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August garden tour, harvesting dill and cucumbers for pickles

The last few weeks I was in NY visiting my oldest daughter then got back and we went to the ocean. My people at home watered for me when needed but otherwise the gardens went wild. This video gives an update on the crops as well as views of flowers and fruits both wild and planted. One daughter helped me harvest the garlic and I harvested dill and more cucumbers. The pickling cucumbers I picked when I first got back were huge and starting to yellow especially after they sat in the basket all week. So I set out to pick some fresh and pickle as many as I could today. Most of the old yellow ones I composted while saving one for seed. I spent the rest of the afternoon inside from the heat and made 8 jars of pickles. I like to make pickles with brine because they taste the best to me, and there's nothing better than fresh dill flowers. I've tried canning pickles and they get too soft. I bought pickling spices from the store last year when I ran out of fresh dill and it tasted awful, so no one ate those! I used the store bought spices to make a bucket full of pickles but ended up throwing them all out. My family also seemed afraid to pull pickles from the bucket! So, trying this year to make it a success. We eat a lot of fresh cucumbers with onions and vinegar as a side dish with dinner throughout the harvest. This may be another reason why we haven't eaten all of the pickles in the past - people get tired of them after a while! I've been on a journey to self-sufficiency, learning to develop and master life skills, often primitive ones. I love growing and harvesting the food I eat. It allows me to witness the life force moving through all living things. The goal is to connect with the Earth and the other elements as often as possible. Thanks for watching!