Well, its after Labor Day! Hard to believe that the summer is about over. The way that the weather has been towards the end of the week it certainly felt like Fall with temps in the morning in the 40's!
Friday the dehydrator that we ordered came. Nothing fancy, just something to get us by. It has been running nonstop for 24 hours and I have already gotten orange peppers, cucumbers and some zucchini done. I have probably 15 pounds of patty pan squash that will go in, along with shredding and freezing some for breads. Loose goat, got to run outside :D
Well its a few days later, but wanted to add some additional info to this entry.
The swiss chard dehydrated wonderfully and very quickly. I just took the tough parts of the stem off and smashed the leaves down into the canning jars that we are using. All of the patty pan squash are done so far, there are a few left in the garden but not too many. Roma tomatoes are in there now, its amazing how many you can pack into a jar! I have several eggplant in the fridge that I need to get into the dehyrator.
The garden is starting to die back....the temperatures have been unseasonably cold with lows in the 40's As far as I can recall we havent had a day close to 100 degrees this summer. There were a couple of days in the 90's but nothing like the heat waves that Iowa tends to have. Got to figure out a cold frame to experiment with for the fall/winter months. We tore a bathroom apart and have frosted glass shower doors that I thought would be fun to experiment with to make a cold frame. Hmmmm
Friday the dehydrator that we ordered came. Nothing fancy, just something to get us by. It has been running nonstop for 24 hours and I have already gotten orange peppers, cucumbers and some zucchini done. I have probably 15 pounds of patty pan squash that will go in, along with shredding and freezing some for breads. Loose goat, got to run outside :D
Well its a few days later, but wanted to add some additional info to this entry.
The swiss chard dehydrated wonderfully and very quickly. I just took the tough parts of the stem off and smashed the leaves down into the canning jars that we are using. All of the patty pan squash are done so far, there are a few left in the garden but not too many. Roma tomatoes are in there now, its amazing how many you can pack into a jar! I have several eggplant in the fridge that I need to get into the dehyrator.
The garden is starting to die back....the temperatures have been unseasonably cold with lows in the 40's As far as I can recall we havent had a day close to 100 degrees this summer. There were a couple of days in the 90's but nothing like the heat waves that Iowa tends to have. Got to figure out a cold frame to experiment with for the fall/winter months. We tore a bathroom apart and have frosted glass shower doors that I thought would be fun to experiment with to make a cold frame. Hmmmm
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