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Main garden is about 25 feet by 36 feetor a bit larger. I grow many vegetable which are pressure canned for off season use. I have a new way of keeping the soil energized. It is experimental at this stage. … Continue reading →

30 September 2022 Delicious Apple Processing https://durgan.org/2022/September%202022/30%20September%202022%20Delicious%20Apple_/HTML/ 30 September 2022 Delicious Apple A bushel of delicious apples 40 pounds purchased for 40 dollars were processed into 34 liters of juice at 15 PSI for 15 minutes. Process was: Wash, quarter, … Continue reading →

29 September 2022 Brussels Sprouts and Carrots. https://durgan.org/2022/September%202022/29%20September%202022%20Brussels%20Sprouts%20and%20Carrots_/HTML/ 29 September 2022 Brussels Sprouts and Carrots A few Brussels Sprouts and Carrots were left in the garden and were removed and made into four liter jars of pressure canned juice. Excellent … Continue reading →

https://durgan.org/2022/September%202022/22%20September%202022%20Concord%20Juice%20122%20liters/HTML/ 22 September 2022 Concord Juice 122 liters One hundred and twenty (120) liters of pressure canned juice 15 PSI for 15 minutwas obtained from 6 bushels of Concord grapes. The substrates were removed about 5 pounds and about 10 … Continue reading →

21 September 2022 Processing Concord Grapes Six bushels of Concord grapes were processed into about 120 liter jars of juice pressure canned at 15 PSI for 15 minutes. Six liters of picked grapes weighed about 40 pounds off the vine. … Continue reading →

https://durgan.org/2022/September%202022/18%20September%202022%20Procesing%20one%20bushel%20of%20Concord%20Grapes/HTML/ 18 September 2022 Processing 6 Bushels of Concord Grapes Six bushels of Concord Grapes 40 pounds each were processed into about 126 one liter jars of juice. Explained with pictures is one bushel. The remainder were similarly procesed. Prcess … Continue reading →

https://durgan.org/2022/September%202022/15%20September%202022%20Garden%20Concord%20Grapes/HTML/ 15 September 2022 Garden Concord Grapes Seven liters of garden Concord grape juice was made from ten pounds of grapes from the one plant. All the grape was used by removing the indivual grapes from the green subtrate, by … Continue reading →

Ripening of Grapes All varieties of grape are non-climateric — they don’t ripen once they’re taken off the vine. What is the difference between climacteric and non-climacteric fruit? The reason for this is that there are two different types of … Continue reading →

https://durgan.org/2022/September%202022/5%20September%202022%20Watermelon/HTML/ 5 September 2022 Watermelon One medium sized watermelon was made into presure canned juice. The whole watermelon was used except the seeds. Method: The skin was removed by cooking the whole watermelon in a large pot for about 40 … Continue reading →

https://durgan.org/2022/September%202022/5%20September%202022%20Cabbage%20Zucchini/HTML/ 5 September 2022 Cabbage Zucchini Eleven liters of cabbage and zucchini were pressure canned. Method: Wash, reduce in size, cook and make a slurry, strain, place in batches of 7 and pressure can. The strainer output of the 2mm … Continue reading →