{"id":1932,"date":"2012-01-12T03:00:49","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T08:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=1932"},"modified":"2012-01-12T03:00:49","modified_gmt":"2012-01-12T08:00:49","slug":"q-and-a-sweet-and-spicy-pickles-planting-potatoes-and-planting-fruit-bushes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2012\/01\/12\/q-and-a-sweet-and-spicy-pickles-planting-potatoes-and-planting-fruit-bushes\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: Sweet and spicy pickles, planting potatoes, and planting fruit bushes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sweet and spicy pickles<\/strong><\/p>\n

What I would like is a recipe for sweet and spicy pickles. My husband and I were at a flea market in Abilene, Texas and bought a jar from a vendor. They were crisp and not too spicy. They have just a small amount of jalape\u00f1os in them. I have searched but can’t find a recipe that looks like it would work. So, I was hoping you might be able to help me out. My family really liked them and I hope to have enough cucumbers this year to make some. <\/em><\/p>\n

Ken and Jackie Smith<\/em>
\nTuscola, Texas<\/em><\/p>\n

What I do is make Bread and Butter pickles and add a few slices of jalape\u00f1o or other hot pepper. (Will likes Hungarian Wax.) This gives you a crispy sweet, yet spicy pepper. Try it and I think you’ll like them. (You can vary the amount of hotness with your likes. We like only a few slices where you may prefer more.) — Jackie<\/p>\n

Planting potatoes<\/strong><\/p>\n

I would like to try potatoes in my garden for the first time next year. Do I have to buy special seed potatoes or can I plant some store bought if they develop eyes? We really like the small dutch yellow (Holland?) type. They roast really well with a little oil and seasoning.<\/em><\/p>\n

Michael Lowery<\/em>
\nDekalb, Illinois<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, it’s a better idea to buy seed potatoes. Most store potatoes have been treated to prevent sprouting. Even when they do sprout, this spray sometimes interferes with those potatoes producing decent crops. Buy good seed potatoes, then save your own to use as seed potatoes the following years. You’ll be happier in the end. — Jackie<\/p>\n

Planting fruit bushes<\/strong><\/p>\n

I want to add some more fruit bushes to my property without spending much. I’ve looked at some online nurseries for plants such as blueberries, raspberries, bush cherries, gooseberries, and grapes. I’ve seen on eBay people selling the seeds for those, and it’s much cheaper, and it would seem you’d get more plants out of it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Have you ever grown these plants from seeds, and did you have good success? Or would it be better in the long run to just spend the extra money and get fewer plants from a nursery?<\/em><\/p>\n

Donnie McIlwain<\/em>
\nLowman, New York<\/em><\/p>\n

You’d be much better to buy a few of each one each year than to start them from seeds. In reality, it usually takes about 4 years before you get any fruit from your seedling berries. Ask around; maybe there’s a friend or neighbor who has raspberries or grapes you could get starts from. — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sweet and spicy pickles What I would like is a recipe for sweet and spicy pickles. My husband and I were at a flea market in Abilene, Texas and bought a jar from a vendor. They were crisp and not too spicy. They have just a small amount of jalape\u00f1os in them. I have searched […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}