Jamie Jackson

Oh yeah. Jalapenos are doing well. So Friday afternoon I decided I needed to eat a few. Thankfully I had cream cheese, Mexican cheese and bacon on hand. Any suggestions of the photo thing? Drat!!!!

As I only have raised beds my volume of production is limited. Even though it's not been the best year of production so far it's not been bad either. I've been eating out of the garden several times a week for a couple of months now. I've managed to scald, peel and freeze 6 gallons of tomatoes so far (mostly Roma) with plans to cook them down into a marinara sauce in a couple of weeks. I'd like to have 8-10 gallons so I'll have enough to can. My bush green beans plants are on their 6 picking now. I usually pick around 1-1.5 gallons a week. I blanch and freeze about 1/2 of them and eat the rest. I agree they are nearly as delicious blanched and frozen as canned though. Just don't have the volume to can...yet. I have two 4 foot sections of pole beans coming up now. Fingers crossed I did spend the past couple of weekends canning. I put up a good bit of Kosher Dill pickles and Kosher Dill green tomatoes and some vegetable mix (onions, carrots,green tomatoes, yellow squash and zucchini...all from my little garden). I bought a head of cabbage and a couple of bell peppers and canned some Green tomato Chow-Chow. It is awesome, but I like such stuff. Kroger has peaches on sale for $.99/lb right now, so I picked up 15 pounds. I canned quarts of spiced peaches yesterday. I didn't have any Allspice berries, so I used ground Allspice, cinnamon sticks and whole cloves. The ground Allspice gives the finished product a bit of a darkness to it. I used the peach peeling to boil down and made peach jelly from them. They all Set!!! (That's a big deal if you make jelly! ). Curious. No matter what 360 orientation I set my photos they seen to load in a cockeyed orientation. sigh

The Good Lord was quite obviously with your daughter, and you. Thank you Lord. As Mac and others have said, the modern engineering is remarkable! I've been on the ER receiving end of many, many MVA's or MVC's over the past decades. Automobiles are safer now than they've ever been...but God's hand was evident here! Seat belt injuries can be pretty severe, both superficial and internal. I'm sure your daughter was thoroughly examined/scanned. I Pray for a speedy recovery for her. I can't, as a father, imagined how difficult this was for you and the family as well. I didn't know this about the I-phone's capabilities. That's pretty incredible. Prayers for you all KahrMan.

Wishing you a speedy and uneventful recovery @pop pop. My respect for, and avoidance of, confrontations with gravity grow more each year. Gravity is simply indiscriminate in it's ability to abuse us, especially as we age... and recovery takes a bit longer each time. I've done a good bit of home remodeling in the past couple of years, all with "aging in place" at it's core (I'm knocking on 70's door). Stair Lift, walk-in shower, grab bars and handrails etc. And still have the walkers, shower chairs etc. my beloved once needed readily available. I've seen too many negative outcomes from injuries during my past 50 years in Health Care. The mind may be willing. But... Again, speedy recovery Sir.

And Pickles. Kosher ill pickles, Kosher Dill green tomatoes and Kosher Dill mixed vegetables out of my garden. Disclaimer. I have already shared all of these with friends and family, I had around 28 pints all together. ARRRR another tilted photo. My cyberskillz are weak...

Looking Good Rob! That'll be some good eating! My garden has been riding the struggle bus this season what with the heat and the rain... I have been eating out of it daily and managed to put up some green beans, turnips, and rutabagas though. I spent the past 2 weekends waterbath canning, Prep takes longer than the actual canning of course. I decided to make some Chow Chow. I had to use store bought cabbage and bell peppers... limited growing space in my raised beds and such. But I got 14 pints put up over 2 weekends, The onions, carrots, green tomatoes, and jalapenos came from my garden. I had to resize the canned jars and for whatever reason it tilted the photo. Gravity is not to be blamed.

I think this would be a pretty good gun for a young person's introduction. I wear a medium size or 7 1/2 size surgical glove, so I have smallish hands and the grip girth and trigger reach is fine. Should be for the kids.

You know David, if someone had asked me 5 years ago whether or not I would recommend a Taurus product I would have said "No". A year ago "Maybe" (I still want to handle a 856 Toro in person). Now? "Probably". I'm actually surprised and obviously very pleased with this Tx22 Compact. Especially at it's current price-point. Give me another week and I hope to have between 2000-2500 rounds through it. All I'm doing at this point is a quick bore brush with CLP through it after a range session and keeping the slide lubed. I honestly didn't expect to like it so much. Or that it'd run so well and be so accurate. Hat's off to Caleb Giddings and the folks at Taurus at this point.

I picked up my TX 22 Compact on July 7th, ordered through Range USA, Took it inside the indoor range, removed the slide and inspected it, put a bit of Lucas Lube on the rails. I shot 150 rounds of various .22 ammo through it. CCI Minimags, Federal bulk, Remington bulk, Federal Spitfire and CCI Stingers. 100% feed and ignition. Great ergonomics and a surprisingly nice trigger. I was impressed. My old eyes were challenged with the factory sights, so I ordered a Holosun 407K for it and two 16 round magazines. A couple of additional range trips after putting some orange paint on the front sight with a total of 1000 rounds through it. I had one FTF out of a box of 50 Federal Punch. But Caleb Giddings, marketing manager from Taurus, warned this round may have difficulty related to the rather flat bullet profile. I did have 4 Failure to Fire rounds out of the same box 325 rounds of 2008 Federal Automatch at this point. I mounted the 407 on 13 July. Really easy mounting, effortless. It only took 12 rounds to have it zeroed at 15 yards. I like the 6 MOA dot and the window size is decent. No co-wittiness with the factory sights of course. Oh, I also purchased 2 of the 16 round mags and they run great. As I type this I have a total of 1200+ rounds through it. So 5 Fail to Fire and 1 FTF. To me, that's pretty darn impressive for a .22 RF semiauto. An extra bonus is that it fits the Dale Fricke Archangel holster I use for AIWB carry for my G19. Thanks for the insight and input on this thread. And the TX series is made to be dry fired by Taurus,

Incredible deal! Congratulations to all.

Welcome and a second for ORSA (Oak Ridge Sportsman Association). Members only, but the info is on their website. Easy to join. Windrock Shooting Range in Oliver Springs isn't much further out for where you'll be and it's both a pay & shoot or membership. I think Windrock uses Facebook more than their website FWIW.

Kevin? New avatar! Welcome back!

@tmauto769 @Beltfed Thank you for the offer Thomas. You are a gentleman Good Sir. I probably have more powder than I'll use in this lifetime LOL. So obviously I need to shoot more often! Really appreciate the offer my friend.

Definitely a "Team Fanny Pack" guy here. They were quite normal back in the 1990's, and tend to come and go in use. I still have an older Desantis in my holster box in the basement/reloading area. I frequently wore one while in scrubs going to and from work even less than 10 years ago. It's amazing how much gear they can hold and how little attention the general public pays them. And pushing 70 no one pays much attention to my attire anyway. Might have to dig mine out. +1 to fanny packs!

Obviously not @Moped here, but over the past 40++ years I've cared for patients shot with just about every caliber. Placement and penetration trump just about everything else. I'm certainly not saying this would be my preferred caliber by any stretch. As implied, it's a very niche type thing. People are very unique in how they react to being shot.Like @pop pop said, not a good "Man stopper". But more effective than a harsh word or sharp stick. I carry a G19 and an LCR in .38 the majority of the time personally. But what Claude (Tactical Professor I mentioned above) talks about is that very niche incident when it's all a person can utilize due to circumstances and primarily as a "Get off me!" tool to break contact. Very specific context. Apologize for the thread drift on my part. Really looking forward to receiving and shooting my TX 22 Compact. Heading to the range to celebrate our Independence!

Totally agree on the carrying of .22's my friend. Claude Werner (Tactical Professor) probably has a lot to do with that and it's difficult to argue with his logic and experience. Oh, it was definitely a worn out range mag on the one I tried. It's amazing it functioned at all with that thing. And the gun looked like it hadn't been cleaned this year! OK, maybe once

I finally had the opportunity to shoot the "rental" TX22 at my local indoor range. I say "rental" because there isn't a charge due to my membership. I like that, The TX22 fits my hand great. The trigger is surprisingly nice with solid reset. The sight picture is clear and crisp even to my old eyes. And I had no difficultly keep all the rounds in the X on the targets I print for Rastoff's Challenge out to 10 yards. The only problem with this range rental gun was the magazine was for ####! It allow the top round to angle out at >45 degrees...This particular gun fed Federal Gold Medal match .22 fine...not much else. But it was obviously a magazine issue. I ordered the TX 22 Compact when I returned home. It should be in by the first of next week, or sooner. Question for the group. Has anyone run any of the 16 round TX magazines in a Compact? The Compact comes with 13 rounders. The interwebz and videos seem to demonstrate this is GTG, but thought I'd ask here. Thanks for all the good info folks. Happy Birthday America!

Congrats @pop pop! I am seriously considering purchasing the Compact model, the model with the more rearward plate/RDS placement. Taurus seems to have done this one right. I think it'd make an affordable understudy to my Glock 19. Been reading good reviews here and on a couple of other forums. Being able to dryfire is a plus! Thanks pop pop!

We only lost power for a few minutes. Just enough that several clocks needed resetting... minor inconvenience. I have several Siege Streamlights stationed all the house. I keep a propane canister camping stove in the garage. There will be coffee no matter what! And from living through countless Hurricanes in SW MS and N.O. I keep a little Honda gennie in the garage and have a window unit AC in my bedroom. I appreciate my creature comforts as I get older. Checked my little garden beds this morning and all looks good. Gonna be cutting some zucchini and yellow squash in a couple of days. Still waiting for my green tomatoes to ripen <sigh>.

I hate to hear that Greg. Damn. It was pretty nasty in West Knoxville too. The blew over my "patio" container plants (tomatoes). My raised beds were mostly spared as they are on the south side of my house and the strongest winds were out on the north. Hope you can recover, at least somewhat, from this.

Turnip greens are delicious in my South Mississippi born opinion! Love 'em. I'm only growing bush beans at present and with my limited garden size I don't have enough production at one time to can. Buy certainly enough to eat on regularly. I only have one 16 ft fence section (that I've grown pole beans on in the past), but that bed has my tomatoes and cukes growing at the present. Once the cukes finish (and I make some bread & butter pickles) I may well put in some Half white runners. I completely agree, home canned green beans are outstanding.

@gregintenn You always have a beautiful garden and I look forward to you posting about it. Just a little envious OK a lot! You've got some great eating headed your way! My little raised beds are several weeks behind where I think they should be LOL It's been nice actually having some spring weather, but we are way behind on rain. Thankfully we finally started getting a good soak. As my beds are raised beds, space is at a premium obviously, and I am in a constant "crop" rotational state. My cukes are just now flowering and my squash and zucchini has just started producing. I ate turnips and greens 5 days a week for 2 weeks (I am originally from the Deep South!) and managed to put some in the freezer. I used their allotted space to plant more green beans and they are coming up well. I still need to work in some okra somewhere... I sure am looking forward to that first tomato sandwich! Soon I hope.

Congrats! I've got a good bit of green Romas, Better Boy, and Best Boy but nothing ripe yet Hopefully in a couple of weeks. I am eating green beans, rutabagas, zucchini and yellow squash... but my favorite food from the garden is vine ripened tomatoes. A fresh tomato sandwich is a summer rite of passage.

2008? I thought I was bad about hanging on to stuff! LOL I agree @Sleep profit. Compost pile or cows..I'd toss on my compost pile myself. I've used the below resource linked for a long time as they update the info. USDA and extensions are also useful. FWIW I have recently used commercially canned vegetables that were just shy of 10 years old. These had the solid lid seal and not the pull top variety. Those vegetables tasted fine, but I used them in making French Market soup. I have definitely eaten C-Rats that were Vietnam era issue in the late 70's to early 80's with no ill effect. C-Rats never tasted good anyway... Here's a couple of links. Hope folks find them useful. https://extension.usu.edu/preserve-the-harvest/research/storing-canned-goods https://nchfp.uga.edu/publications/publications_usda.html#gsc.tab=0 https://www.amazon.com/Ball-Complete-Book-Home-Preserving/dp/0778801314/ref=pd_lpo_sccl_3/146-2724270-6897436?pd_rd_w=C1Qw4&content-id=amzn1.sym.116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&pf_rd_p=116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&pf_rd_r=EABT29TGH6E0FC5SFXYE&pd_rd_wg=kHBPi&pd_rd_r=8f680c65-8bb4-4b59-933d-c373bf3f1d82&pd_rd_i=0778801314&psc=1

peejman is spot on imho. I currently have jalapenos and kosher dill pickles from 2019 on my shelves and they are still fine. While I've eaten home canned foods that were greater than 5 years old (still had a solid seal) the texture seems to deteriorate over time. And sources such as Balls Blue Book and the USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning indicate nutrient value (i.e.vitamin content) also diminish over time. What is canned and the storage conditions play a role as well. I try and use up my home canned items, be it meat, canned fresh vegetables, or pressure canned older previously dried beans within 5 years. But they are stored in my climate controlled and light controlled basement pantry. One thing I do when I can, waterbath or pressure can, is to leave the jars on the counter overnight and then remove the rings and gently wash the jars with warm soap and water before dating and storing them. This is to remove any food particle matter at the sealed lid that might encourage bacterial growth and weaken the seal. That's the recommendation I've followed and it's served me well over the past 15+ years. YMMV I have some figs and chow chow that my MIL canned and she left the rings on, as she learned to do and early spoilage hasn't been an issue... ETA Drying or discoloration may occur on foods above the moisture level. As long as the seal is still solid this is primarily cosmetic... just looks bad, but it should still be OK to eat or cook with as it's sealed environment is sterile. Or just spoon it out and toss it