On 3/14/2021 7:47 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 8:02:38 AM UTC-4, wrote:
>> On 3/14/2021 12:33 AM, Michael Trew wrote:
>>> On 3/14/2021 12:10 AM, Snag wrote:
>>>> On 3/13/2021 10:45 PM, Michael Trew wrote:
>>>>> Does anyone still can food in ball jars? I'm thinking about planting
>>>>> a lot of tomatoes this year and canning some. I never have before,
>>>>> but there's a first time for everything I reckon.
>>>>
>>>> We still have some tomatoes from last year down in the cellar - and I
>>>> have 24 tomato plants started for this year . Got jelly and jams and
>>>> pickles and peaches down there too ! Most from home grown or picked wild
>>>> on our land . Tomatoes freeze well too , just rinse off , freeze loose
>>>> on a cookie sheet then bag in gallon ziplocks . To use , just hold under
>>>> hot water for a few seconds and slip the skin off . I'll be using some
>>>> of our preserved tomatoes tomorrow for a big batch of spaghetti sauce .
>>>
>>> I made a tiny batch of homemade tomato sauce for Italian style
>>> Margharetta pizza the other day. Do you normally blanch and peel
>>> tomatoes before canning them?
>>>
>>> I don't have a lot of land, and did a few container tomatoes last year.
>>> I have a pick and a small rototiller, and I might make a row of tomato
>>> and bell pepper plants along the southern side of my house before the
>>> hill drops off. I saved quite a few bell pepper and tomato seeds for
>>> the occasion! I'm in eastern Ohio, but I probably should start them off
>>> pretty soon.
>>>
>> It's not too late to start from seed outdoors. By the time you actually
>> harvest the tomatoes, the direct seeded into the ground ones aren't far
>> behind the transplanted ones. T
>
> It depends on your conditions. Here in Michigan, the soil is rarely
> warm enough for transplants much before Memorial Day. Direct-seed
> tomatoes would never make it in time before the first frost.
>
At home, I use a terrarium turned upside down to make a little
greenhouse. I'm doing that today. Up at the community garden
I use plastic sheeting, as there my terrarium would likely get
stolen.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
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