Relish the thought
Thu, 09/04/2008 - 08:26 — Frugalmom
Who would have thought that just a few cucumber plants would yield enough for 7 quarts of pickles, 17 half-pints of dill relish, and an upcoming batch of sweet relish? As weary as I am of taking care of the harvest, it makes me just a tiny, tiny bit sad that the vines are starting to wither and turn brown. Fall will be here before we know it!
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relish
oh, thanks! I don't have that book, but a friend does & I'm pretty sure I can steal it from her. :)
Awesome!
I could have sworn I replied to this but I must have forgotten to submit after they make you preview the comment.
I want to be like you Monique! I have been wanting a garden for years now but not enough to go out and get it done by myself. Maybe this next spring will finally be the time I do it! What should I start with so I don't get discouraged?
just start small!
I'd send away for some seed catalogs this winter and decide what you want to grow, and draw a little "map" of your garden on graph paper and decide where you want to plant stuff. I have the Square Foot Gardening book which is where I learned a lot of when to plant and how much space different things need. I don't technically "square-foot garden" anymore but I use most of the spacing principles and since I have the space, I give things like tomatoes extra room. Just think about it ahead of time and then you just have to buckle down and do it!
relish
I'd love your relish recipe, if you wouldn't mind. I've learned how to can dill pickles this year, and have plenty of those - but the cukes just keep coming. I'd like to try to make a dill relish...
relish recipe
I used the Dill Relish recipe out of the Ball Blue Book. I can post it if you don't have that book. Frugaldad gave it the thumbs-up when he ate it on a leftover hot dog.
Wow!
It amazes me just how much you manage to get done!!