We planted three plants this year and the cukes are coming out of our ears! Here is what I have done so far:
8 jars dill on 7/26
5 jars dill on 8/2
Dill- watch for height of cukes, some jars did not seal because the cukes were too high. The dill were easy to do piecemeal, because the brine is super easy to make. Next year- try fresh dill from the garden.
Bread and Butter: 2 double batches this year= 14 jars(ish, I already gave some away so I'm not quite sure)
Sweet pickles: ~12 cups of cukes yields 6 jars of sweet pickles. Tried the recipie from the ball jar book (blue one) for unbrined pickles. Cut cukes into chips using bread knife to make ridges. Will report back later on taste :)
The zucchini relish we made a few years ago was great, but with all the extra cukes I did have to make cucumber relish. The Ball book recipe yields a lot of relish, and I had to refrigerate some because it didn't get processed. The food processing took a LONG TIME. Must get a bigger processor for next year.
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