My pickling cucumber vines have been producing very well. It took three days of picking to gather a hydrator full of cucumbers. There are four pounds here. I also picked my first slicing cucumber today and there are three or four that will be ready in a day or two. I like to pick pickling cukes quite small to get more small slices to cram into the jars. A couple of them got away from me and got too big, but still not over ripe.
I wanted to put some onions in the jars this time. I've never done that, but as a child one of my Mom's good friends made pickles with her grandmother every year from her own garden and my favorite part of the pickles were the little rings of pickled onions in each jar.
I just use Mrs. Wages quick process packets, but this year, since I have peppers and onions handy, I plan to experiment with pickle spices from scratch and make some sweet relish. We do not use much relish, so two or three pints will keep us in relish all year. But first I have to make the dill slices to store.
I made six pints to store, which is about how many we will use in a year. There is also a seventh, lightly packed jar with some of the largest slices that I will open first to use,
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P.S. I just went out and picked my first handful of Seychelles pole beans for supper. The Monte Gusto, despite being thriftier than the others, have just blossomed. They should only be three days behind the others but they are lagging.
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