Recent content by @thefunnyfarm

Oh thank you for the pics. i now live in the deep south butI grew up in chicopee mass. and every year we would go with the school to osv. I have told my children about it many times and am glad to see it is still open. The thought just hit me that those visits year by year is prob. the reason I...

I keep them in ice water in the frige. I also cut them up and stick them in ice water in frige overnight brfore canning them, helps keep them crisp but could just leave them for a few hours if you are in a hurry.

I received a text from a friend I had not heard of in a while today and the message was just what I needed and I am going to pass it along to you it maybe what you needed not me.:) The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you, Pray just 27 words. God our...

Ohhh I am so going to try those fritters. Yummo. I will start freezing some small potions shredded. I have got to share this recipe. well recipe kinda please exuse the nonmeasurments. My hubby ran over some tomatoes while mowing and could not waste ya know. So I madesome soup and will be...

Mine went out too I am was not sure when though it was empty. I got adeal at the store 2 loaves of wheat bread for 1$ so I bought 16 loaves to freeze and well when I opened it I knew. Luckly I have an old refrig. on the back porch so just plugged it in and used its freezer. Well you should be...

I am interested in the clover idea also. does it grow tall like grass do you just mow it. do you keep set rows all the time and clover staysin between, need details howto do:D

Life has been busy here at the funny farm. Kids and hubby were gone for a whole week all I had was my 1yr old. AHHHHH Got 6 new laying hens for free. Score. built the female bunny a new hutch and a nesting box from free wood yeah. turned out great. Garden is starting to produce and canning is...

Brilliant ladies of the forum I am in dire need of your wisdom and ideas.I have zucchini and squash coming out my ears and my kids don't like it :/ I have froze meals sliced mixed and did pickles from them I liked they still didnot. and to be honest the only way I am use to fixing it is baked...

Oh I can not wait I am making these tomorrow. I got a bag of peaches in the clearance bin that had 1 huge lemon in it. Perfect timing I was trying to figure what the heck to do with it. I bought all the bags they had and only 1 had the lemon. Granted it was huge but what do you do with 1 lemon...

I reuse the metal ones but check for bends in metal or pokes of any kind. I don't use them on things like pickles were another canning session would over cook them or things that take a long amount of canning time. You will know if they don't the lid will come off after taking the ring off with...

ok I need recipes now you have convinced me also meat usage suggestions. I keep mint for catnip and mint tea and get so much leaves/ and pepper jelly too please you have me all excited i want to try them all lol

Yep tomato branches root very easily you really can just stick them in the ground and water really good and you have a new plant easy peasy. when planting have the branch diagnal not up and down you get a better root system and they turn up to the sun. I don't know when okra goes in I know it is...

Oh rhubarb Imiss strawberry rhubarb jelly you can;t find rhubarb here in the south. and I have thought about mint jelly what doesit taste like. do you use it like grape jelly?

Al Im like farmfresh beans peas carrots lettuce, now tomatoes I will prune in july and stick in wather to root and getmore plants but the ones you have now will carry you like she said/ some times we can go to dec here before cold sets in so we get a long growing season. just never know year to...

Good job doesnt it feel great to pick finally, We had bad storms here today just a few more days and they should stop. we wer busy canning pickles. When we went to check it today we found some cucumbers we had missed a few days ago. I bought some blossom end rot mix from the feed store today...