JC Backyard Berryton KS

10/13/2026

⚡️ Ever notice how green your garden looks after a thunderstorm? That’s because rain acts like a free, natural fertilizer! 🌧️🌱
Rainwater can’t absorb regular nitrogen gas on its own, so it gets its nutrient boost in three ways:
• Lightning Bolts: The intense heat from a storm splits stubborn nitrogen molecules in the air. They bond with oxygen, dissolve into raindrops, and wash down as instant plant food.
• Air Scrubbing: Falling rain acts like a cleanup crew, absorbing ammonia from farm fields and nitrogen emissions from cars and factories.
• Natural Emissions: Rain catches traces of nitrogen gases released by wildfires, volcanoes, and natural soil bacteria on its way down.
Next time it pours, just think of it as nature's ultimate lawn care service! 🙌🌧️ See less

10/04/2026

Garden lunch

Wings marinated in fermented Malawi piquante and Zebrange peppers then grill smoked with pecan wood

Pontiac Red potatoes from the garden with a little EVOO and paprika

And homemade catsup made with brown sugar and molasses

09/24/2026

Homemade Catsup — 6 pints Finished

Tomato purée — 1.4 gallons, reduced with spices and vinegar added at start

Sweetener
Brown sugar — 1¾ cups
Molasses — ½ cup

Acid
Vinegar
White vinegar — 1¾ cups

Seasonings
Salt — 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon
Onion powder — approximately 2½ tablespoons
Garlic powder — approximately 2 tablespoons
Dry mustard — approximately 2 tablespoons
Allspice — ½ teaspoon
One shake of cinnamon near the end
One extra ½ tsp mustard near the end

Cayenne — 1/3 tsp

09/24/2026

The San Marzan tomatoes have been healthy and productive this year. No spray and just a tablespoon of blood meal at planting and a little more after the first harvest. Anyway lots of marinara, juice, BBQ sauce and today Catsup!!!
Molasses and brown sugar added a richness to the color

The Mill gifted to me by Z&M made the prep so easy that it may have encouraged another year of the big garden.

09/10/2026

Can you find the turtle?

btw - this video is from this week, I think the KS heat may have rebooted the camera

09/01/2026

08/27/2026

Bring back the what’s for dinner post!

We made 7 pints of fresh tomato and onion bbq sauce today. There was pizza dough and pulled pork in the fridge so gawl Ali.

08/27/2026

At least some of this Maybe all is gonna become barbecue sauce, but tell me if it’s worth making homemade ketchup out of some of it instead


08/19/2026