Any Gardeners or Picklers?

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I started pickling just from necessity- I missed my Mom's Dill beans!

From 2018:
Canning and Pickling!

Well, it is more just pickling right now but I am having a lot of fun with it.

Last time I was home in PA, I got more tips from my parents and decided to make my mother's Dill Beans (my favorite growing up and still) so that I would no longer have to ration her one jar out throughout a year. Yes, they are that good. At least I think so. I have shared some with my co-workers and they seem to enjoy it also.

So this was my first go at it, my first two jars.


It came out pretty good so I decided to try some more.


So I decided to buy a starter canning kit to make things a little bit easier. Which is exactly the time my Mother calls me with a new recipe for "Icebox pickles" which is done completely cold (no hot bath needed). Holy cow, these are good!


My new venture in this new hobby will be doing jalapeños, which I currently have growing quite well in my back yard. This is an earlier picture but it is taking off.



Then I started expanding what I would make:




So I decided to try my hand at tomatoes and jalapeños last summer, which went okay but I knew this year I would want more so...I am doing containers and attempting to do a livestock trough.



2022:
Did a bunch of work for the upcoming season the last two days. I decided to try my hand at a raised bed this year and really liked the size and usefulness of the livestock troughs. Went yesterday to grab one at Tractor Supply and then today to Home Depot and our favorite local greenhouse.

Started off with this


Painted it this (looks brown but its actually "hammered copper"


Put a bunch of drill holes in the bottom, fabric, then yard debris before putting down three different types of soil.


Added some begonias (hanging baskets) and mulch around different parts.

and now- Finished the garden tonight. Project garden is complete!! 3 early girls, two jalapeños, 3 cucumbers (only two in the container- 1 in a pot) and marigolds to keep the squirrels away!



Now to hope I get enough to can my own veggies. If not, I still like supporting local farmers markets.