Garden Corner 2011

jujubeans

OVM Project Manager
JJB, how big is this garden of urs, u must have picked 10,000 maters IMHO> PS, if ur bored, got 3 acres of grass u can cut or plant , well maybe next year.:)


It's just a nice size backyard garden..maybe 150' x 30'. And it's pretty cold here this morning and very windy..a good day to make some salsa verde and heat up the kitchen. The next 2 nights will be down to 36 degrees and then we get another warmup so still have time to play out there. Almost looks like snow clouds up there though...brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
 

OntarioVanMan

Retired Expediter
Owner/Operator
JJB, how big is this garden of urs, u must have picked 10,000 maters IMHO> PS, if ur bored, got 3 acres of grass u can cut or plant , well maybe next year.:)

We actually cut back on the number cucumber and tomatoe plants...we put some 25 yr old fertilizer in the soil last fall and WoW....they really responded to it....so we did less and got more...just like at Load 1.....;)
 

jujubeans

OVM Project Manager
We actually cut back on the number cucumber and tomatoe plants...we put some 25 yr old fertilizer in the soil last fall and WoW....they really responded to it....so we did less and got more...just like at Load 1.....;)

yeppers...my new motto


Plant less, Can more!:D
 

jujubeans

OVM Project Manager
and I've got another 5 quarts of salsa verde cookin up! Sure is a lot of work to cut everything up...but oh the taste is worth it!

And while I was looking out the kitchen window a deer and her twin fawns wandered in to nibble at the trees..:)
 

jujubeans

OVM Project Manager
Lazy day today..pulled the last of the rhubarb and gave some away and put some up. Then made a sauce with rhubarb, apple, brown sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice and a few red hots. Cooked it up for about 15 minutes and served it with cream on top...it was pretty good.

Which went well with the taco soup my neighbor brought over for lunch...now that was yummy!:)
 

Dakota

Veteran Expediter
Basically, there is no difference. Catsup and ketchup are alternative spellings of the same word for a tomato-based condiment.

The American Heritage Dictionary provides the following fascinating word history:

The word ketchup exemplifies the types of modifications that can take place in borrowing—both of words and substances. The source of our word ketchup may be the Malay word kechap, possibly taken into Malay from the Cantonese dialect of Chinese. Kechap, like ketchup, was a sauce, but one without tomatoes; rather, it contained fish brine, herbs, and spices. Sailors seem to have brought the sauce to Europe, where it was made with locally available ingredients such as the juice of mushrooms or walnuts. At some unknown point, when the juice of tomatoes was first used, ketchup as we know it was born. But it is important to realize that in the 18th and 19th centuries ketchup was a generic term for sauces whose only common ingredient was vinegar. The word is first recorded in English in 1690 in the form catchup, in 1711 in the form ketchup, and in 1730 in the form catsup. All three spelling variants of this foreign borrowing remain current



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jujubeans

OVM Project Manager
Basically, there is no difference. Catsup and ketchup are alternative spellings of the same word for a tomato-based condiment.

The American Heritage Dictionary provides the following fascinating word history:

The word ketchup exemplifies the types of modifications that can take place in borrowing—both of words and substances. The source of our word ketchup may be the Malay word kechap, possibly taken into Malay from the Cantonese dialect of Chinese. Kechap, like ketchup, was a sauce, but one without tomatoes; rather, it contained fish brine, herbs, and spices. Sailors seem to have brought the sauce to Europe, where it was made with locally available ingredients such as the juice of mushrooms or walnuts. At some unknown point, when the juice of tomatoes was first used, ketchup as we know it was born. But it is important to realize that in the 18th and 19th centuries ketchup was a generic term for sauces whose only common ingredient was vinegar. The word is first recorded in English in 1690 in the form catchup, in 1711 in the form ketchup, and in 1730 in the form catsup. All three spelling variants of this foreign borrowing remain current



Read more: What is the difference between Ketchup and Catsup

hmm...since I'm caught up I'll say catsup....semantics are fun aren't they?:)
 

jujubeans

OVM Project Manager
Kind of disapointed...dug up some horseradish and didn't find a really big root..just a lot of little ones. Guess I'll grind them up anyway...they smell like the big ones...
 

OntarioVanMan

Retired Expediter
Owner/Operator
maybe I can dig the whole plant, dirt and all without disturbing the root system too much and move them???
 

jujubeans

OVM Project Manager
maybe I can dig the whole plant, dirt and all without disturbing the root system too much and move them???



Probably...although a lot of what I'm reading says I can just toss the peelings from what I'm cleaning up and they'd probably grow..Says they like full sun. At any rate...you can play with them when you get home. Just don't put them in the garden cuz they spread...
 

jujubeans

OVM Project Manager
I should have used apple cider vinegar..not happy with the white mixture. Yup..you can dig up some more when you get home dear..:D
 

jujubeans

OVM Project Manager
I've got about a third of the leeks harvested...now to clean, chop, bag and freeze. Man they smell good!:)
 
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