What did you do today?

[Achto 27,597]

Just about done harvesting from me little garden. Todays menu...25lbs of tomatoes to boil for a bit, drop in cold water, peal and chop up.

 

Onions, garlic, red & green bell peppers chopped up then sautéed.

 

Throw every thing in pots along with some dried basil & oregano from the garden. Add a few more spices and then let the whole concoction simmer for 5hrs while remembering to stir it every 15min.   

 

End results - A little over 10qts of spaghetti sauce. 

 

 

Perfected my recipe to my liking last year. Just a little sweet with bit of heat to put a damp sweat on your brow. Don't think I can go back to store bought.

 

Edited September 20, 2022 by Achto

[SylvanLakeWH 25,596]

Retrofitted my gutter cleaner extension tube from a craftsman blower for the Dewault cordless blower… works like a charm…no more cord!!! Two wraps of gorilla tape and the gasket is perfect…

 

 

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

10 minutes ago, Achto said:

25lbs of tomatoes

 

I only put two plants in.  Usually we get way more than we need.

 

This year... MEH!

 

So far I've harvested exactly THREE ripe tomatoes.  Another is starting to ripen now. Chipmunk ate one.

 

The vines are loaded with "greenies" though.  I can't figure out what happened.  Maybe too hamn dot for them to ripen?  They got plenty of water during the drought, it's not that.  Does heat prevent the 'maters from ripening on the vine?

 

 

[The Freightliner Guy 1,327]

Today I managed to get my 1984 Yamaha tri zinger to start again and hopefully it doesn’t die again 

[Achto 27,597]

2 hours ago, Jeff-C175 said:

Does heat prevent the 'maters from ripening on the vine?

 

 

 

A little cool weather tends to kick them off I think. Still in the high 70's low 80's during the day here but 50's & 60's at night. My plants are done for the year. I took all the green ones off that were of size today & have them laying on a table on the front porch where they can get plenty of sun. They should be ripe by the end of the week.

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

12 minutes ago, Achto said:

all the green ones

 

I usually make green tomato parmesan.  Same recipe as eggplant parm subbing maters.

[Lane Ranger 10,968]

11 hours ago, Achto said:

Just about done harvesting from me little garden. Todays menu...25lbs of tomatoes to boil for a bit, drop in cold water, peal and chop up.

 

Onions, garlic, red & green bell peppers chopped up then sautéed.

 

Throw every thing in pots along with some dried basil & oregano from the garden. Add a few more spices and then let the whole concoction simmer for 5hrs while remembering to stir it every 15min.   

 

End results - A little over 10qts of spaghetti sauce. 

 

 

Perfected my recipe to my liking last year. Just a little sweet with bit of heat to put a damp sweat on your brow. Don't think I can go back to store bought.

 

Dan, many years ago an Italian I worked with gave me a recipe for marinar sauce that we canned from out tomato 🍅 crop.  But she said to make it you really need one of the Italian  tomato presses.  
 

We bought one made out of Tim and it was interesting to use as it removed the juice and pulp from the skin and seeds.  It had a hand crank and you had to clean the screen after five or six tomatoes.  
 

But I have to say it made a great juice and sauce from the separation process.

 

This is a current type I saw on the internet.

https://garrettwade.com/product/italian-made-tomato-press?gclid=CjwKCAjwyaWZBhBGEiwACslQo_g8Qjm1SQNW_VVeNy--0it_8L6Y7OwalNtPMLe19gTXNfF0Q7oaeRoC0tAQAvD_BwE

 

[Achto 27,597]

46 minutes ago, Lane Ranger said:

But I have to say it made a great juice and sauce from the separation process

 

Thanks Lane, I'm going to look into getting one of those. It would make life easier for some of my sauces.

[Pullstart 62,905]

Kids decided the wishbone was ripe for plunking apart last night.  They thought long and hard for their wishes.  I made sure their pinkies were far to the bottom so nobody had more or less leverage.  Then POP!

 

The center section landed across the table at my placemat!  

 

I happened to be viewing a round hood tractor on RedSquare.  Hmm….

 

[Pullstart 62,905]

On 9/18/2022 at 12:40 PM, Stormin said:

 Measured up for more fence replacing. Then cut down a hawthorn bush and dug out the root. Strimmed and mowed the lawn. Then

 Decided to see if the mower deck off the C-125 would fit the C-121 (The Black Horse) Of course it did but a slight problem raised its head. 

  I'll post why in Wheel Horse Tractors later. What have you done to... 

  Dinner is served. 

  

I saw that in the other thread too… could you have swapped rear tires Norm?

[squonk 41,142]

3 hours ago, Lane Ranger said:

Dan, many years ago an Italian I worked with gave me a recipe for marinar sauce that we canned from out tomato 🍅 crop.  But she said to make it you really need one of the Italian  tomato presses.  
 

We bought one made out of Tim and it was interesting to use as it removed the juice and pulp from the skin and seeds.  It had a hand crank and you had to clean the screen after five or six tomatoes.  
 

But I have to say it made a great juice and sauce from the separation process.

 

This is a current type I saw on the internet.

https://garrettwade.com/product/italian-made-tomato-press?gclid=CjwKCAjwyaWZBhBGEiwACslQo_g8Qjm1SQNW_VVeNy--0it_8L6Y7OwalNtPMLe19gTXNfF0Q7oaeRoC0tAQAvD_BwE

 

My Grandmother had a metal one. Sauce time was quite the production. My mom and a couple of Aunt's were involved. They used a big sheet to catch the grindings out of the press over a double sink. Looked like this one but old! 

 

[Stormin 9,981]

5 hours ago, Pullstart said:

I saw that in the other thread too… could you have swapped rear tires Norm?

 

Black Horse's rears have wheel weights fitted, Kevin. Getting a tad old for fighting with them.

[Pullstart 62,905]

2 minutes ago, Stormin said:

 

Black Horse's rears have wheel weights fitted, Kevin. Getting a tad old for fighting with them.

Understood.  

[squonk 41,142]

54 minutes ago, Stormin said:

 

Black Horse's rears have wheel weights fitted, Kevin. Getting a tad old for fighting with them.

nORMSTER, if you have these over at your side of the lake, they make swapping weighted/filled tire/wheel assemblies a snap. Jack up the tractor, roll the dolly underneath the tire and set the tire back down just so it rests on the plate. Undo the lugs and roll away.

 

[Stormin 9,981]

We do Mike. But I don't. 

[Pullstart 62,905]

Fixing up Norman’s front end today… tires and alignment job found loose ball joints.  They told me lowers, but it ended up being uppers.  Then, the new replacements were .006” slop fit.  No go.  

 

 

[Stormin 9,981]

Started on the second section of the garden fence renewal this afternoon.

 

 

Removing the first old post didn't go quite to plan. See Bumps and bruises. Managed to get two posts and two panels in place before rain stopped play.

[Stormin 9,981]

  Got the fencing finished today without any further mishaps. Section on the left is lower due to the ground sloping down to the left.

  BTW. The two posts at the ends are true vertically. Who said the camera can't lie?

 

 

 

[Horse Newbie 7,071]

Cut the yard… exercised the Horses…

[19richie66 17,508]

Ground/cut all the “Panzer” off this rear axle. Drums and the rest of the brake parts were trash. I believe it is a 1937 Dodge truck rear end. I can only find two things online that identity it with that year. Not sure but it rotates nice and smooth.  What to do with it…….. 😁

[8ntruck 7,015]

Last weekend when we got home from our trip to Ky., Irked the truck with the travel trailer still attached.  When I went to start it up to move the trailer to its parking place, the truck would not crank.  Jumped it from our Jeep and it kicked right over.  Couple days later, I drove the truck into town to walk the dog and stop at the post office.  The truck almost did not start at the post office.  Put a battery charger on it that afternoon.  Next morning, I checked the volt me get before starting - 10 volts - not good.

 

$180 later this morning and I'm back in business.  7 year old truck with 97,000 miles on the original battery.  Guess I can't complain too much.

 

Took the truck on a road trip to visit @Pullstart today.   We cut a deal on an equalizer hitch that was in his way, but I have a use for.  We traded a few stories and generally had a good discussion.

[Pullstart 62,905]

It was great to see you Bill!

[Achto 27,597]

Kickin' back pulling 9 fishing lines today. Oh, & getting paid to do it.

[SylvanLakeWH 25,596]

 

You get a new gubment job? 

[Pullstart 62,905]

After a ride on Putt Putt…

 

 

 

 

 

I fixed my smoker!