No please, I'll take all the advice I can get. Last year was our first year to can and we really enjoyed it, but I'm sure there is plenty more we can learn.

In all honesty, not too long, I'm thinking a couple of hours, maybe a little longer. The longest part of it was cutting the jalapenos, and the carrots and onions we mixed in with it. Once that was done, it was just a matter of prepping the jars. It's really not too bad.

Do you have the blue book?

No, I hadn't heard of it until you mentioned it. I plan to get it.

Is this the blue book you are referring to?

Ball® Blue Book Guide to Preserving

That's the one,It's a great book for canning.

I freeze more than I can. I make marinara about the same way I make my salsa. I freeze that,as well as stuffed peppers and creole sauce.

That's a great video Skeeter, but I promise you it will seperate without some tomato paste, maybe less depending on how well he seeded the tomatoes.

Hey East, how are your strawberries doing? Mine appear to be in a constant struggle for life.

They seem to be alright. They grow as quick as the birds can eat them, I really need to cover them. I looked at them tonight and should have 5-6 ready to pick tomorrow. But the plants themselves haven't put on much size

My plants have finally started to grow a bit. The birds love the tiny berries when they start growing too. I'm planning to make a cover for them this weekend.

I'm doing the same this weekend, for strawberries and tomatoes.

What is this?


Can't remember the names but we put in 4 kinds of strawberries for different blooming times.

I was afraid of this. The 6" of rain from Friday flooded the garden with corn and potatoes. Corn is doing fine, but the potato plants were dying so we pulled them up last night.

These were the good ones we got.




And these were the bad ones, they were all mushy like mashed potatoes. Probably threw close to 300 away. Was not very happy but what can you do.

That sucks Priddy. Hate to see that.

Man hate to hear that

I'm really starting to hate the birds in my yard. They are TERRORIZING my tomatoes! I bought three big fake owls & they apparently don't work. Really ticking me off ......I heard that strips of flashy milar work, gonna try that next.

Try old cd's on fishing line.

Adv what kind of plant is that?

I'll try that Payne...

It's an Oleander that I cut way back this spring

I'm looking for my bug book, don't know where I left it...

oleander scale


use horticultural oil 3 times in 6 week intervals

Worked pretty good for me last year, just looks a little Redneckish, I didn't lose many to birds if I picked them just as they start to turn red.