we had amazing luck with cabbage this year

[SparklyUnicorn]

The groundhog only attacked one of our cabbages, but otherwise we had 8 full beautiful perfect heads of  cabbage.  We have never had so much before!

 

Anyone else have some gardening success this season?

 

 

[Luckymama]

I have been making pickles twice a week. I hate pickles but everyone else loves then so :)

 

The summer squashes are almost done. We get squash vine borers ever year. I've given up trying to fight them (I garden organically) and instead embrace what I can get, which had been daily squashes fir a month :D

[Guest]

I have been making pickles twice a week. I hate pickles but everyone else loves then so :)

 

The summer squashes are almost done. We get squash vine borers ever year. I've given up trying to fight them (I garden organically) and instead embrace what I can get, which had been daily squashes fir a month :D

Heh. That's my squash strategy too.

 

And I'm making pickles as well. Tomatoes are turning red; I'll be canning bunches of them soon.

[Lady Marmalade]

It has definitely been a great year for cabbage! I've harvested a dozen heads so far and have just a few left to enjoy.  My tomatoes and peppers are just starting to bear ripe fruit.

 

The beets were doing great until the voles discovered them.   :glare:   

[Guest]

The groundhog only attacked one of our cabbages, but otherwise we had 8 full beautiful perfect heads of cabbage. We have never had so much before!

 

Anyone else have some gardening success this season?

So was it worth the earlier investment from your DH? :D

 

And, I have a recipe for freezer cole slaw. That was how I managed when I had a whole lot of cabbage.

[SparklyUnicorn]

So was it worth the earlier investment from your DH? :D

 

And, I have a recipe for freezer cole slaw. That was how I managed when I had a whole lot of cabbage.

 

No, not really.  LOL

 

But I didn't help so that's on him. 

[SparklyUnicorn]

So was it worth the earlier investment from your DH? :D

 

And, I have a recipe for freezer cole slaw. That was how I managed when I had a whole lot of cabbage.

 

Please share the freezer cole slaw recipe!

[trulycrabby]

You have to put new squash plants out every six-eight weeks if you want to keep getting squash all summer. That's what my dad says (and he know everything). :)

 

I didn't plant this year, but dad's garden has provided us with tomatoes, okra, cucumbers, eggplant, and beets.

[MEmama]

Please share the freezer cole slaw recipe!

Yes, please do!

 

My raspberries are going crazy this year and we are all enjoying the daily treat. My tomatoes are already ripening, which I don't think has ever happened so early before. The cucumber blooms, but nothing happens. My perennial cucumber attempt and fail. I'm telling myself the chard is waiting to grow once it cools down.

[Miss Tick]

Oh, the cucumbers! I was out of town for two weeks and now I'm way behind the pickle-curve! I just had to make an emergency run to the store for cream cheese to cover all the "cream cheese and cucumber" sandwiches I see in our future.

 

On the plus side, the overwhelming flood of cucumbers makes the beets and zucchini look manageable.

 

I found a chamomile plant in with the carrots so I guess I won't have to worry about running out of that for the rest of my life in this house!

 

I found the first ground cherry today. Yum! Makes it worth it, even if the squirrels eat all the rest.

 

My chard plants are all still 6 inches high. Why is that?

 

I know everybody knows you are supposed to plant marigolds with tomatoes, but this year I actually did it (gifted the seeds) AND they grew AND they are 5 feet tall AND the tomatoes are happier than they have ever been. So, looks like THEY were right. This time.

[Guest]

Freezer Coleslaw; originally out of Taste of Home recipes

 

1 medium head of cabbage, shredded

1 teas. Salt

2 cups sugar

1 cup white vinegar

1/4 cup water

1 teas. Celery seed

1 teas. Mustard seed

1 large carrot, shredded

1/2 cup finely chopped green pepper

 

In a large bowl, combine cabbae and salt; let stand for 1 hour. In a saucepan, combine sugar, vinegar, water, celery and mustard seeds. Bring to a boil; boil 1 minute. Remove from heat; cool.

Drain cabbage. Add the carrot, green pepper and cooled vinegar mixture. Transfer to freezer containers; cover and freeze. Remove from freezer 2 hours before serving.

[Rosie_0801]

Freezer Coleslaw; originally out of Taste of Home recipes

 

1 medium head of cabbage, shredded

1 teas. Salt

2 cups sugar

1 cup white vinegar

1/4 cup water

1 teas. Celery seed

1 teas. Mustard seed

1 large carrot, shredded

1/2 cup finely chopped green pepper

 

In a large bowl, combine cabbae and salt; let stand for 1 hour. In a saucepan, combine sugar, vinegar, water, celery and mustard seeds. Bring to a boil; boil 1 minute. Remove from heat; cool.

Drain cabbage. Add the carrot, green pepper and cooled vinegar mixture. Transfer to freezer containers; cover and freeze. Remove from freezer 2 hours before serving.

 

2 cups of sugar in a *salad* :svengo:

What for?

[Guest]

2 cups of sugar in a *salad* :svengo:

What for?

I just report the facts, ma'am. I don't judge.

 

:D

 

We're fat Americans; we pour sugar on vegetables.

[Rosie_0801]

I acknowledge your post, Quill. I can't "like" it.  :ohmy:

[Storygirl]

MIL once served us a "salad" that had Snickers candy bars cut up in it. It was so mind boggling that I have blocked out what else was in there.

[KungFuPanda]

My garden is in the shade. It's so far behind everyone else's :-/. Tomatoes are still green. Cabbages were ravaged by bugs. Squash is just now flowering. I've harvested herbs and onions so far and about a dozen ground cherries.