dill or sweet or both? what is your recipe?

you recipe for pickles, not the salad.

Here you go. I skip the soaking and pour the brine directly over the cucumbers in the jars. I do the a pint or quart at a time, leave them on the counter until they turn color then refrigerate. My brine includes 1/3 vinegar and 2/3 water. Never. Measure the salt. I skip most of the spices. Its difficult to mess them up.



The recipe is on the back of the Morton pickling salt box.

kinda what I use. thought ya mite have a secret sauce. lol thanks. it aint rocket surgery, right?

is it too late to plant cucumbers?

NOPE

I'm thinking of planting some watermelons.

Check here for a wealth of information on growing dates, can even plant by moon phase. Most forget about the website and some hoard the info.

https://www.almanac.com/gardening/planting-calendar/zipcode/77301

Thanks Tin!

Finally getting more size out of my tomatoes. The one on top is going on my BLT / turkey club for lunch today, salad tonight, and into my marinated salad. The cucumber is a burpless verity. It alone will make the marinated salad. My bell peppers didn't do well last year but are doing great this year.

looking good,Bill!

A couple more pictures but first. I didn't lose a single tomato this year. I'm not against insecticides but I didn't lose a single tomato this year. I guess its just the luck of the draw.

Here is a photo of my burn pile where I get my ashes for my tomato hills.




Also the peppers on the plants my neighbor are finally turning color. Plan to make stuffed peppers later with them.

I'm old but not old fashion. Can't remember all the times I sweated out ripe tomatoes for Memorial Day get togethers.

Wish I could grow a garden....... too much shade. I'll have to live vicariously though this tread.

no excuse... You can grow microgreens and sprouts indoors . check out this guys channel , many others as well. He does a lot of indoor stuff. Sprouts are pretty easy

So far 5 green tamaters on 2 plants, one is still blooming.
I thump it often.

Pics please

Please don’t!

My large tomato plant didn’t like the heat today. Went to check them this evening, found the big plant wilted under the weight of all the tomatoes and looking really bad. Put a couple wooden dowels in for support, and gave it a big drink. Then got to looking at the fruit. Found some ugly damage, I’ve attached a pic. Everything looked good yesterday evening.

blossom end rot, its a calcium deficiency. Usually fixed with gypsum or calcium. Its late in the season though

I prevent mine with wood ash. You might get a second crop. Fingers crossed.

So some ashes from my smoker mixed in the soil? Pretty crazy it happened in one day, it was really hot yesterday. May move to place where there’s afternoon shade.