabinet that hopefully is where the kids can't get to ti... or stick them in the freezer in a plastic bag where the kids would be very unlikely to look.... or your underwear drawer????

 

[Baymule]

I store the weight in the canner, but I don’t have helpers. Lol

 

[Jesusfreak101]

thats where mine was i was scared i would forget where i hid it. and it was in a cabnient where i store other pots and pans the kids normally never go in there. ended up taking everything out and started cleaning it. then we had to run errands and this morning i need to go drop a tire off for dh to get a flat fixed. so i finish it off later. also plan to get the new green leafy veggie seeds in the ground. i think i am gonna hold off on the green beans for now and plant them for fall so that they dont die from the heat.