Picked a bonaza yesterday and there's lots more to harvest:
http://i64.tinypic.com/2s9qhdx.jpg
Too many to eat so I decided to pickle a gallon:
http://i66.tinypic.com/xbeoea.jpg
I'll likely fill another gallon jar with garlic dills tomorrow, and
will be giving a lot away.
Yesterday was visiting day at the grand's camp "Timber Lake Camp", had
a great day adn lunch was fabulous, everything from a real NYC Appy.
A wonderful camp, air conditioned cabins:
http://i68.tinypic.com/jrcw9j.jpg
This camp has everything:
http://i65.tinypic.com/54g4g6.jpg
http://www.timberlakecamp.com/

In article >, gravesend10
@verizon.net says...
>
> Picked a bonaza yesterday and there's lots more to harvest:
> http://i64.tinypic.com/2s9qhdx.jpg
> Too many to eat so I decided to pickle a gallon:
> http://i66.tinypic.com/xbeoea.jpg
> I'll likely fill another gallon jar with garlic dills tomorrow, and
> will be giving a lot away.
> Yesterday was visiting day at the grand's camp "Timber Lake Camp", had
> a great day adn lunch was fabulous, everything from a real NYC Appy.
> A wonderful camp, air conditioned cabins:
> http://i68.tinypic.com/jrcw9j.jpg
> This camp has everything:
> http://i65.tinypic.com/54g4g6.jpg
> http://www.timberlakecamp.com/

Is that where Justin lives?

On Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 5:18:22 PM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> Picked a bonaza yesterday and there's lots more to harvest:
> http://i64.tinypic.com/2s9qhdx.jpg
>
Everything looks good except for those zukes; those you can keep.
>
> Too many to eat so I decided to pickle a gallon:
> http://i66.tinypic.com/xbeoea.jpg
>
I'll take a jar!
>
> Yesterday was visiting day at the grand's camp "Timber Lake Camp", had
> a great day adn lunch was fabulous, everything from a real NYC Appy.
> A wonderful camp, air conditioned cabins:
> http://i68.tinypic.com/jrcw9j.jpg
> This camp has everything:
> http://i65.tinypic.com/54g4g6.jpg
> http://www.timberlakecamp.com/
>
>
Beautiful place.

On Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 5:25:56 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> On Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 5:18:22 PM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >
> > Picked a bonaza yesterday and there's lots more to harvest:
> > http://i64.tinypic.com/2s9qhdx.jpg
> >
> Everything looks good except for those zukes; those you can keep.
> >
> > Too many to eat so I decided to pickle a gallon:
> > http://i66.tinypic.com/xbeoea.jpg
> >
> I'll take a jar!
> >
> > Yesterday was visiting day at the grand's camp "Timber Lake Camp", had
> > a great day adn lunch was fabulous, everything from a real NYC Appy.
> > A wonderful camp, air conditioned cabins:
> > http://i68.tinypic.com/jrcw9j.jpg
> > This camp has everything:
> > http://i65.tinypic.com/54g4g6.jpg
> > http://www.timberlakecamp.com/
> >
> >
> Beautiful place.

Looks straight out of Dirty Dancing!

John Kuthe...

Sheldon wrote:

> Picked a bonaza yesterday and there's lots more to harvest:
> http://i64.tinypic.com/2s9qhdx.jpg
> Too many to eat so I decided to pickle a gallon:
> http://i66.tinypic.com/xbeoea.jpg
> I'll likely fill another gallon jar with garlic dills tomorrow, and
> will be giving a lot away.
> Yesterday was visiting day at the grand's camp "Timber Lake Camp", had
> a great day adn lunch was fabulous, everything from a real NYC Appy.
> A wonderful camp, air conditioned cabins:
> http://i68.tinypic.com/jrcw9j.jpg
> This camp has everything:
> http://i65.tinypic.com/54g4g6.jpg
> http://www.timberlakecamp.com/


All looks lovely...

[BTW someone is altering peeps' tinypic tags, I just pointed this out to Nancy in her potato post...]


--
Best
Greg

Sqwertz wrote:
>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> Picked a bonaza yesterday and there's lots more to harvest:
>> http://i64.tinypic.com/2s9qhdx.jpg
>> Too many to eat so I decided to pickle a gallon:
>> http://i66.tinypic.com/xbeoea.jpg
>
>A vinegar pickle?

No vinegar, not a drop... those are fermenting in brine. They smelled
so good this morning that I set up a second gallon, none so good as
fresh picked kirbys for pickling:
http://i67.tinypic.com/zuj9xk.jpg
A bumper crop of cukes this year, lucky me:
http://i64.tinypic.com/21jx92w.jpg
Not so lucky when the hogs eat all my birdseed:
http://i64.tinypic.com/21jx92w.jpg
Then I decided to deal with the zukes, cooked with celery, tomato, a
first green pepper, garlic, onion, and potato.
http://i63.tinypic.com/j64h0h.jpg

On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 15:20:43 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 14:32:31 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>
>>>> Picked a bonaza yesterday and there's lots more to harvest:
>>>> http://i64.tinypic.com/2s9qhdx.jpg
>>>> Too many to eat so I decided to pickle a gallon:
>>>> http://i66.tinypic.com/xbeoea.jpg
>>>
>>>A vinegar pickle?
>>
>> No vinegar, not a drop... those are fermenting in brine.
>
>It's way too full for a salt brine ferment. Should have a plunger in
>it, too. You're going to have a nice mess on your hands.

Been doing it this way for more than fifty years, never any mess. As
the cukes ferment the salt draws water out so the cukes become smaller
(already shrunk some as they are no longer packed as tightly). As
the cukes shrink I'll ladle off some liquid but only enough to make
the jars easier to move down to my basement fridge. They'll sit on
the kitchen countertop for about a week before I refrigerate them, I
don't want them fully soured, I prefer slightly crisp. They can keep
in the fridge more than a year but I'll have eaten them all in about
3-4 months. I've done this with fresh dill but dried works equally
well, and markets rarely have fresh dill. Dill is easy to grow but
it's highly invasive, its seeds go everywhere, that's why it's called
DillWEED... anyone chooses to grow dill your neighbors will hate you.