What's Your Fall Harvest?

[Briana03]

Hello TBNers!

I know many of you are pruning your gardens and bringing in various crops this time of year, so I'm curious, what is your fall harvest this year? I'd include your hunting and fishing "harvest" as well.

Also, how do you use it? Does your garden contribute to your holiday meals? Do you sell what you produce? Save it/store it?

 

[lockhaven]

Deer Bear and turkey for meat, apples for fruit, already have beans, tomatoes and pumpkin canned. we store it and use it not just holidays but everyday. the hunting is always a big if, success means little if any meat bought at the store if not then we buy.

 

[Briana03]

Wow, sounds like you can be fairly self sufficient most of the time! I assume you grow other crops throughout the year?

 

[JDgreen227]

Hello TBNers!

I know many of you are pruning your gardens and bringing in various crops this time of year, so I'm curious, what is your fall harvest this year? I'd include your hunting and fishing "harvest" as well.

Also, how do you use it? Does your garden contribute to your holiday meals? Do you sell what you produce? Save it/store it?

Harvested the last of my pepper crop a few days ago...what I don't give away to friends and neighbors and family, I freeze or dry to preserve. This was a so-so year for most veggie crops in Michigan this year and a terrible one for tree fruits (frost ruined crop) but for peppers...ideal. Pics show about 10% of my total green pepper harvest for this year, about a quarter of my sweet/spicy mini bells, and a third of the cayenne peppers.
One pic shows most of the last harvest of red/green mini bells ready for freezing.

 

[Jstpssng]

Through the summer I usually get most of my vegetables from the garden. Right now all I have left are potates, carrots, cabbage and brussel sprouts. I raised a pig last year; this year I'm pahinv zomeone to raise another. hope to do that again next year. I just picked up afew hens that are l starting to lay, I have sold a couple dozen eggs.
Tonight's supper is fresh ruffed grouse with mashed potatoes, carrots and onions.

 

[lockhaven]

may I ask why you are not raising the pig yourself?

 

[Jstpssng]

Harvested the last of my pepper crop a few days ago...what I don't give away to friends and neighbors and family, I freeze or dry to preserve. This was a so-so year for most veggie crops in Michigan this year and a terrible one for tree fruits (frost ruined crop) but for peppers...ideal. Pics show about 10% of my total green pepper harvest for this year, about a quarter of my sweet/spicy mini bells, and a third of the cayenne peppers.
One pic shows most of the last harvest of red/green mini bells ready for freezing.

Nice. Peppers didn't do that well for me thos year, but I don't beleive we got the rain and cooler weather that you did out there.

may I ask why you are not raising the pig yourself?

You need to feed them twice a day... my job requires me tp sometimes be away for days at a time.

 

[Bob77064]

Harvested the last of my pepper crop a few days ago...what I don't give away to friends and neighbors and family, I freeze or dry to preserve. This was a so-so year for most veggie crops in Michigan this year and a terrible one for tree fruits (frost ruined crop) but for peppers...ideal. Pics show about 10% of my total green pepper harvest for this year, about a quarter of my sweet/spicy mini bells, and a third of the cayenne peppers.
One pic shows most of the last harvest of red/green mini bells ready for freezing.

Those are great looking peppers.

 

[WickedGoodOutdoors]

I have Tons of Fresh Russion Kale more than I could ever use.



also have a lot of Horseradish that Im looking to find a market for


any idea what to do with it?

I would consider Trades

Capt@WickedGoodOutdoors

Old Orchard Beach Maine

 

[massey john white]

Even though we have a short growing season up here in northern Maine, the Lord has blessed us with a bounty of produce. We have 100 lb. potatoes, numerous squash(buttercup & acorn), pumpkins,tomatoes(canned & some still ripening inside),beets,onions,beans,peppers,swiss chard, and more. Deer season starts Saturday,so praying God will send one our way. Will be planting garlic soon.

 

[MossRoad]

Even though we have a short growing season up here in northern Maine, the Lord has blessed us with a bounty of produce. We have 100 lb. potatoes, numerous squash(buttercup & acorn), pumpkins,tomatoes(canned & some still ripening inside),beets,onions,beans,peppers,swiss chard, and more. Deer season starts Saturday,so praying God will send one our way. Will be planting garlic soon.

That's some big potatoes!
:laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

Jerusalem artichokes, sunflowers, potatoes, cabbage and firewood. We'll eat the firewood if the rest runs out.

 

[massey john white]

My bad... 100 lbs. of potatoes and 8+ cords of wood. First mistake this year.:duh:

 

[JDgreen227]

My bad... 100 lbs. of potatoes and 8+ cords of wood. First mistake this year.:duh:

Gotta admire a man who is capable enough to go almost ten months of the year without making a mistake...I begin making them the second I get out of bed, every single day.

 

[forgeblast]

We have kale, beans, peas, zuk and cukes, sunchokes, potatoes, canned a lot of jam(blackberry, strawberry, blueberry), hops,
finally started getting some gensing seed from my oldest plant, pumpkins (jack be littles for my "little ones" birthday), no apples but we bought a few bushles from a farm near us. And have some hard cider bubbling away atm.

 

[txdon]

Peanuts. First attempt.

 

[MossRoad]

Peanuts. First attempt.

I tried those one year. I bought a whole jar of seeds. They didn't sprout. I think there was too much salt on them.

 

[txdon]

I tried those one year. I bought a whole jar of seeds. They didn't sprout. I think there was too much salt on them.

I made that mistake also. You really need Planters salt free dry roasted for best results. They call them Planter's for a reason.

 

[MossRoad]

I made that mistake also. You really need Planters salt free dry roasted for best results. They call them Planter's for a reason.

DUH! "Planter's peanuts" How obvious can it get???

 

[JDgreen227]

I tried those one year. I bought a whole jar of seeds. They didn't sprout. I think there was too much salt on them.

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: Yes, we all know that salt seriously degrades the soil used for crop production....on another topic, I sometimes wonder why people take the time and expense to grow things like peanuts and potatoes for personal consumption, when I was a kid I recall my mom growing potatoes in her home garden and they were so common and cheap to buy at a store, even today while I could grow potatoes at home, I might go through 30-35 pounds a year at the very most so to me it's not worth the headache to grow them.

But to those who do grow potatoes and peanuts at home...do they taste that much better than what you can buy at a store?