Micro-Farming Thread

[pawrestlersintn]

Gram Swartzell's Blueberry Custard Pie

4 Slightly beaten eggs
1/2 Cup sugar
1/4 Teaspoon salt
1 Teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 Cups scalded milk (medium heat to above 170, but not boiling)
2 9" Unbaked pie shells (okay, I can just picture Gram shaking her head and looking at me disappointingly for using store-bought pie shells, but I am not messing with that)

Fill bottom of pie shells with one layer of blueberries, maybe a little more.
Mix first four ingredients, then slowly stir in hot milk. Immediately pour into pastry shell. Dash with nutmeg.

Bake in 425F oven. Recipe says 25 minutes, I say longer, but it's done when a knife comes out clean. Also, I put foil loosely around the perimeter of the crust (not over the whole pie) before putting in oven to keep the crust from being overdone before the pie is.

And, if you have extra custard left over, just put it in an oven-safe bowl, and cook it with the pies.

 

[nittinsc]

Gram Swartzell's Blueberry Custard Pie

4 Slightly beaten eggs
1/2 Cup sugar
1/4 Teaspoon salt
1 Teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 Cups scalded milk (medium heat to above 170, but not boiling)
2 9" Unbaked pie shells (okay, I can just picture Gram shaking her head and looking at me disappointingly for using store-bought pie shells, but I am not messing with that)

Fill bottom of pie shells with one layer of blueberries, maybe a little more.
Mix first four ingredients, then slowly stir in hot milk. Immediately pour into pastry shell. Dash with nutmeg.

Bake in 425F oven. Recipe says 25 minutes, I say longer, but it's done when a knife comes out clean. Also, I put foil loosely around the perimeter of the crust (not over the whole pie) before putting in oven to keep the crust from being overdone before the pie is.

And, if you have extra custard left over, just put it in an oven-safe bowl, and cook it with the pies.

Don't let Dogwelder beat the eggs, he may not know their safe word.

 

[El-Jefe]

Don't let Dogwelder beat the eggs, he may not know their safe word.

But what if they like it?

 

[PAgeologist]

Don't let Dogwelder beat the eggs, he may not know their safe word.

Who's a dirty little egg.

 

[CropDuster507]

This might be the most BWI thread possible… and I came in peace, for the record.

 

[SRATH]

Rotator Cuff surgery today, should be ready for the season and Mrs SRATH will be maintaining the garden. I will only be able to pick weeds.........which we seem to be experts at right now.

I need a pill.........

 

[CropDuster507]

Rotator Cuff surgery today, should be ready for the season and Mrs SRATH will be maintaining the garden. I will only be able to pick weeds.........which we seem to be experts at right now.

I need a pill.........

Pick enough weed, and you won’t need the pill

 

[pawrestlersintn]

Rotator Cuff surgery today, should be ready for the season and Mrs SRATH will be maintaining the garden. I will only be able to pick weeds.........which we seem to be experts at right now.

I need a pill.........

Oh, man. Good luck with rehab.

 

[Dogwelder]

Rotator Cuff surgery today, should be ready for the season and Mrs SRATH will be maintaining the garden. …

Good idea. Since you were gonna have surgery, might as well rotate her handcuffs ahead of time. Keep it kinky! #haveagoodrecovery

 

[Used2BEerie]

This might be the most BWI thread possible… and I came in peace, for the record.

We’re your girlfriends parents hippies? Don’t see many people named peace.

 

[CropDuster507]

found out today that the vast majority of my tomato plants to survive and push out fruit are cherry tomato plants.

that's how ignorant I am.

Couple beefsteak plants starting to bear fruit, though.

 

[a_mshaffer]

found out today that the vast majority of my tomato plants to survive and push out fruit are cherry tomato plants.

that's how ignorant I am.

Couple beefsteak plants starting to bear fruit, though.

best tomatoes are one's from a reputable green house of sorts... lowes/home depot sell a generic type IMO. Also, grape tomatoes are a good replacement for cherry tomatoes as they come seedless!
We slice up all of Zuch's and yellow squash with Onions and Sautee on a routine bases. This year my Roma's (I actually got a different heirloom varietal of them) came in very strong and I have tons of 'sauce'. The other item to look for in your tomato plant is the type - two types -

The Difference Between Vining and Bush Tomatoes - determinate and indeterminate - ​

- again, Lowes may not explain this stuff...

 

[PAgeologist]

found out today that the vast majority of my tomato plants to survive and push out fruit are cherry tomato plants.

that's how ignorant I am.

Couple beefsteak plants starting to bear fruit, though.

Make sure you gather up all the tomatoes at the end of the harvest. They tend to seed easily and you'll have ones you didn't plant growing next year. Cherry tomatoes seem particularly good at this.

 

[nittinsc]

found out today that the vast majority of my tomato plants to survive and push out fruit are cherry tomato plants.

that's how ignorant I am.

Couple beefsteak plants starting to bear fruit, though.

When planting tomatoes it's a good idea to know the difference between varieties that are determinate growth vs. indeterminate growth. Most slicing tomatoes have determinate growth meaning they will stop producing fruit after a period of time. Most cherry or grape tomatoes have indeterminate growth meaning they will continue to produce fruit as long as the plant is kept alive. So you should be able to have cherry tomatoes until they freeze. Here in SC I usually get my last harvest between Thanksgiving and Christmas. If you want tomatoes for making sauces, plant some plum or Roma tomatoes as they generally have more pulp in the fruit.

Also, most peppers are actually perennials and can be kept for several years if they don't freeze. I had one bell pepper that was in a sheltered area next to the house and it lasted 3 years.

 

[WildTurk]

My father-in-law has what I consider a community "macro-garden". One acre of pretty much everything you want. All of his beer drinking buddies help tend to it. Then the wives can a lot of it and hand it out like candy.

Some of the best salsa I've ever had comes from that Black Iowa dirt. The Asparagus grew like weeds early this spring, almost getting out of control.. I have had my fill of that veggie for quite awhile. So good on the grill though!

The only bad thing this year was the raccoons feasted on the sweet corn when we went on our family vacation. Bastards! Good thing corn is quite abundant here in Iowa.

 

[PSU Mike]

Reviving this baby. Getting excited as my habaneros are finally oranging out (cue Dresser if you must), and I even have a couple serranos going full red. They’re already a tasty pepper, but the redness adds a sweetness that makes them 10x more interesting.

 

[SRATH]

we suddenly have buckets of tomatoes, along with beans, beans, beans cucumbers squash, beets and some really ugly carrots. Sheri is going to dry the hot peppers so we can sprinkle them on food.....she hates spicy things, the rest of the fam is ok with heat.

the one dwarf tree with Nittany apples has 5 beauties on it. growing food is fun. Gilman had that nice MILF shirt, man i like farming.

 

[Dogwelder]

… growing food is fun. Gilman had that nice MILF shirt, man i like farming.

Scream it to the world! The man you like is farming! #pride

 

[dunkej01]

My mother cans or freezes just about everything and the rest she tried and stopped.

She makes her own gravy/sauce and is constantly tweaking. Lot it on cheese steaks and meatball subs

Pickles are my favorite as she does several kinds.

Thanksgiving is great because she brings the corn, brussel sprouts, etc

We also do our own deer meat and have canned vension many times. Pull it out and use over noodles.

Parents used to have a massive garden but they got old and with kids leaving town scaled it back. Now its half the size but 4 families use off it and share in the weeding.

Here in MD I only have what I call truck patches....Green Peppers, cucumbers, meat and cherry tomatoes, squash and zucs and my favorite kohlrabi. during the summer, its nothing as a snack for my kids to get cucumber and/or kohlarbi slice it up, little salt and eat as snack. Love the summer time gardens.

recently got chickens, about to go solar, have a well, a pond, lots of ammo/arrows and ready for the DC zombie horde to come north.

 

[nittinsc]

My mother cans or freezes just about everything and the rest she tried and stopped.

She makes her own gravy/sauce and is constantly tweaking. Lot it on cheese steaks and meatball subs

Pickles are my favorite as she does several kinds.

Thanksgiving is great because she brings the corn, brussel sprouts, etc

We also do our own deer meat and have canned vension many times. Pull it out and use over noodles.

Parents used to have a massive garden but they got old and with kids leaving town scaled it back. Now its half the size but 4 families use off it and share in the weeding.

Here in MD I only have what I call truck patches....Green Peppers, cucumbers, meat and cherry tomatoes, squash and zucs and my favorite kohlrabi. during the summer, its nothing as a snack for my kids to get cucumber and/or kohlarbi slice it up, little salt and eat as snack. Love the summer time gardens.

recently got chickens, about to go solar, have a well, a pond, lots of ammo/arrows and ready for the DC zombie horde to come north.

I had chickens for a number of years until one morning they were all gone, nothing but a few feathers left. I think it was a fox this time, before that it was possums causing losses. Too many other things going on now to start again.

 

[nittinsc]

we suddenly have buckets of tomatoes, along with beans, beans, beans cucumbers squash, beets and some really ugly carrots. Sheri is going to dry the hot peppers so we can sprinkle them on food.....she hates spicy things, the rest of the fam is ok with heat.

the one dwarf tree with Nittany apples has 5 beauties on it. growing food is fun. Gilman had that nice MILF shirt, man i like farming.

Take some of your tender green beans and slice them thinly longways (not french-cut, thinner than that), saute gently in butter and make a green bean omelette with them.

 

[PSU Mike]

Are oranges and chickens the same thing? Asking for a friend one state west of here …

 

[SRATH]

My mother cans or freezes just about everything and the rest she tried and stopped.

She makes her own gravy/sauce and is constantly tweaking. Lot it on cheese steaks and meatball subs

Pickles are my favorite as she does several kinds.

Thanksgiving is great because she brings the corn, brussel sprouts, etc

We also do our own deer meat and have canned vension many times. Pull it out and use over noodles.

Parents used to have a massive garden but they got old and with kids leaving town scaled it back. Now its half the size but 4 families use off it and share in the weeding.

Here in MD I only have what I call truck patches....Green Peppers, cucumbers, meat and cherry tomatoes, squash and zucs and my favorite kohlrabi. during the summer, its nothing as a snack for my kids to get cucumber and/or kohlarbi slice it up, little salt and eat as snack. Love the summer time gardens.

recently got chickens, about to go solar, have a well, a pond, lots of ammo/arrows and ready for the DC zombie horde to come north.

I am thinking solar too. Cloudy Erie county pa but there is a solar farm going in down the road. I’ll have to retire to do chicken, Sheri won’t touch them

 

[PD4thespawn]

My mother cans or freezes just about everything and the rest she tried and stopped.

She makes her own gravy/sauce and is constantly tweaking. Lot it on cheese steaks and meatball subs

Pickles are my favorite as she does several kinds.

Thanksgiving is great because she brings the corn, brussel sprouts, etc

We also do our own deer meat and have canned vension many times. Pull it out and use over noodles.

Parents used to have a massive garden but they got old and with kids leaving town scaled it back. Now its half the size but 4 families use off it and share in the weeding.

Here in MD I only have what I call truck patches....Green Peppers, cucumbers, meat and cherry tomatoes, squash and zucs and my favorite kohlrabi. during the summer, its nothing as a snack for my kids to get cucumber and/or kohlarbi slice it up, little salt and eat as snack. Love the summer time gardens.

recently got chickens, about to go solar, have a well, a pond, lots of ammo/arrows and ready for the DC zombie horde to come north.

Keep a closer tab on your neighbors especially if you are an outsider. Saves them the trouble of prepping. They will just come for yours.

 

[PAgeologist]

I had chickens for a number of years until one morning they were all gone, nothing but a few feathers left. I think it was a fox this time, before that it was possums causing losses. Too many other things going on now to start again.

I had chickens growing up. Then one of our sows went nuts and killed most of them. It looked like a scene from Jaws. Parts everywhere. She ran through 2*10 oak like it was balsa wood to get out of her pen. The 3/4 inch plywood door and then chicken wire were nothing to her.

 

[82bordeaux]

Bordo wouldn't like it but when you are making a bottle of wine for under $3, flavoring it with blueberries or apples from your own property, it works at least for us.

Sounds like if you add a little vodka, club soda, and mint, you'd have a tasty spritzer!

 

[82bordeaux]

Here's a nice video on how to make a really good tomato sauce.

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I love the homemade tomato paste part of this. I'm definitely doing that!
The onion in the sauce throws me off a bit. I think some garlic cloves and basil would be plenty for me. Definitely going to do this!

 

[Ski]

I had chickens growing up. Then one of our sows went nuts and killed most of them. It looked like a scene from Jaws. Parts everywhere. She ran through 2*10 oak like it was balsa wood to get out of her pen. The 3/4 inch plywood door and then chicken wire were nothing to her.

Yeah, pigs can be nasty. There was a kid in my grade that I hung out with once or twice at his family farm out between Lilly and Cassandra. For entertainment, every so often when he was bored he would fling a chicken into the pig pen and let the pigs go to town. He was a bit of a sicko, so my association with him ended pretty quick. The kid never finished high school. Would not surprise me if he is a serial killer somewhere today.

 

[PAgeologist]

Yeah, pigs can be nasty. There was a kid in my grade that I hung out with once or twice at his family farm out between Lilly and Cassandra. For entertainment, every so often when he was bored he would fling a chicken into the pig pen and let the pigs go to town. He was a bit of a sicko, so my association with him ended pretty quick. The kid never finished high school. Would not surprise me if he is a serial killer somewhere today.

Yikes on the kid throwing chickens in the pig pen. That's a bit disturbing. He's probably in government somewhere.

There was a few times I was certain if they knocked me down I wasn't getting back up. I whacked quite a few with shovels and pitchforks.

 

[82bordeaux]

Yeah, pigs can be nasty. There was a kid in my grade that I hung out with once or twice at his family farm out between Lilly and Cassandra. For entertainment, every so often when he was bored he would fling a chicken into the pig pen and let the pigs go to town. He was a bit of a sicko, so my association with him ended pretty quick. The kid never finished high school. Would not surprise me if he is a serial killer somewhere today.

He's still out and about...