[Plumman]

Canned some pickles with dill that keeps growing from 2012 lol... and picked one Jalapeño to spice them up a little.

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Do you use alum or pickle crisp for your sliced pickles? I have been using alum and after
being in the jar for a couple months the sliced or quartered pickles become really soft. Just use a boiled brine and boiled lid with a cleaned jar. Rarely have a jar that doesnt seal. Going to try pickle crisp and see what happens. And I like to add a jalapeño for a little bite in mine too.

 

[Fishndude]

I like a lot of bite in homemade dill pickles. Toss in part of a real hot pepper.

 

[Mike]

Really need to pick raspberries, looks like I missed a bunch.

Cherry tomato’s are starting

Some of my volunteer tomato plants are looking nice, we’ll see what happens.

Need to catch up on weeding.

 

[Dish7]

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Those look over watered to me. Doesn't look like blight to me.

 

[Team Camo]

Usual garden box variety. Peppers, cherry tomatoes, celebrity tomatoes, cucumbers both regular and pickling, Also tossed a zucchini in a box that did not look like it was going to make it this year I'm probably going to have to rebuild it real soon. Also first year trying some mountain fresh tomatoes you guys have talked about. One of them the leaves are curled up pretty bad not sure what's going on with this plant the rest of them look fine lots of new growth coming from it with tomatoes on it.

 

[sureshot006]

Do you use alum or pickle crisp for your sliced pickles? I have been using alum and after
being in the jar for a couple months the sliced or quartered pickles become really soft. Just use a boiled brine and boiled lid with a cleaned jar. Rarely have a jar that doesnt seal. Going to try pickle crisp and see what happens. And I like to add a jalapeño for a little bite in mine too.

I used alum this time. Not sure it really does anything.

By the book I should be sick or dead because I never process them in a bath after. Just pour the hot brine over.

 

[ReallyBigFish]

I just hot pack my pickles too. They stay crispy that way. If you water bath the pickles then they’re essentially cooked. Turn mushy. I haven’t gotten crisp slices or spears yet. If anyone has a good recipe for those please share.

 

[Team Camo]

Not sure exactly on the process as I did not participate last year. It was the first year my wife tried canning/jarring up pickles. She used these last year and will do it again. Very tasty.

 

[retired dundo]

Those look over watered to me. Doesn't look like blight to me.

Ya don’t think blight one thing I read they said when plant start setting lots of fruit the plant uses it every on fruit and will cause some leaves to turn yellow I looked today and plants with most little tomatoes have most yellow leaves a couple with hardly any has no yellow leaves.maybe got to fertilize again

 

[cwk33041]

After about three or four weeks of applying alaska fish fertilizer to my garden ive finally got it growing and producing as expected!

Getting zuchinni daily and all the other plants have fruit. Really looking forward to the season when i can pull my yellow onions.

 

[retired dundo]

Looks real good

 

[Plumman]

Had 3 of our grandkids for a few days. They really get a kick out of picking vegetables out the garden. Future gardeners I hope.

 

[Mike da Carpenter]

Came home from 2.5 weeks in the UP and WOW has the garden done well. The zucchini and yellow squash are producing well enough to start eating…

Even put some of the squash on the grill for dinner and my wife made bread and muffins too…

Tomato plants are producing well, Walla Walla onions are huge, so many cucumbers that we just pickled 6 quarts.

Our youngest wanted to make his own hot sauce too. He named it accordingly. I think he should have strained it, but he didn’t want to. It’s his so let him experiment too…

I will say that my bell pepper plants are looking bad and producing poorly. Also the lettuce isn’t doing well. Not a big deal as I hate having to eat salad, but I do like bib lettuce to use in place of taco shells. Oh well, it’s a garden to have fun with and help produce products for us and coworkers to enjoy.

 

[Mike da Carpenter]

Bad size references. The jalapeños are about 5" long.

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Where did you get the jalapeño seed or plants? Those are what I have always tried to grow, but only end up with 2.5-3” at most.

 

[sureshot006]

Where did you get the jalapeño seed or plants? Those are what I have always tried to grow, but only end up with 2.5-3” at most.

Burpee. I think they're called big guy Jalapeño. Biker Billy are good too. Not quite as large but still a good size.

The regular ol Jalapeño are 2.5-3" typically.

 

[PunyTrout]

I haven’t gotten crisp slices or spears yet. If anyone has a good recipe for those please share.

have you tried soaking the cucumbers in icewater/packed in crushed ice just prior to pouring the hot brine when jarring the pickles? For refrigerator pickles it will keep them firm.

I'm going to try salt brine lacto fermentation this year. I bought a cool glass jar with a one-way gas escape bowl on top to try asian style pickling.

 

[Mike da Carpenter]

have you tried soaking the cucumbers in icewater/packed in crushed ice just prior to pouring the hot brine when jarring the pickles? For refrigerator pickles it will keep them firm.

I'm going to try salt brine lacto fermentation this year. I bought a cool glass jar with a one-way gas escape bowl on top to try asian style pickling.

This is a friends recipe for fridge pickles. After 24 hours they are crisp and wonderfully flavored. I do not put the Cayenne pepper in mine. I use this to make 6quart jars and I have to double the brine recipe so I don’t run out of brine.

 

[WALLEYE MIKE]

My fridge pickles are just that. Dill, garlic and pickles in a brine of vinegar and water at a ratio of 3 part water to 1 part vinegar. Pack in jars and refrigerate. Some last year thought my 2 to 1 ratio was a bit too strong so I made some this year with 3 to 1.

 

[sureshot006]

My fridge pickles are just that. Dill, garlic and pickles in a brine of vinegar and water at a ratio of 3 part water to 1 part vinegar. Pack in jars and refrigerate. Some last year thought my 2 to 1 ratio was a bit too strong so I made some this year with 3 to 1.

How much salt?

 

[sureshot006]

have you tried soaking the cucumbers in icewater/packed in crushed ice just prior to pouring the hot brine when jarring the pickles? For refrigerator pickles it will keep them firm.

I'm going to try salt brine lacto fermentation this year. I bought a cool glass jar with a one-way gas escape bowl on top to try asian style pickling.

Fermented is different but quite good.