Submitted by themadgardener on Sun, 09/20/2020 - 14:40
The potatoes are finally harvested! Took a lot of work over three days but well worth it and the results were plentiful!
Submitted by themadgardener on Sat, 09/19/2020 - 12:48
We have actually eaten a bunch of them but time to get them all out of the garden!
Submitted by themadgardener on Sat, 09/19/2020 - 11:29
Today, when harvesting potatoes I found something I have never seen in my entire life! A fully intact seed potato (well a wedge) that not only supported a potato plant but produced potatoes as well! Proof that 2020 has brought us wonders, sometimes they are just below the surface!
Submitted by themadgardener on Thu, 09/17/2020 - 12:37
I had a great crop for spaghetti squash this year! Like all gardeners, we receive our reward towards the end of the season. All the work we have done to improve growing conditions, plant the seeds, keeping the weeds at bay, making sure the plants have the required nutrients, and watching for disease pays us back in fresh food!
My favorite way to eat spaghetti squash is to use in place of pasta. Its a great replacement for those of us who need to adhere to a gluten free diet!
Submitted by themadgardener on Wed, 09/16/2020 - 09:28
What you will need for this experiment is a small jar (a drinking glass will also work), a coin, and water.
While this experiment demonstrates how light waves bend when moving from one medium to another (air to water) the same phenomena happens with sound, water, and other waves. It is known as refraction. When light is moving through just air it moves in a straight line but once it begins passing through water it bends!
What appears to be magic is simply an optical illusion caused by every day physics!
Submitted by themadgardener on Mon, 09/07/2020 - 13:43
Finally have a large quantity of tomatoes! Now its time to turn them into sauce and can them!
Submitted by themadgardener on Tue, 08/25/2020 - 19:07
Our vegetable and fruit for dinner! Well technically tomato is a fruit but it counts towards our five a day!
Submitted by themadgardener on Mon, 08/10/2020 - 18:23
I have a large quantity of maple syrup that came from a red maple. It definitely has a very strong maple flavor and I prefer the sugar from sugar maple trees on my pancakes/waffles/french toast. Realized it would make for a very good sugar for making BBQ sauce! Just whipped this up today and will try it for making pulled pork tomorrow!
Submitted by themadgardener on Sun, 08/09/2020 - 20:10
I finally scored a box of canning peaches! Living in a colder climate I peaches are one thing that I can not grow in my yard but I still enjoy buying a box of canning peaches and preserving them for the winter months! Peaches, I find, are actually on the the easier foods to preserve!
Submitted by themadgardener on Sun, 08/09/2020 - 12:58
Had a slight mishap the other day when one of the jars broke in the canner. I made the mistake of forgetting to put the rack in the canner before putting in the jars (so the jars were directly on the bottom of the canner). Just a case of too much heat being applied too quickly! Luckily there were no injuries and it was just tomato sauce, if it were something like maple syrup that takes several days to produce I would have been more upset!
There are multiple reasons why a jar make break.
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