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Capture summer’s flavor in a jar by canning tomatoes From the loving way I look at them, you’ d think these jars were filled with a fine red wine. But no, they are filled with fine red tomatoes. How satisfied and rich they make me feel! The royal red color broadcasts richness through the sparkling clean glass. But it’ s not just for show; I know from years past that these particular tomatoes will impart an especially rich, well-balanced and tomato-y flavor to sauces, stews and soups. A GOOD VARIETY MAKES A GOOD SAUCE It’ s hard to reap such satisfaction from a jar or can that you “harvest” from a supermarket shelf, or even from tomatoes you purchase and then jar up yourself. One reason is variety. LEE REICH A great deal of difference exists in cooked flavor from one variety of tomato to the next, even if both are billed as “paste tomatoes.” Most commercial paste tomato varieties are bred for such qualities as good yield and disease resistance, but too often fall flat when it comes to flavor. Without delving into the nuances of flavors among the most savory varieties, suffice it to say that the variety San Marzano is among the best, and makes up the bulk of that slushy red heaven that fills the jars on my kitchen counter. In Italy, commercially canned tomatoes that are San Marzano tout that fact on the label. So my first bit of advice: Make yourself a note to get some San Marzano tomato seeds for planting next spring. You can’ t count on buying San Marzano transplants next year because the variety almost universally sold as transplants is Roma, a good-looking but sadtasting paste tomato. EASY CANNING Perhaps you can buy some San Marzano fruits now, or fruits of some other good cooking tomato such as Howard’ s German, Amish Paste, Anna Russian or Prudens Purple. If so, jar up your own for winter use. Not many people can tomatoes these days and methods vary, so let me describe my method, which is simple and relatively quick. I’ m ready to begin once I’ ve accumulated a quarter of a bushel or more of tomatoes. I rarely harvest that many at once, so I’ ll just toss thoroughly ripe ones into a plastic bag in the freezer without any further preparation (beyond cutting off any bad spots) until I’ ve accumulated enough for a batch. Then I put a half inch of water into the bottom of a large cooking pot, dump in the frozen and any new fresh tomatoes I have, and start cooking. My goal is to slowly simmer the mass to concentrate it. Once the tomatoes have cooked down to about half their volume, which takes about a half a day on low heat with occasional stirring, I could jar them up. But I like to first blend my tomatoes, an easy job with an immersion blender that you dip into the cooking pot. A quick See Garden p. 2D
In this July 2017 photo,Heirloom tom atoes are displayed forsale ata farm ers m arketin Falls Church,Va.A potof tom atoes,cooked down,blended,and then canned,brings som e sum m er-y flavorto the dead ofwinter.(AP photo)
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GROWING ORGANIC By COLLIN THOMPSON Michigan State University Extension This time of year, local garlic is starting to appear at farmers markets, farm stands and grocery stores. A staple in many types of cuisines, garlic is as fun to grow as it is to cook.
This undated photo shows canned tom atoes in jars in New Paltz,N.Y.A potoftom atoes,cooked down,blended, and then canned,brings som e sum m er-y flavor to the dead ofwinter.(AP photo)
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TYpES Of GARlIC Garlic falls into two broad categories: softneck and hardneck. Softneck varieties have a flexible stalk that is an extension of the papers that wrap the cloves. This flexible neck dries down quickly and can be braided or cut for sale. Hardneck varieties are characterized by their stiff stalk that extends from the bottom plate of the garlic bulb to the top of the plant. This stalk produces a scape in early summer, which is similar to a flowering head, though instead of forming a flower, it forms a bulbil with small, genetically identical cloves that can self-sow to produce the next generation. However, most growers will remove these scapes to redirect energy downward, allowing for larger bulb formation. These scapes can be snapped off or cut above the top leaves and eaten or sold as a garlic substitute. Softneck and hardneck garlic can be further divided into
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Garlic is shown atleft.(MetroCreative photo)Below,clean straw m ulch and propersoilpreparation can reduce weed pressure in organic system s.(Courtesy photo) different families, each of which is identified by its clove formation and flavor profile. There are numerous families of garlic, but below is a list of the most common: Softneck ¯ Artichoke —Productive and easy to grow, artichoke varieties are very common. They typically consist of an outer row of large cloves with several inner cloves of a smaller size. The flavor of artichoke garlic can range from See Garlic p. 2D
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Garlic from 1D spicy to mild. ¯ Silverskin —Silverskin garlic is some of the longest lasting in storage. Because of this, they are typically the most common to find in the supermarket. Similar to artichoke varieties, silverskin garlic has 12-20 cloves arranged in multiple layers. Also like artichokes, the flavor is wide ranging among varieties. Hardneck ¯Porcelain —Porcelain garlic is identified by its four large, symmetrical cloves around the central stalk. The cloves can reach impressive sizes, which are a joy to cook with, but lead to fewer plants per pound of seed. Porcelain garlics have great flavor, balancing earthiness with strong heat. ¯Rocambole —Known for their excellent, full-bodied flavor, rocamboles are sought out by chefs and processors. They have six to 11 large, easy to peel cloves, though they have a shorter shelf life than other varieties. They can be identified by their scapes, which form a double loop as they grow. ¯ Purple Stripe —Purple stripe garlics earn their name by their beautifully colored papers that feature purple stripes and splotches that can vary with variety and weather. They feature eight to 12 cloves per bulb, with slightly smaller cloves than rocambole varieties. They have a moderate storage life of six months. SOIl pREpARATION Garlic benefits from rich, well-drained, near neutral soil, but can survive in a wide range of soil types. Softneck varieties tend to be more forgiving, but all garlic can succumb to rot when drainage is inadequate. A chisel plow or yeoman’ s plow can be used to ensure adequate drainage, especially when set to break up the soil at each row position. Alternatively, a cover crop rotation including tillage radishes and a high-yielding legume improve drainage and provide nitrogen credits. Garlic benefits from heavy fertilization —125 pounds of nitrogen, 150 pounds of phosphorous and 150 pounds of potassium per acre for maximum yields. Nitrogen should be applied at planting (75 pounds), at 6inches of growth (25 pounds) and right before scape emergence (25 pounds). Compost can be applied to add fertility and organic matter, though it should be analyzed to better understand what fertility it provides. Remember, before
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should be removed as soon as possible on hardneck varieties, and soil should be consistently moist throughout the production cycle. An inch of water per week throughout dry spells will allow for maximum growth.
applying any fertility to a crop, soil testing should be done to ensure proper fertility application. Garlic can be planted on bare soil or into plastic mulch in far northern climates. Black and green plastic mulches can help retain moisture and boost soil temperatures in the spring. In warm climates, bare soil production systems are recommended to ensure proper soil temperatures for emerging garlic.
HARVEST/CURING Garlic is ready for harvest when five to seven leaves have yellowed. Each of these leaves correlates with a wrapper on the bulb. Late harvests, in which leaves have senesced, yield fewer wrappers and poor storage life. plANTING Garlic heads must be bro- Harvest usually occurs in ken apart into individual mid-June to mid-July in cloves a few days prior to Michigan. Garlic can be lifted with an planting. Cloves should be graded and selected to undercutter bar or dug by achieve optimum head size. hand. Care should be taken to Large cloves tend to produce avoid damage to the bulbs larger heads. The number of during harvest. If storage is required, garlic plants per pound of seed is variety dependent, but a must be cured properly. Currough guide is provided be- ing garlic can be done by hanging garlic in bunches, or low: by laying out on racks or on Garlic Avg. plants/lb. the floor. Some growers will power wash garlic post-harVariety of seed vest to reduce the amount of dirt on the wrappers before Artichoke 65 curing. This can result in Silverskin 70 cleaner wrappers and less Porcelain 40 handling post-curing. Most Rocambole 60 growers leave the tops intact Purple Stripe 60 while curing, though trimGarlic is typically planted ming the tops can speed curin rows 6 to 12 inches apart, ing and reduce handling postwith individual cloves set 4 curing. In areas with high huto 8 inches apart in-row. midity, circulating fans can Larger bulbs result from be used to speed the curing greater spacing, but this will process, while lower-humidiresult in fewer plants per ty areas can have adequate acre. Cloves are planted 1 to curing in two to three weeks. 2 inches deep with the clove After the leaves have dried oriented with the growth and papers have shrunk to the bulb, the garlic can be plate down. Planting should be done trimmed and stored in clean two to four weeks before a boxes or mesh bags at 32-35 hard freeze settles in. In degrees and 65-75 percent Michigan, this is in October- relative humidity. Heads can be graded for November. Garlic needs to be planted early enough to sale and seed selection. U.S. allow for adequate root No. 1 garlic requires that growth, but aboveground bulbs be no less than 1.5 growth is not ideal. In areas inches in diameter, but dewith limited snowfall, 2 to 4 pending on your market, you inches of straw mulch should can grade to further specificabe applied post-planting. tions. A simple grading tool Growers in high snowfall ar- can allow a grower to select eas can sometimes utilize the bulbs for varying price points snowpack as effective and seed selection. Garlic can be a very remulch, though most growers continue to mulch to mini- warding and profitable crop mize risk of freezing planted for the commercial grower and home gardener. Through cloves. the use of proper production practices, growers can reach MANAGEMENT Garlic is a poor competitor improved yields, year after against weeds, so proper year. For more information on steps must be taken prior to planting to minimize weed growing organic garlic, check pressure. Stale bedding for out Bulletin E3371 at two to four weeks prior to https://www.canr.msu.edu/re planting and using clean, sources/organic_garlic_proweed-free straw mulch can duction_e3371 greatly reduce weed pressure. Mulch can be removed EDITOR’S NOTE: Collin in the spring to allow for me- Thompson is the Farm Manager chanical cultivation, though of The North Farm at the Michiirrigation needs may in- gan State University Upper Peninsula Research and Extension Cencrease as a result. ter in Chatham and a Community In order to achieve maxi- Food System Educator with MSU mum bulb size, scapes Extension.
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By LISA A. FLAM Associated Press If your child is just off to college and you’ ve been dreaming of all the ways you could use that suddenly lifeless bedroom, you may want to put down the paintbrush and hold off for a bit on plans for a major room transformation. It’ s an emotional time all around, and experts advise against any sudden movements, tempting as they may be. “It’ s the mixed emotions of, ‘ Wow, look at this potential space I’ m gaining that I could do something with,’ mixed with, ‘ Oh, my kid is leaving home and they won’ t be under my roof each and every night,’ ” said Amy Panos, home editor for Better Homes and Gardens magazine. With many families pinched for space, an uninhabited bedroom could become a place for work, exercise, relaxation or guests, or maybe a bigger room for a long-envious little sibling. The best plan, though, is to leave that bedroom alone for at least the first year, Panos says. That way, students can return home to find the warm and loving environment of their room still standing, and they won’ t feel like they’ ve been forgotten or displaced while they were away adjusting to their new life. “It’ s important for the child to know they still and always will have a comfortable place to land back at home,” Panos said. “They’ re still very much part of the family even though they’ re not living in the home full time.” A teenager’ s childhood bedroom is meaningful, a private spot away from parents and siblings where they can shed a tear and be alone with their thoughts, said Vivian Seltzer, who was a professor of human development and behavior at the University of Pennsylvania for more than 35 years and is now a psychologist in private practice working with adolescents. “It’ s like a beloved sweater they feel comfortable in, good in, secret in,” Seltzer said.
Garden from 1D rinse cleans the blender, and then I ladle the now slushy tomato heaven into washed, one-quart canning jars, filling them to within an inch of their tops. To each quart jar add 2 tablespoons of bottled lemon juice or 1?2 teaspoon of citric acid. This is to make the mix more acidic, which prevents growth of the bacterium that causes botulism. Canning jars are sealed with special rings and lids. I ready the lids by putting them into a small pot of water, bringing it to a boil, and then removing the lids and placing one on each jar. A threaded ring holds each lid down firmly but not too
This photo provided by BetterHom es & Gardens shows a bedroom with a daybed.Afteryourchildren have adjusted to college life and being away from hom e,you m ay wantto swap outtheirbed fora daybed thatcan be used as a seating area ora place to sleep when they're hom e from school.(AP photo) She recommends leaving a child’ s bedroom intact for as long as possible during the college years. Of course, it’ s not always possible to leave the room untouched, especially in larger families. But any possible change or new use should be discussed with the child, after the parents make sure they agree with each other, Seltzer said. “That’ s very important because a lot of times they don’ t,” she said. “One of them has had an eye on that room and hasn’ t mentioned it to the other.” Talk with your child about any plans for the room several months before it’ s time to go, she recommended. “Get this topic into the discussion well ahead of time, so that it isn’ t on the verge of the child leaving for college, which is a very emotional period,” Seltzer said. You don’ t want them to come home for Christmas break and be shocked, “saying their whole room has changed; it’ s been taken away from them.” It can be easy to keep the room largely the same and still use it when your child is away. If you need to sit at the desk, store your child’ s possessions somewhere safe and private. You can tell your son or daughter that guests may stay in the room, but it will be ready for them on school breaks. “Enjoy the space and use the space in a smart way,” Panos said. “When the kid
comes home, it’ s their space, but the three weekends out of the month they’ re not home, you can still use it while still preserving a soft, comfy place for them when they come home. I do not believe you need to keep the room a shrine to your child.” Give the room a decluttering and a deep cleaning, but make sure you don’ t throw away objects special to your child. After the first year, you’ ll have learned how often your child comes home, for how long and with how much stuff. “Once you have a better understanding of that, you can plan out some changes that make sense for your needs and for how your kid feels about the room,” Panos said. Then maybe you’ ll replace the queen-size bed with a twin bed or a daybed to free up more space, Panos said. You might repaint in a neutral color or buy nicer linens for guests. Continue talking with your child about change. Remember, even kids who may seem too cool for school about their room probably really do care about it, tattered posters, rug stains and all. It’ s a place filled with memories, one that bears a personal and sentimental stamp years in the making. “Don’ t underestimate the importance of that space for a growing child, even if it’ s a kid who acts like it’ s no
tightly. Now you need one special piece of equipment: either a pot large enough to completely submerse the jars under 2 inches of water, or a pressure canner. A rack that fits into the bottom of either pot keeps the jars off the directly heated metal. After 45 minutes in boiling water or 15 minutes under 10 pounds of pressure in the pressure canner, the jars are finished. Remove them immediately from the water bath, but the pressure canner needs to sit unopened and undisturbed until the pressure drops back down. Among the most satisfying aspects of canning tomatoes is looking at the finished jars cooling on the
counter. Once they cool, press on each lid to confirm that it’ s been sucked downwards and a vacuum seal has formed. Those tomatoes can now just sit on a shelf indefinitely. But they won’ t —because I’ ll eat them, the other satisfying part of canning tomatoes.
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