tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post571048388698692998..comments2023-11-11T10:00:52.832-08:00Comments on Annie's Kitchen Garden: September 2, 2009: Is It Winter Yet?Annie*s Grannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-50617698494295329462009-09-04T09:34:29.817-07:002009-09-04T09:34:29.817-07:00EG, Thank you. I hope you have a great time at th...EG, Thank you. I hope you have a great time at the beach. Our temps are supposed to plummet this weekend, from the mid to high 90s all the way down to 74! And nights from the high 60s down to 49....brrrrr.<br /><br />********<br />Kate, thanks. He's a lucky man, huh?<br /><br />The garden seems to be slowing. Or maybe it's me and the pruning shears ;-) This week I got carried away....just call me Jack the Ripper-outer!Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-17871883319608307942009-09-04T07:41:28.110-07:002009-09-04T07:41:28.110-07:00WOW! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! You're just shy of the...WOW! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! You're just shy of the big 5-0 too!! Excellent! I am always so envious of your garden. I had to get a napkin to wipe the drool off the keyboard. I love that you have so much that you can't even eat it all. That's amazing and awesome and impressive too.Kate and Crewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342619603185671644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-69917315566700073272009-09-04T06:22:17.177-07:002009-09-04T06:22:17.177-07:00Happy anniversary to you and Mr. H! I'm making...Happy anniversary to you and Mr. H! I'm making relish and jelly when I get back from the beach! Yay!Jeff Vandiverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07200011426236637927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-11748594087205705702009-09-03T20:54:49.156-07:002009-09-03T20:54:49.156-07:00Toni, I have no idea what I'll blog about once...Toni, I have no idea what I'll blog about once I get to AZ! Last year we had the four wheel drive pickup, so I blogged about trips out in the desert. Then I started a tiny SFG, just two 3x3 boxes, so I blogged about them and the container grown veggies, but I wasn't very successful with the gardening. This year we're taking the car instead of the pickup, so what will I blog about? My trips to Walmart? That will be about as exciting as it will get this winter :-(Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-65960708524399502332009-09-03T18:38:32.901-07:002009-09-03T18:38:32.901-07:00Hi Granny,
Thanks for the sweet pickle recipe. Go...Hi Granny,<br />Thanks for the sweet pickle recipe. Got it filed!<br /><br />You've enjoyed such a wonderful harvest this year!!!<br /><br />What will you ever do after the 45 days?<br /><br />Glad to hear that you and hubby are reconciled... and there's nothing like being appreciated for home cooked meals topped with pumpkin pie!Tonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251147737253912516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-24718299068751237852009-09-03T10:14:05.783-07:002009-09-03T10:14:05.783-07:00Shawn Ann, Thank you!
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Stephanie, welcome...Shawn Ann, Thank you!<br /><br />********<br />Stephanie, welcome to my blog! My veggie garden is a mix of organic with a bit of non-organic. I begin my year with an application of a pelleted fertilizer, like Osmocote, but that's it. No sprays for the bugs, and just some applications of fish fertilizer when plants need a boost.Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-74838350292358217912009-09-03T09:55:27.834-07:002009-09-03T09:55:27.834-07:00Marrissa, Thank you. Mr. H knows what side his br...Marrissa, Thank you. Mr. H knows what side his bread is buttered on, it just takes him a while to figure it out ;-)<br /><br />********<br />Dan, thank you. I'll go search your blog for the directions on seed saving, and get them from a big perfect KB!<br /><br />********<br />Sue, thank you...and yes, that's why I've kept the old f**t around for 47 years. He's usually a pretty good boy.<br /><br />********<br />GrafixMuse, You're welcome. I hope he likes them really sweet, because these are. I actually used less sugar than the recipe called for, it was supposed to be 4 1/2 cups. I had to add a few drops of green food coloring too, just because sweet pickles should be really green....my mother-in-law's always were ;-)<br /><br />This is the first year my peppers have colored like they should. I don't know if it was the varieties or the weather....but the weather has been pretty normal. I will most certainly grow those big red ones next year!<br /><br />********<br />Daphne, we normally don't have really cold winters here, but much colder than on the west side. The temps here are usually about 20 degrees colder than our AZ residence, year round. We're also not in the warmest area of AZ, and usually get a few freezing nights in January. Some years it just barely freezes, but other years has been down as low as 17F.<br /><br />The KB really weren't much later than the Early Girls! I'm going to save some seeds, I can send you some if you want to try them.<br /><br />********<br />KitsapFG, It's just the opposite in my family. Mr. H likes dill relish on his burgers once in a while, but also likes sweet. Dill pickles all go to my daughter, she's the only one who eats them. I asked how these turned out, and she said they are not really crunchy, but the flavor is good. I thought Mrs. Wages would put something in the mix for crunch, but I guess not.<br /><br />Next year my jalapenos will grow in pots of not-too-fertilized soil, and be set in an area where I have to hand water them only when they wilt. Then I'll have some hot peppers! Mine really are as sweet as the red bells! Only the ones in the pot by the shed were hot.<br /><br />********<br />Erin, my tomatoes stalled out on me for a couple of weeks. Now they are picking up speed again, and I expect they will bear quite well until they freeze, or until I have to rip them out...whichever comes sooner. <br /><br />I've not grown a garden that produced this much in years, so I've not had excess produce to can or freeze, just planted what we could use for fresh eating. There is no way I'd get much down to AZ, especially this year, as we are taking our car instead of the pickup. With two dogs, a rabbit in a cage, a cooler full of rabbit and dog food...well, there won't be much room left for us! I'll just leave my freezer plugged in and the heat set at 45F in the house, then eat everything when we get back.<br /><br />********<br />Thank you, MissyM. I'll bet pickled okra is good, I've never eaten it. Do you use dill or make it sweet?Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-20317390870589100362009-09-03T09:49:08.950-07:002009-09-03T09:49:08.950-07:00Hi, I just found your blog and want to say hello. ...Hi, I just found your blog and want to say hello. I'm glad to see the sweet pickle recipe. I didn't have a garden this year, but still have pickles canned from last year...I think I need a better recipe...for next year!! Great work on your veggie garden...is it organic? We did organic last year and had a big harvest except for squash which got attacked by squash bugs...I tried fighting them off, but in the end the squash succumbed...so sad!! Anyway, thanks for making me laugh, about the "pumpkin pie", I totally understand how you must feel!! ;-)<br />Peace, StephanieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-40677169721713636032009-09-03T09:49:05.997-07:002009-09-03T09:49:05.997-07:00Happy Anniversary!Happy Anniversary!Shawn Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16242486533549946479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-58661466118403901032009-09-03T07:20:38.543-07:002009-09-03T07:20:38.543-07:00Congrats on 47 years!! I'm glad to hear Mr H i...Congrats on 47 years!! I'm glad to hear Mr H is back in good favor.<br />Wayne made pickled okra this weekend. The neice and nephew eat that like candy.MissyMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08588439902120046209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-2319905142749466012009-09-03T06:44:47.031-07:002009-09-03T06:44:47.031-07:00I am jealous! My tomatoes are just about done (I ...I am jealous! My tomatoes are just about done (I think)! I got plenty canned and sauced, but now I would just like a ripe one daily for salads or burgers and the few I have left have been green for so long I think they are kaput! What do you do with all your frozen produce over the winter? Do you pack it in coolers for your move or just leave it for spring?Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-1215765730382586252009-09-03T06:00:14.826-07:002009-09-03T06:00:14.826-07:00I wish others in my house would enjoy sweet pickle...I wish others in my house would enjoy sweet pickles. I like them but prefer traditional dills better - but it's nice to have some sweets now and then too. Unfortunately, my husband won't touch them and my daughter would do a courtesy one piece try and that would be the end of it. So no sweet pickles ever get made here. <br /><br />I have loads of jalepenos peppers that need harvesting. Mine are pretty mild too - not completely sweet but not significantly warm either. I think I will pick enough this weekend to do some pint jars of pickled jalepeno peppers.kitsapFGhttp://www.modernvictorygarden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-1719454353672107562009-09-03T05:02:11.267-07:002009-09-03T05:02:11.267-07:00So do you travel south to escape the cold? I don&#...So do you travel south to escape the cold? I don't think of WA as having very cold winters, but you say eastern WA and I always think of the coast.<br /><br />Those Kellogg's Breakfast tomatoes look so pretty. I just wish they were shorter season tomatoes so I could grow them.Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-10431151283153356882009-09-03T04:35:01.873-07:002009-09-03T04:35:01.873-07:00Thank you for posting one of your Bread & Butt...Thank you for posting one of your Bread & Butter Pickle recipes. I have never made pickles before because I don't like them. But K does, so I want to try a small batch this weekend. I was just googling various recipes last night but yours will be the one I will try.<br /><br />Your peppers look so pretty all mixed up. I will need to start harvesting mine soon and will also be freezing them....I was hoping to get some color, but I am running out of summer fast.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129119492962711399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-80622020719981731262009-09-03T01:06:00.236-07:002009-09-03T01:06:00.236-07:00Congrats on your 47th anniversary!!
And didn't...Congrats on your 47th anniversary!!<br />And didn't I tell you he would do something cute/sweet/adorable to get in your good graces again?? Men are all charmers. Thank goodness for that!!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122524042294993949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-91380039245647604662009-09-02T22:38:27.791-07:002009-09-02T22:38:27.791-07:00Oh yeah, Happy Anniversary! :-)Oh yeah, Happy Anniversary! :-)Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743102355360873845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-39575247671697516462009-09-02T22:37:41.252-07:002009-09-02T22:37:41.252-07:00The Kellogg's Breakfast would be a good one to...The Kellogg's Breakfast would be a good one to save seed from. It is an open pollinated variety and is regular leafed so there should not be any problems with cross pollination.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743102355360873845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-33773540219582794902009-09-02T22:33:03.012-07:002009-09-02T22:33:03.012-07:00Congratulations on your anniversary! And congrats ...Congratulations on your anniversary! And congrats to Mr H for redeeming himself in such a nice sweet way haha!Marrissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056421797310100547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-85714614414331262442009-09-02T22:04:03.258-07:002009-09-02T22:04:03.258-07:00Dan, yes the yellow one is Kellogg's Breakfast...Dan, yes the yellow one is Kellogg's Breakfast. Do I dare save seeds from it? It's from my tomato "jungle".Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5597627580631284872.post-46845437543876631172009-09-02T21:43:01.573-07:002009-09-02T21:43:01.573-07:00I made up some B&B pickles with the left over ...I made up some B&B pickles with the left over cukes I had for dill pickle making. I have yet to try them though. The recipe came from a library book and I wish I had saved it to compare. I will have to get it again. Is that big yellow one Kellogg's Breakfast? It looks excellent!Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743102355360873845noreply@blogger.com