tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838004838772936244.post5890454391884843300..comments2023-05-13T09:49:31.999-05:00Comments on 14 Acres: Cooler weatherUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838004838772936244.post-80110404268361464312010-09-20T23:12:11.685-05:002010-09-20T23:12:11.685-05:00Sorry it's taken me so long to respond to comm...Sorry it's taken me so long to respond to comments. I read and enjoy each one, I really do!<br /><br />Hey Erin! I'm glad I'm not the only one with lackluster beans. But your rave reviews of yard-long beans have convinced me to order some seed this winter!<br /><br />Hello Mr. H -- Seems everyone has had something (or more than one something) that disappointed them this summer. Guess we can't avoid it, when our gardens keep getting bigger. We can't be a gardening expert all the time (although you do come close!) :)<br /><br />Hi Mama Pea -- This month is certainly about change, with kids and with gardens. And the weather! In another week it'll be time to rip out the warm season stuff and plant garlic. I think I'm ready too. Mostly ...<br /><br />Howdy Jenny -- Glad you can empathize with the little boy looniness! Sorry this wasn't a good 'C' year for your garden. Better not plant any daisies, dill or daikon radishes next year!<br /><br />Hey Leigh -- Yeah, I'm relieved too. Isn't that selfish of us? But misery loves company. Haha!<br /><br />Hello Susan -- Glad to hear from you -- I love your blog. I haven't every roasted tomatoes before canning/freezing. Does that change the flavor somewhat? I must experiment with that sometime. Hopefully your watermelons have time to ripen before the first frost comes.<br /><br />Hi Karen! Ha! I am sooo telling Phill! Or maybe I should just keep that little tidbit to myself. It could come in handy for a bit of blackmail sometime in the future .... ;)<br /><br />Hey Tammy -- Very glad to hear from you again. You are so busy on your farm, it's a wonder you get to sit down at the computer at all during the day! Fall is certainly lovely. Hope this one lasts and doesn't turn into winter too soon.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09941280453570504094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838004838772936244.post-82202615701382759652010-09-11T21:03:19.451-05:002010-09-11T21:03:19.451-05:00I am loving the cooler weather and it's a reli...I am loving the cooler weather and it's a relief to be winding down from preserving the bounty! Fall is such a wonderful time of year! Enjoyed looking back through your posts and catching up a bit!<br /><br />Tammy CuppMaple Lawn Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10813334245826551671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838004838772936244.post-65699983021295177062010-09-10T14:48:53.023-05:002010-09-10T14:48:53.023-05:00Do NOT ask Phill for his pesto recipe! He subject...Do NOT ask Phill for his pesto recipe! He subjected Bethany and I to it last week and is planning on making more for his family's reunion tomorrow! It's icky!!! Of course, any pesto is icky, so I am likely biased!! Why mess with perfectly good pasta by adding that gross stuff. Basil, otherwise, is great! Don't tell him I said so!Karennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838004838772936244.post-85371404355347909212010-09-09T21:14:17.299-05:002010-09-09T21:14:17.299-05:00I haven't canned one thing yet!! I have only f...I haven't canned one thing yet!! I have only frozen a few quarts of roasted tomatoes and some pesto; I am the most pathetic of you all. Our bean crop mysteriously disappeared altogether. At least 80% of the tomatoes split while still green thanks to so much rain. I have beautiful huge watermelons that look like they must be ripe outside, but are nearly white inside.<br />Not complaining, tho.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867572450926221667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838004838772936244.post-28597412340845004812010-09-08T21:04:06.534-05:002010-09-08T21:04:06.534-05:00I'm a little relieved to read that others are ...I'm a little relieved to read that others are disappointed in their canning efforts this year too. Tomatoes, cucumbers, corn and squash all did poorly and fizzled out early this year. Surprisingly my green beans (bush variety) have made a comeback so I'm getting a second canning from them!Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838004838772936244.post-18095289091087090082010-09-08T18:51:19.011-05:002010-09-08T18:51:19.011-05:00LOL! "Other days, when they are running aroun...LOL! "Other days, when they are running around the house yelling like loony-birds, it feels like I've been a mother to three little boys for eighty-five years." I know exactly what you mean!! <br /><br />I'm doing pretty good in the tomato dept, but the corn, carrots and cabbage did poorly for me this year. Hmm wonder if it's because they all start with the letter 'C'??? Yeah, that's it, I'm blaming 'C'!<br /><br />Hope your harvesting picks up before the garden calls it quits.jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772053505930801670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838004838772936244.post-28703266567811936222010-09-08T09:16:15.761-05:002010-09-08T09:16:15.761-05:00Thanks for the "catch-up" post. I love ...Thanks for the "catch-up" post. I love hearing about your garden and what worked . . . and what didn't! Seems like we were all in the same boat this summer. Gardens were just plain weird! None of us could count on anything. (I was lucky to get enough green beans put by before white mold hit, and that was the end of them.) <br /><br />Although I no longer send my daughter (and husband, for that matter!) back to school, this time of year still signals a certain change in routine. I'm ready for it!Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838004838772936244.post-41734570570363529982010-09-08T08:10:53.423-05:002010-09-08T08:10:53.423-05:00We are struggling with our canning too, especially...We are struggling with our canning too, especially in the tomato department. I am keeping my fingers crossed that you will have green beans galore and that we will have much better luck with vine ripened tomatoes next summer.<br /><br />I hope the little guys enjoy their first days of school.:)Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838004838772936244.post-86513075642509875542010-09-08T06:41:50.070-05:002010-09-08T06:41:50.070-05:00My canning efforts were pathetic this summer - and...My canning efforts were pathetic this summer - and what's with the beans? Mine are coming in the same way! Lumpy-skinny I call them :) Hope the kids had a good first day at school!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916896512933101955noreply@blogger.com