brushrunretiree
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YOUR RIGHT, WE LEARNED FROM OUR IN-LAWS, WHO LEARNED FROM THEIR PARENTS. I KNOW AROUND HERE, THE VO-AG CLASSES/FFA TEACH A MEAT CUTTING CLASS IN SCHOOL. MIGHT CHECK THERE . I'D ALSO CHECK AT TRACTOR SUPPLY, LOCAL CO-OP, FEED STORES, ETC. THEY HAVE CANNERS,CANNING SUPPLIES, BOOKS ON CANNING. INTERNET OUGHT TO HAVE INFO, ALSO. PLANTING TIMES VERY FROM LOCATIONS TO LOCATIONS. MEANING WHERE YOU LIVE, WILL DICTATE WHEN YOU PLANT YOUR VEGETABLES. WE BUTCHER OUR BEEFS IN THE FALL ALONG WITH USUALLY ONE HOG. A COUPLE OF REASONS, 1. THE BEEF IS BETTER DRAINED OUT BETTER IF YOU LET THEM HANG, IN A PROTECTED AREA, BEFORE PUTTING THEM IN A COOLER FOR @10 DAYS. 2. THE BEEF IS EASIER TO CUT UP AFTER CHILLING FOR THE AFORE MENTIONED TIME. SOME LIKE MORE CHILLING TIME, IT'S ALL PREFERENCE. THE HOG SAME THING. THERE ARE PLACES THAT DO CUSTOM BUTCHERING, SOME YOU CAN TAKE THE ANIMAL TO THEM ALIVE, SOME WANT THEM AFTER THEY'VE CHILLED, SOME PROVIDE COOLERS AND CUT THEM UP AT THEIR LEISURE. WE USE A PLACE THAT CUTS,WRAPS AND FREEZES THE MEAT. VEGETABLES ARE A DIFFERENT ITEM ALL TOGETHER IN OUR AREA, AS PEAS HAVE TO BE PLANTED WHEN IT'S STILL COOL, LETTUCE IS EARLY ALSO. WE PLANT POTATOES ON GOOD FRIDAY AND PLOW THEM OUT AFTER LABOR DAY. SWEET CORN IS PLANTED IN EARLY MAY AFTER THE GROUND HAS WARMED UP. THIS IS WHEN WE PUT OUR TOMATO PLANTS OUT, AFTER YOUR SURE THE FROSTS ARE OVER, IF NOT YOU'VE GOT TO COVER THEM. FROST WONT HURT THE POTATOES,THOUGH. MOST SWEET CORN TAKES ABOUT 85 TO 90 DAYS TO MATURE. WE FREEZE SOME CORN ON THE COB, AFTER BOILING IT, THEN WE COOL IT IN THE SINK WITH COLD WATER SO WE CAN HANDLE IT, THEN PUT IT IN FREEZER BAGS. THE REST WE WORK UP, BOILING, THEN COOLING, THEN WE CUT THE CORN OFF THE COB, THEN WE CAN IT. AFTER WE'VE TIRED OF EATING THE NUBBINS, AND BEFORE THE CORN GETS TOO HARD, WE PICK THE PATCH CLEAN, WORK IT UP, WITH THE OTHER VEGETABLES FROM THE GARDEN, AND MAKE UP VEGETABLE SOUP, HOMEMADE IS DELICIOUS!!! WE ALSO MAKE TOMATO SAUCE, TOMATO JUICE, AND USE THE REST IN THE SOUP. WE ALSO PLANT PEPPERS, HOT AND GREEN, WE USE THEM THE SOUP, WE CAN THE HOT PEPPERS WITH HOT DOGS. OUT OF THIS WORLD, JUST RIGHT FOR HUNTING MUNCHIES. I ALMOST FORGOT, WE MAKE A MUSTARD RELISH OUT OF THE PEPPERS , YOU NEVER ATE ANYTHING BETTER ON HAM SANDWICH!! AND ONE BIG THING I FAILED TO MENTION WAS YOU HAVE TO RUN A ROTOTILLER BETWEEN THE ROWS TO LOOSEN THE GROUND, THEN YOU HAVE TO HOE THE GARDEN, TO CUT THE WEEDS OUT. IT'S ALOT OF WORK, BUT WHEN THE SNOWS A BLOWIN' THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN A BOWL OF HOME MADE VEGETABLE SOUP WITH A HAM SANDWICH.
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