The beets are firm and sweet the whole way through. I have not had beets get woody inside. The bigger they are the longer it takes to cook them. I just did all but the big one. Ended up with 24 quarts of pickled beets. It took a lot of extra cutting to get them all into normal size pieces for canning. The biggest one that I did do filled one and a half quarts all by itself.
I am chomping for 2022!!!
The way everything else costs I expected it to be higher. The lab is 40 minutes up the hiway in Delaware and they pick it up at the store on Tuesdays. Sounded good to me but its the first time Ive done it.Sounds low cost to me.
I love pickled beetroot tooNo garden this year is killing me!
Beets normally stay good but I have never seen any THAT big. I love pickled beets.
Stateside it's hard to come by. Have you considered hay? I can find that organically grown easier than the straw. And I have used my own grass clippings for my chickens as I don't use chemicals.
maybe a small, private farm over there has something similar.I'm pleased to say that I found straw that is chemically free. It was delivered today. I called the provider and they sent me a text to confirm, it's right from a field that had never been sprayedStateside it's hard to come by. Have you considered hay? I can find that organically grown easier than the straw. And I have used my own grass clippings for my chickens as I don't use chemicals.
I do have a farmer near me who raises barley chem free and bale's that straw. Won't help YOU at all...but has sure made me happy!
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All those pretty yellow flowers turn into these hairy ugly seed pods.
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All those hairs are just like cactus spines.
Thought I was smart and would cut them off with scissors.
Yes I should have put the leather gloves on sooner.
I swear there's at least one stuck in my thumb but I can't see it.
