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Comment on Tiny Harvests by fromgardentotable

fromgardentotable — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:26:15 +0000

I’m glad you have ground cherries.� I have a recipe for ground cherry pie if you are interested.� I’m going to try it this year.� I didn’t know that about radishes, so thank you very much.� I will have to figure out if that is the problem or if it is just me.� Maybe we can exchange some seeds.� I will look when I get home and let you kow what I have if you want any of them. � Thanks again, Emily.

Tammy

Comment on Tiny Harvests by Emily

Emily — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:05:24 +0000

yes i do have ground cherries! just two plants though. i started them super early and i’ve gotten a couple dozen ripe ones already. i can totally understand how they would come up like weeds in your garden considering how they pop off the plant when they’re ripe–and i’ve caught earthworms trying to steal them! after the fruits fall on the ground worms try to suck them into their holes just like they do with dead leaves.

radishes have been difficult for me too, and i wonder if maybe you’ve had the same problem i was having–i wasn’t aware until recently that different varieties of radishes fall into different seasonal categories. i thought they all grew in spring, but there are many that will only swell their roots if the days are getting shorter and temps getting cooler rather than longer/warmer like in spring. so for instance watermelon, violet de gournay and black spanish are all fall/winter radishes. some spring radishes include purple plum, french breakfast and sparkler white tip. i’m going to try planting radishes in fall for the first time this year. i’d be happy to mail you some seeds if you’d like to try fall types as well.

Comment on Tiny Harvests by fromgardentotable

fromgardentotable — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:59:31 +0000

I am still laughing about the broccoli hating you…� i know what you mean.� Carrots� and radishes seem to hate me.

Supposedly radishes are the easiest vegetable to grow, but I haven’t been able to grow them.� I was going to tell you�I have some ground cherry plants�which have popped up all around the garden.� Hope they all produce.� Do you have any this year?

Tammy

Comment on Tiny Harvests by Emily

Emily — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:30:59 +0000

awesome garlic harvest! looks like your garden’s really rolling. i haven’t had much luck with fall gardens either, but i’m going to try again and start planning earlier this year. i’m even going to give broccoli another shot, despite how much it seems to hate me.

Comment on Let Us. by Emily

Emily — Thu, 26 May 2011 19:21:41 +0000

yumm! those look like nice storage bags. it seems like the lettuce i harvest at home wilts so much faster than store-bought…but it rarely gets a chance to wilt because i usually eat it right away.

Comment on Oops, I Did it Again. by fromgardentotable

fromgardentotable — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:15:36 +0000

Hi Emily,

What a great suggestion about the pectin.� I will definitely try that this year. I am hoping to have even more plants this year.��They really, really multiply.� I probably had fruit from about 10 plants.� I will pay more attention this year as to how many plants produced how much fruit. This stuff was nectar from the gods it was so good.� I’m also going to try a lighter colored honey this year.

Thanks so much�for stopping by.� Are you as ready for Spring as i am? �Tammy

Comment on Oops, I Did it Again. by Emily

Emily — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 06:52:21 +0000

just say it was supposed to be a syrup! it looks delicious no matter what the consistency. i noticed there was no pectin in the recipe…it’s possible your ground cherries didn’t have enough natural pectin to set the jam. the first time i tried making a fruit spread it was dandelion jelly, and i added pectin but apparently not enough. i re-processed it with more pectin and it set.

how many plants did you have that produced all this fruit? I envy your harvest…mine just started producing at the end of last season and none of them ripened but i’m trying again.

Comment on MyPod by fromgardentotable

fromgardentotable — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:33:56 +0000

Thanks!� I love those moonflowers.� They were especially pretty this year.� Well… the ground cherries.� I can’t seem to get�ENOUGH to make the jelly (8 cups).� But they are still producing so�I’m�still hoping.� By the time I think I have enough, the first “picking” has withered.� It’s a good thing I don’t have to depend on my garden for ALL�my food. lol. �Tammy

Comment on MyPod by Emily

Emily — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:52:20 +0000

beautiful moonflowers! i need to grow some of those next year. crazy weather–i’m glad the tornado didn’t get you or your garden. how did the ground cherry jelly turn out? my plants are just barely forming half a dozen or so cherries…

Comment on Suzy Homemaker? by Emily

Emily — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:09:58 +0000

oh how funny, i’m just learning to can too! the freezer test is the only method that’s worked for me so far. i had the exact opposite problem with my bread and butter pickles–not quite enough juice. and i’m making pickled peppers and peach preserves (from a local orchard) this weekend! so many coincidences.