Re: [gardeners] Tuesday
Margaret Lauterbach (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Wed, 22 Jul 1998 07:49:09 -0600
>Worked on this years batch of limed sweet pickles today. Will load the jars
>and BWB the lot tomorrow afternoon. This old recipe is a favorite with our
>family and was given to us by the elderly lady who lived behind us when we
>were in our first house, some 33 years ago. Works equally well with green
>tomatoes or cukes or zukes. Had to make some as the 97 batch is about gone.
>Usually make 8-10 quarts and then sort of dole them out over the year.
How about sharing the recipe, George?
>Picked some cukes, some crowder peas, a few chiles, and a couple of cucuzzi
>today. The lagenaria seed that Margaret sent me was planted and the plants
>are now about 6 inches tall. If they grow like the cucuzzi did I'm gonna
>have a whole fence covered with them.
Lagenaria was a more vigorous grower for me than cucuzzi.
The
>Sunchokes, or, as we old timers call them, Jerusalem artichokes, are about
>8 or 9 feet tall and doing well. Looking forward to a bumper harvest come
>fall.
George, we grew Jerusalem artichokes years ago. Chuck complained about the
flatulence they caused, so I took them out. I was warned that I wouldn't
be able to get rid of them, but I did by screening the soil. There are
black, dead-looking runners in the soil. Close examination reveals a
bright pink but tiny growth point. I liked them, myself. Maybe I don't
recall the flatulence, or some among a lot. Margaret
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