Re: Lazy weekend

how do you freeze melon?

Theresa

Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
> All of those! I can tomato sauce, salsa, whole tomatoes, various other
> tomato products, green beans, pickles of various veggies, and then there's
> the jams & jellies; I dry tomatoes and make fruit leather; I freeze corn
> (when we grow it), peas, peppers, and melon. Keeping onions is a problem
> though, they don't preserve well. We're talking about buying a cheap fridge
> to keep in the garage. 
> This year I've only managed 3 batches of jam. But I wanted to cut back,
> after all. I deliberately didn't do many green beans, and the tomatoes are
> not doing all that well (too hot too early) - so while I will have enough to
> make a few jars of this n' that, I don't have 90 pounds of anything to deal
> with. 
>
> Cyndi 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
> Of james singer
> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 12:31 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Lazy weekend
>
> Question, Cyndi--
>
> How do you preserve your garden's bounty--can, freeze, dehydrate?
>
> On Jul 23, 2006, at 3:18 PM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
>
>   
>> Temperature is in the hundreds again for the weekend and I am, as they 
>> say, not doing jack. I picked zucchini, okra, and tomatoes yesterday 
>> morning, pulled a couple weeds, and that was it. Today I went out just 
>> to see what was up and something bit me on the thigh - probably an 
>> ant, since I was sitting on the ground in a shady spot. My whole thigh 
>> hurts like anything, I ended up taking an antihistamine hoping it 
>> would help. You'd think I'd know better than to sit outside wearing 
>> shorts, but apparently not.
>> I decided not to go hiking yesterday morning and my friend called last 
>> night hoping I'd go today. Don't think so, I said and then she 
>> admitted it was over 90 when they went yesterday morning at 6 am. She 
>> has this enormous Alaskan malamute and I told her it was insane to 
>> take him into the hills in this kind of heat. I think she actually 
>> listened.
>> A thunderstorm moved in yesterday afternoon and muttered at us for an 
>> hour or so, but no rain. At least the temps dropped into the high 90s 
>> while the cloud cover was there. Maybe we'll get it again today, but 
>> so far it's clear.
>> I have a lot of preserving to get done for my fair entries but I just 
>> can't bring myself to get into the kitchen. Gaah. I may have to take a 
>> couple days off to get it done, my time window is shrinking rather 
>> dramatically.
>> So in the end I'm managing only to read a few books and check the 
>> computer.
>> I feel like the wicked witch..."I'm melting! I'm melting!". I LIKE the 
>> heat, but this is excessive.
>>
>> Cyndi
>>
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
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> Hardiness Zone 10
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> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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