Making Hot Pepper Sauce. 10.9.22

 I harvested all of the red hot peppers and prepped them to make hot sauce.  These are a mix of ripe Jalapeños, Serranos, and mostly Cayennes.

They are so pretty.

These get cut into slices, along with some garlic.  Then pack into jars along with a tablespoon of fresh sauerkraut juice to start the fermentation, a little sugar to feed it, and brine.  I weight diwn with a glass weight.

Then add a tip with a gas escape nipple.  They get fermented for a few days in the dark, then I process them and portion into jars.  It's even pretty in the jars.

I need to print put a new recipe card. This one got a little wet.

Saving Flower Seeds. 10.9.22

 I saved seeds for the Rudbeckias I liked the best.  During the summer, I tied a cloth strip around the stems of my favorites, to mark them.

The seed heads go into paper bags.  I'll let them dry a couple of months, then clean up the seeds.  I also saved seeds from French Marigolds.  These are my own multigenerational saved seeds.

And an African Marigold that I like.

Buttercup Squash. 10.7.22

 I cut open one of the Buttercup squashes.

 Half went into today's batch of dog food.  I haven't decided yet what to do with the other half.

Canning Salsa. 10.7.22

 Today I canned salsa.  I used almost all of the remaining sauce tomatoes, all of the banana peppers, and some of the Jalapeños.  

I used the USDA Canning Book recipe.  It made an extra pint, so that goes into the fridge.  These came out a bit too salty, because I halved the recipe and forgot to halve the salt.  Still quite good and fresh tasting.

Harvest. 10.6.22

 Still getting some nice harvests in October.

I made a tomato pie with some of the big tomatoes.  The peppers will go for hot sauce and salsa.  The Romas will go into some canned salsa.  Im not convinced the apples are that good this year.  Might make a pie and try to pick out the best ones to grow.