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    From songbird@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 6 07:06:27 2019
    a little later than some years due to rains/cloudy
    weather, but finally was able to put up 12 quarts
    last night.

    the only changes this year from my standard recipe
    is that i'm making the brine a bit stronger and my
    brother wanted more salt in his.


    songbird

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  • From Drew Lawson@21:1/5 to songbird on Sun Jul 7 20:04:59 2019
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    songbird <songbird@anthive.com> writes:
    a little later than some years due to rains/cloudy
    weather, but finally was able to put up 12 quarts
    last night.

    Everything about my garden slipped by 4-6 weeks this year, so my
    cucumbers are only about a half inch long right now. I'm hoping
    for small dill pickles and a batch of dill relish this year.

    The cucumber crop has been a bust the last 2-3 years (all my fault),
    so I don't even know whether I have the number for vines I need.
    But that's part of the garden adventure.

    the only changes this year from my standard recipe
    is that i'm making the brine a bit stronger and my
    brother wanted more salt in his.

    I've been wandering through Joy of Pickling recently, and I'm having
    some trouble settling on which recipes to try. Past batches were
    from the BBB. Definitely plan some pickled green tomatoes, since
    I planted my usual tomatoe crop but still have 2 years worth of
    sauce canned. I'm sure I'll can a batch of sauce this year, but
    probably not 2 batches like usual.


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  • From songbird@21:1/5 to Drew Lawson on Sun Jul 7 19:01:30 2019
    Drew Lawson wrote:
    songbird writes:

    a little later than some years due to rains/cloudy
    weather, but finally was able to put up 12 quarts
    last night.

    Everything about my garden slipped by 4-6 weeks this year, so my
    cucumbers are only about a half inch long right now. I'm hoping
    for small dill pickles and a batch of dill relish this year.

    The cucumber crop has been a bust the last 2-3 years (all my fault),
    so I don't even know whether I have the number for vines I need.
    But that's part of the garden adventure.

    we planted 15 plants this year, it is way more than we'll
    use over the long term, but if you want to have enough to
    do 10-20 quarts per batch every 4-7 days or so...


    the only changes this year from my standard recipe
    is that i'm making the brine a bit stronger and my
    brother wanted more salt in his.

    I've been wandering through Joy of Pickling recently, and I'm having
    some trouble settling on which recipes to try. Past batches were
    from the BBB.

    i don't get fancy as we just like simple dill
    pickles. no spices or other things added.


    Definitely plan some pickled green tomatoes, since
    I planted my usual tomatoe crop but still have 2 years worth of
    sauce canned. I'm sure I'll can a batch of sauce this year, but
    probably not 2 batches like usual.

    i can't tell yet how the tomatoes are doing, they
    look pretty healthy but i don't see a lot of fruits
    on them yet and perhaps we won't have that big of a
    crop. we'll see. with 15 plants i would normally
    expect around 100 or so quarts not counting what we
    eat and give away. this year might be quite a
    different story (different variety and the weather).

    good luck! :)


    songbird

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