It is almost time for me to plant potatoes, but I had to get rid of all my carrots and beets to make room. This morning I was watching two of the kids, so I couldn't spend the day working outside, so I decided to pull all my beets and carrots so that I could work inside. We didn't have a whole lot out there, but there was enough for me to can 6 pints of beets and 3 pints of carrots, in addition to a few pounds of beet greens in the freezer.
Now that the row is clear I will be putting adding some organic matter to the soil, adding to my drip irrigation system, and planting my potatoes within the next two weeks. This was my first time growing during the winter here in Texas, next year I will have to plan better so that I won't have to tear out my Winter crops in order to make room for the early Spring planting.
Those veggies look good!
ReplyDeleteI didn't even know you could can carrots.
ReplyDeleteI had to over-process the carrots by five minutes in order to do them in the same canner with the beets, so hopefully they won't be too mushy. We are trying to can as much as we can our of our garden, so we are trying new things. We may even can potatoes, since I don't know how long we will be able to keep them in our 75 degree house.
ReplyDeleteI need to figure out a good way to store oranges. They don't last long enough in the house, and rats eat them in the garage. The ones that I left in the storage shed at work lasted a couple weeks longer than the ones in my house. I tried dehydrating some citrus a while back and it was not any good.
ReplyDeleteAny ideas?
I am thinking about juicing them and then freezing the juice, but I don't know if there is a special way I have to do that.