peppysis: Produce Coming Out of My Ears

Dear blog readers, it's been four days since my last confession... of blogging. And I promise I will never say the phrase "coming out of my ears again." It's become a habit and even I cringe when I say it because it just comes right out. "I have got squash coming out of my ears." I am not however tired of actually having that much squash, or cukes, or zuc, although the zucchini is playing out. But the cucumbers are not!

We have two cucumber plants and thanks to the recent rain last week, amidst the terrific lightening storm that almost wiped out our corn, I have picked enough cucumbers over the last week that I am now on my fourth batch of Shaun's favorite pickles.

I had a thought and in checking my canning journal. It shows that in 2009 I canned nine batches of 3 day lime pickles. In 2010, two batches. In 2011, two batches. The supply in the basement is beginning to get low. The lack of canning in 2010 and 2011 was not because we had so many still in stock. Well maybe partially, because I could have gotten the cukes from somewhere, but, I do recall in 2010 our crop of cucumbers was not so good. It was dry and we had a lot of hollow cucumbers. Then last year the crop again was not so good. So my thought is, can all I can. You never know what the next couple of year's garden may prove. If I only put up two or three batches, housing five or six pints each, we will run out. Not a huge big deal, but he eats these pickles on every sandwich he makes. I don't want him to not have something he treasures so much. So I will can all that these two plants will produce. There's just no sense in not doing so in my eyes. We planted it, the Lord is providing a good crop, I should do my best with it. What is that called?

I don't even waste the bigger ones. They would almost cover the whole hamburger.