I am in NWFL and usually ginger is grown in the ground here. I bought some last fall from a local grower. It was in a small pot so I just put it in a very large pot and kept it covered when we had freezing temps. The green tops did die back but they are just now growing again. My point is, grow ginger in a large planter in your green house!
use a dry teflonpan scrubby after soaking the carrots for a few minutes to get the dirt off all those ridges, then peel if you want. I usually leave the peels on, thats where most of the vitamins are. I hope this helps. I use them on all my root veggies.
Did you know you can use your blender or mixer to make butter. Much faster and not as hard. I love homemade butter. It tastes much fresher than the butter in the stores. So proud of you all for trying to do as much as you can to feed your family safely. God bless you all.
I used to use a salt shaker mixed with fine sand and sprinkle over area. I also make scrubbies to cleans new carrots. I don't plant carrots anymore. Kids grown and I can't eat enough to justify growing
If you catch the cream directly in the bowl from the stand mixer, you can just turn that on and it’ll make the butter for you - no shaking necessary, and less dishes!
Years ago I learned a method for sowing tiny seeds that works every time. If this were liquid, you'd be diluting it. Use some kind of powdered herb - black pepper works fine - mix a pinch of seeds into about a half teaspoon of herb powder and mix it together well. Then, each pinch of the mixture will only contain a few seeds and you can sprinkle them evenly over the surface.
we LOVE our canned carrots. i do 1/3 of mine normal.. 1/3 with garlic , and 1/3 with our onion soup mix for a nice roasted carrot flavor. the garlic one's we use for candied carrots after opening. way better then canned carrots from store eh? and open a jar and poof mash for a carrot casserole. half the works done . enjoyed our visit. interesting how you made goat butter.
Jenn, I think I heard you say you wanted to raise ginger. I am this year and turmeric as well. I am in zone 7a and got the starts from Fruition seeds they have seeds for more northern climates as well. Think winter growing.. all my ginger is doing well and waiting to move outdoors. Thank you for all you do to share helpful information with us.
We had no luck with carrots last year but trying again this year in a raised bed! Your canned carrots are so bright and beautiful. Do you sell your hat anywhere? I don't see it on your merch shelf or ink but I really like it!
I have never tried this but a friend of mine puts her seeds on damp toilet paper, carefully rolls them up and plants her tiny seeds that way. She doesn't have to thin later. The paper just composes.
I'm in sw TN and sow mine February 21 on my daughters birthday, and harvest june 27th on my moms birthday. I pulled a few last week and they were about 4-6inches long. Last year they were like 2-3 inches long...but now I know, I didnt let them stay long enough in the ground, so mid june ish it is!! They could have stayed through that frost since they are cold weather. Mine did fine, low around 38 I believe, uncovered.
I have really rocky soil and have never been able to grow carrots until hubby built me some raised beds last year. The difference in flavor is AMAZING. So good.
Here in the UK we have allotments. My grandad showed me how to grow carrots and always have them grow. Add 1/3 sand to your soil. Works everytime. He inherited his allotments from his father, who inherited them from his father. Go all the way back to the first world war, growing vegetables in the same plots.
THINNING TIP: I struggle with growing carrots .... a few years, we did great. a few years, we did poorly. a few years, we had mole troubles. UGH. But the thinning....instead of pulling the ones you want to remove. When the seedlings are 2 - 4 inches tall on top, cut them off with scissors at ground level. It disturbs less. Love you guys.
Your carrots look so pretty in the jars. If you have a rocking chair, or you can sit on the couch or regular chair, put the cream in the jar and lid. Sit it on your chest or stomach and then rock back and forth. Not near as tiring lol. Thanks for sharing with us. You all stay safe and healthy. God Bless Y'all.
The main thing is you have canned carrots, that YOU grew! Well explained! Great job! I just watched a Roots and Refuge video. Turkey day in May it's called. They got some Turkeys. They gave a Shout Out to you all !! At about 9:00 minutes in they were taking the Turkeys out of the box. They love you guys! So do we! GOD bless
You need the $20 peeling tool made by Paderno. I got mine off of Ebay. I peeled about 50 lbs of average size carrots in 1 hour. This plastic peeler clamps to your work surface and is manually operated. You just push the carrots in one end and they drop out the other end. It peels a little thicker than a regular hand held peeler, but the time savings are so worth it. My chickens got the peels. (Next time, I want to try dehydrating the peels then powdering them.) Also, try carrot seed tapes. They are a little more expensive, but no thinning and easier to plant!
I've never had or made goat butter, thanks! As for pressure canning, I was told however long it takes to process, that's how long it takes to cool. This is why I have 2 canners 😁. But it's all worth all the work!
I'm like you an excellent Clean Dish Stacking Queen. People only think we're setting them up for failure lol. Great Carrot Canning Video. I've watched Rebacka Rhodes make Cow Butter was nice to see Goats Butter being made. Pigs Love Skim Milk. Justins Love Skim so much they chase him for the Skim. All good eats. Hope Cat didn't get Ray Ray to bad. It didn't sound like it did. God Bless and Peace Be With You All ☮️🙏❣️
Wow! You two sure do work hard! And no dishwasher! Carrots keep an extremely long time in the fridge too or in a root cellar as mentioned in other comments. I washed mine and crammed as many as I could fit it the crisper part of the fridge and they lasted months! Just an idea.. could save a bit of work. Then you also have fresh carrots on hand :)
When I was a kid and my little brother and I would fight, my dad would hand each of us a qt. jar of heavy cream to make butter. He changed our fighting into a competition! It worked well too. We had a lot of butter in the house!
I had wayyy better luck growing carrots by seeding them then covering them in burlap (I used a coffee sack) or whatever kinda fabric you don’t mind getting dirty, and soaking that fabric and leaving it till the seed leaves come out. (Just in case anyone else is in the South or have issues with drying out before they germinate!) Game changer!
I’ve not made goat’s milk butter but I have made cows milk butter and I just throw it in the food processor and bam less than 5 minutes you have butter I would imagine it would work for goat cream as well!!
Hey - tiny seeds can go in a salt shaker to shake out. - I can’t remember which video I saw that in - i think it was for seeding poppy seeds. Edit- too bad you didn’t save the old fridge - you can dig a hole & lay the fridge in - small root cellar - i think you can do that with food grade barrels as well. Videos are out there.
I've always water bathed my carrots, actually all my veggies are water bathed. Never any problems and always good. Its the way I was taught. I always can my butter in small jelly jars.
Peggy Sue Whoa! I am definitely not a canning nazi, but you are really playing with fire by canning low acid foods in a water bath canner. Low acid foods need to be canned in a pressure canner, which gets much hotter.
I still have about a month before I can harvest my second round of carrots.....have you try using your food processer to churn butter..I do it with my whole milk and it's a dream compared to shaking a long time..that's a definite workout 💚🌱💚
I used to mix carrot seeds and radish seeds together, then sow them. The radishes grew fast, so when you harvested them, you were also thinning the carrots at the same time!
Get a potato scrubber!!!!! They are amazing for washing root vegetables and removes the need to peel if you use it properly and wastes less carrots!!!!!!
I dont think they need light for germination so covering with cardboard or anything would make germinate, but dont cover for too many days. Very high humidity.
I think I would have done smaller jars so that I got more jars, same amount in the end but could have lasted a little longer, I would do it that way for myself only because I rarely eat carrots for a side veg, I usually eat them in something like soups, pot pies, Shepard’s pies, something like that, good job though! It has to be so satisfactory to know you grew all them from seed and put all that food in your pantry! I need to buy a pressure canner
Love it. Can't wait until the next video. I learn so much... I Love the carrots. But i'm the only one and I can't keep carrots they go bad. So I go to the store when I want carrots, and I love garden fresh. ? God Bless.
Ok, watching with my morning coffee, and now time for me to rest again, yall made me tired, lol.... carrots and butter looks amazing, Many Blessings Yall
I think this is why people dont can them typically. Have you guys considered fermenting or even better some form of root cellar. I realize this would be different than how we do it up north, but some kind of root celler for down south?
Dishwashers are only good for storing dishes. I have had many in my life time and none compare to good old handwashing. And mastering the art of stacking dishes in a drainer is priceless. ❤️🤗
When we made butter from our cow, we actually used a loaf pan and parchment paper and only filled it about 2 inches high. Then for long term storage, we wrapped well and put it in the freezer. We had homemade for over a year after we got rid of our cow
I plant my carrots like you do. I love carrots so we plant them every year. I can in pints because there is just myself and husband. So much work but worth it!
Your last name caught my attention yesterday, it happens to my maiden name and I had to watch and see what your videos were all about. You could pass for the son or grandson of my cousin. I love the way you guys are always smiling.
So I noticed and it may have just not been shown, but did you wash the butter? I know from my experience with making butter, we washed it in cool water before storing it, and used the butter milk from it.
Just a couple things I do ...I use a metal pot scrubber to scrub the hide off carrots instead of peeling them. And is goats milk that different from cows ? I use my stand mixer to make butter.It only takes a few minutes ! Love y'all ...be blessed !
What type of 'Fish' fertilizer did you use? Grandular or liquid? Do you have problems with it drawing your Cats/Dogs to your beds? So does that mean you don't try to store your carrots for the 'Long Haul'? In other words, they are a part of your 'Working Pantry' that you rotate as you eat? Not any kind of 'Prepper' pantry?
So just a question. I have not done root veggies. I see water boiling in jars around carrots. When you go to use are they mushy and do you cook or roast as you would normally? I know silly questions but if you don’t ask will never know. 💝🇨🇦
As a young teenager I used to make cow's milk butter, that is some bright yellow butter. I didnt know goat butter is white, we used to wash out all the buttermilk and I noticed you didnt, is goat butter different then cows butter?
Jen, ciuld you do probiotic pickles at some point & what would be the best cucumbers to grow for them? I eat pickles, but do not it raw cucumbers - I react to them. Thanks.
Amelia-Irene Lehl for half-sour (or lacto fermented pickles) - or really any kind of preserving, you want to use pickling cucumbers, not slicers or salad cucumbers. I LOVE Dar & Delikatesse, but any variety at the nursery that says pickling will be great!
Okay, thank-you. As I need to bring more fermented foods into my diet, I need to figure out what ones I can make as its too expensive (in normal times) to purchase them all the time. Have a great evening/day.
My father-in- law didn’t believe me on not touching vegetables or canning vegetables at that time of the month so I helped them pick up potatoes out of the garden and I told him to keep them separate from the others so he did and they all rotted and he said I couldn’t help in his garden anymore. 😂
Hi Stivers, I have a question, I have a Presto canning like yours that was given to me. Does the regulator on yours have to jiggle at 10 psi the whole time ? Thanks for your reply! Tammie
I think u will get faster if u keep canning. I’ve done 35 pints in a day. Don’t u have to wash the butter with cold water like u do with cows butter. Cows butter is much stiffer.
only veggies that have a high acid content like tomatoes . otherwise it needs to be pressure canned. check out the Ball book of canning for complete list
would it have worked to blanch them and then soak them in salt water overnight once you knock initial dirt off because then I would think if they were blanched you might just be able to scrape whatever needed to come off
Ohhh I can’t wait till canning season starts. Love stocking the pantry! Have you ever tried adding minced chives and garlic to your homemade butter? Amazing on a baked potato or on top of a grilled steak. You can had so many combos of seasonings to butter to enhance it. Just remember to label it. Great video!
What about horseradish? Do you have any idea where I can get it to grow. I miss doing what you all are doing I am disabled now so I can't do that any more.
