Have To Do The Cabbage
By Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (120907)
Marion, Ohio
August 16, 2025 8:59am CST
Or I will be feeding it to the chickens. I already have some small heads outside for them. I will pick the tomatoes finally today too. This might be the last time we make any juice for the year. And I do see a couple of grapes that are starting to ripen now. So before long I will be making jelly. I am going to get a couple of watermelons for jelly if they go cheap too.
I finally transplanted the last of my lemon balm yesterday evening. I also got one of the gladiolus transplanted. I hope to do more of those today. When I get them hung up on the fence I will share a picture.
I also finished my puzzle last night and then threw it away. It was missing a corner piece. I don't like to pass them on if they are missing pieces.
Hope you have a good day.
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@FourWalls (77905)
• United States
16 Aug
Ooh, cabbage, sounds good! Think I’ll have some…haven’t had any in a long time.
Hope you have a great day!
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@FourWalls (77905)
• United States
16h
@wolfgirl569 — go ahead and hate me. I bought southern seasoned cabbage in a can. OOOOOOOOH, was it good!!!
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@wolfgirl569 (120907)
• Marion, Ohio
5h
@FourWalls I couldn't smell it here so enjoy. 
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@LadyDuck (481777)
• Italy
13h
@wolfgirl569 I have also never seen watermelon jelly for sale, but I make it at it is delicious.
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@wolfgirl569 (120907)
• Marion, Ohio
20h
Everything is going up here and I never see watermelon jelly for sale. Maybe I will make some to sell if I get a cheap watermelon
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@allknowing (151790)
• India
19h
Those activities will keep you happily on your toes Never tried making jelly from fruits. That was frustraing that there was a missing piece in that puzzle.
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@allknowing (151790)
• India
19h
@wolfgirl569 Do you need gelatine for making that jelly?
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@wolfgirl569 (120907)
• Marion, Ohio
5h
@allknowing No. Whatever fruit or flower you are using, sugar, sometimes lemon juice and some people use pectin to thicken it. I usually just do a long slow cook
@DaddyEvil (156869)
• United States
16 Aug
We just had bad luck with watermelons this year. The first one we bought made us both sick so we threw it away. The second one we bought I was sick so couldn't cut into it and it started rotting on the kitchen floor so it went in the trash. The third watermelon we bought this summer wasn't as tasty as it could have been. I threw what was left of it in the trash a few days ago. Always before, we ate two or three watermelons a week until Walmart stopped selling them. I don't know what was going on this year, though.
You could come and take the gladiolus from our flowerbed if you want them. I have allergic reactions to them now. *shrug*
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@DaddyEvil (156869)
• United States
18h
@wolfgirl569 Always before, Walmart got good watermelons... I don't know what changed this year. I told Pretty not to buy anymore this year.
Same...
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@wolfgirl569 (120907)
• Marion, Ohio
5h
@DaddyEvil It is Kroger's here too. I figure they all get from the same places
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@wolfgirl569 (120907)
• Marion, Ohio
19h
I have heard people here complain that the watermelon and cantaloupe from the stores weren't very tasty. I have been getting mine at the auction.
Wish you were not so far.
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@moffittjc (125330)
• Gainesville, Florida
19h
Nothing is more frustrating than putting in all the hard work to complete a puzzle only to find that a piece was missing.
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@wolfgirl569 (120907)
• Marion, Ohio
19h
Glad it was a corner piece. It didn't take away from the picture.
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@wolfgirl569 (120907)
• Marion, Ohio
5h
@moffittjc Glad you found the piece. This one could have been framed as you could make the frame cover the edge a little bit.
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@moffittjc (125330)
• Gainesville, Florida
19h
@wolfgirl569 On a recent puzzle we were putting together (one that my daughter was going to glue and frame), we thought there was a piece missing, so we started making plans to figure out a way to fill in the hole where the missing piece was (most likely with glue) and then paint over the glue so that it matched the rest of the puzzle, so that at least we could get it framed and hung without a glaring hole showing where the missing piece was. But it turns out that at the very end we found the "missing" piece and all was good with the world! lol
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@GardenGerty (165392)
• United States
17h
Ihave never had watermelon jelly. You are one busy lady.
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@wolfgirl569 (120907)
• Marion, Ohio
4h
It's good. I didn't have a lot of grapes one year but got watermelon cheap. Now I make it regular
@celticeagle (178472)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Aug
I love the smell of lemon balm. Cabbage can be boiled with nearly any meat, and it is a good meal. I hope it doesn't go bad on ya.
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@wolfgirl569 (120907)
• Marion, Ohio
20h
I don't like cooked cabbage at all. It's shredded and soaking in salt water
@RasmaSandra (88026)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21h
Best of luck with the cabbage, How are the peepers?
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@LindaOHio (198021)
• United States
10h
Sorry about the puzzle. I would like to taste your watermelon jelly.
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@arunima25 (92027)
• Bangalore, India
8h
Hope that you get some cheap watermelon for making jelly.
My mom makes delicious jelly of many fruits, the best one is guava.
I hate when one piece goes missing in the puzzle. The whole set gets wasted.
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@wolfgirl569 (120907)
• Marion, Ohio
5h
I should be able to later this year. If not I have 2 growing that came up voluntarily
I prefer homemade jelly
