Here in a bit Hubby will be home and we're going to work up the corn together. We have two rows and one is a shorter-type corn and it's ready. It will be another week or so before the taller corn is ready for picking. This first batch will all go in the freezer. The second I will work up in salsa and perhaps can a few pints of it. The second batch is the one I get to play with if, and only if, we have enough put up from the first batch. I'll let you in on today's results tomorrow. See ya.
This morning we woke to sunshine again. Yes, I can finally say that word out loud without the threat of thunderstorms!! Man oh man - it is hot out there though, but it IS that time of year!! I dug some onions this morning to dehydrate and noticed that with all the rain and with the onions sitting in mud they are behaving almost as if they are being boiled. The outer few layers are simply rotting off because of the wet and heat. I will talk to Hubby tonight and we need to make a decision on whether to go ahead, pull all the onions, dehydrate or freeze what we have - - or chance it and leave them in the garden and hope that they get larger. I really don't think the latter will happen but onions are Hubby's department so I'll check with him first. Meanwhile I harvested a few. I cut up a bunch of onions and put them in the dehydrator outside my kitchen door. You definitely do not want to dehydrate onions in the house! The scent would knock you down!!! I have a 4-tray Excalibur Dehydrator and it has dehydrated everything imaginable and done a good job too. I like it because it has temperature controls which lend itself to dehydrating certain foods properly, leaving them in much better condition. It's done a wonderful job for me. I have also dehydrated foods the old-fashioned way. I used to line window screens with cheesecloth and leave produce such as tomatoes in the sun, bringing them in during the overnight hours, and putting them back out the next day, until the produce had dried. It's a wonderful way to dry fruits and vegetables and efficient enough, plus I like knowing I can do it the old-fashioned way; but a dehydrator is an awesome tool. After I dug the onions and brought them in the house I went out to the herb garden, took my garden fork and dug all the garlic. I'm okay with the results. Could have been better but again, considering the weather and this being the first year I was able to plant in this area, I'm good. I'll have plenty for the Winter, some for replanting this fall and that works for me.
Here in a bit Hubby will be home and we're going to work up the corn together. We have two rows and one is a shorter-type corn and it's ready. It will be another week or so before the taller corn is ready for picking. This first batch will all go in the freezer. The second I will work up in salsa and perhaps can a few pints of it. The second batch is the one I get to play with if, and only if, we have enough put up from the first batch. I'll let you in on today's results tomorrow. See ya.
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AuthorMy name is Nina. Southern Indiana has been my home since 1952. I've been a legal secretary most of my adult life and for my leisure time I enjoy everything connected to the world of herbs and cooking is almost like a "fever". I am also quite opinionated but try not to push my opinions on others. My family is grown and I'm left with a wonderful hubby sharing life with me. I'd guess you'd say my passion is living that life to the fullest. Archives
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