Pickled all my garden beans, was gonna save some by freezing for a family dinner, but the recipe I used called for 1.5lbs, and well I had exactly 700grams, so I used them all.
I mostly followed this recipe, with some modifications, that I got from another post earlier this week.
I doubled the sugar, and put 4 cloves in each jar instead of 2 for all. I don’t like vinegar that much, so hopefully these are more dilly and garlic.
I’ll see how they turned out in a week!
Mine unfortunately have only started flowering, and they’re barely 15cm tall. With frost being a potential concern starting in 2 weeks, I don’t see me getting any.
Well bummer, I'm in the southeast US where I have the 90+ degree F (35C) heat roasting my veggies...its been a wild year, hoping for cooler weather in a couple of weeks.
We just had that 2 weeks ago, but it can still get up to the temp in September too though.
30c during the day, but risk of frost every night. But seasonal frost isn’t till the end of Sept.
Growing season on “average” is May 28 to Sept 28 ish. So hence my 60 day bush beans being ready if they are planted beginning of June.
I hear yah. Challenging growing conditions, but that just makes the yield more enjoyable 🤠 I ended up installing three green houses to house my plants through the winter and extend the growing season. We drop to -7c during the winter but out daily temperature swings aren’t as wild as yours lol
Greenhouses are on my list to get or build. I’ve gotta rip up my garden beds for one, and the other is by grass. So I’m building some pathways and flower beds to hold the sod and dirt so I can work than refill those areas.
We get a rather unique whether phenomenon called Chinooks, during the winter, it can make the temp go from -20c to +20c in a matter of hours, before plummeting again. That’s not even climate change related.
I believe if you’re in northern US you get the tail end, called an Alberta clipper I think?
@SchmidtGenetics @BuckFutter we get them along the foothills of the colorado Rockies where i have lived most of my life things are changing though we are 2 zones warmer than in the 1'960"s.
Interesting, I wonder if they’re as intense though. Even an hour drive to our south they’re completely different, the winds of 100km/h can just melt the snow as you enjoy a beer. It’s crazy. After that little area it tapers off in strength again. But it could also fluctuate again, idk. I just read stuff that’s interesting.
Good luck with the projects. They can be a bit of fun :) before the regime change in the US, aliexpress had some decently priced green houses for under $2000 USD, just had to bolt them together. Who knows now what it costs now.
Yah I was familiar with the weather events, didn’t know they had a fancy name though. We get something similar to those in the southern states of the US. Definitely not that extreme temp swing when our fronts come through, closer to 20C swings. Although we have had snow this past two years which is wild for living near the Gulf coast. Thanks for sharing.
My sister got a decent one from Costco for 3k, and that’s about what I was eyeing for a decent one on sale on Amazon, gas actuated temp ceiling vent even!
I’m a red seal carpenter, so designing and building one isn’t out of the cards, just a matter of time and convenience sometimes. Well and costs, it’s easier to go buy a couple hundred dollars of lumber a dozen times than to drop 3k as well.
Kids and animal obligations don’t allow much else other than a few hours putzing, so it’s great I can get a little hard yard work done.
No worries, it’s always interesting knowing about this stuff, and than finding out later it’s all related. I made some post complaining about a chinook, and someone complained blaming me for the Alberta clippers. Everyone learned something haha.
Oh wow, functional vents and all huh? Thats really nice. I looked into those and yah they didn’t seem worth the effort to fiddle with but if they came with the green house. Hummm lol. Yah this is the one i picked up recently from wayfair, problem is it trapped too much heat and i had to cut holes in the roof. It was still cheaper than trying to build out of wood and polycarbonate and or glass when i priced it out. The latter though might last longer lol 😂 time is also important too, but if you have lots of time yah i might of gone a different way. Grower’s Haven Polycarbonate Greenhouse with Clear Panels- 6 FT Wall Height Outdoor Aluminum Greenhouses with 2 Vents, Double Doors with Hook, Walk-in Greenhouse for Backyard Garden By AMERLIFE.
Haha oh my, that makes sense. That’s what a 12’x16’?
One that was on sale during the summer was This one, is only a 11’x7’.
I could get that and cover the whole current garden beds though….
Anything larger than 10x10 needs permits here, so multiple small ones are better. Gotta be under 100sqft
Yah 12’x16’ sounds right, its large and has my veggie raised beds in it. I have an asparagus crop i’ve grown from seed that’ll be hitting the three year mark this winter, so excited for that :). I have a 8’x14’ as well that has my citrus trees in it. After 3-4 years they have held up well. Yah that is a nice looking greenhouse, but wouldn’t you get a lot of mold in there below the half wood wall where the sun doesn’t shine in?
Yah lots to think about when getting one. I added sprinklers in to mine tied to the well so watering could be automated. Its been a lot of fun :)
Our city is INCREDIBLY dry, but yeah that’s all stuff I need to educate myself on if I design one. We are technically a desertish climate.
Pallisars triangle I can see you thinking about the concern, coastal Vancouver, yeah I would think it would an issue if I lived there for example. They have different building cladding methods because of the constant rain and moisture.
Yah desert is an understatement. Wow. Is that where the movie Dune was filmed? 😂
It’s really deceptive, we just don’t get a lot of rain, but we’re based right off the river. In the picture below is Fish Creek Provincial Park, goes through the middle of the city. There’s one of the two rivers the city was built on, and you can see the houses of the city in the backside.
Oh, and a bonus picture from a bike ride, it looks like the forest moon Endor in places too
Oh wow, gorgeous, yah i can see the appeal as to why you would want to live there. Yah we have the opposite of any of that where I live, but we do have gorgeous crystal clear Gulf waters and nice sandy beaches.
@SchmidtGenetics @BuckFutter I'm In Bruce Mines, Ontario. From Toronto. So this drought thing is new to me. Will you share the best drought-tolerant plants? Especially natives? Or do you have a page somewhere else?
A lot of cities in Canada have great Resource pages for stuff like this it’s all deepening on you local area. And even microclimates can affect it.
Even Fish creek park has one, although it’s not much. Can atleast look up the plants with the names though.
@SchmidtGenetics Most of what I've seen in the same 6 plants over and over. I can't believe in a country this vast, there isn't a ton more. I did hear one yesterday, a wild prairie turnip. Blue flowers, perennial.
Lots of plants are just varieties and cultivars of others, there shouldn’t be a lot of native plants in each particular geographical area. There’s thousands of non-natives though, and some invasive brought in from travelers and what not.
https://cdn.britannica.com/41/91241-050-A93470CC/forms-cabbage-brussels-sprouts-cauliflower-broccoli-kale.jpg
These are one type of plant, a brassica, and it has over 50 variations of its different types
Some rose bushes will grow here that won’t grow where you are. That’s just how it is.