As I mentioned last night, today was sauce day. As always, this is more for me than you all, as I will look this up next year to refresh my memory before doing it again- you all are just along for the ride. Started last night with a ton of tomatoes I had frozen over …
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Busy Day Today
Spent the day running around- picked up Tammy, dropped off medicine for his dogs and visited his cats, hit Lowe’s for some paint for the front porch, came home, then headed to the Bridgeville Farmer’s market to get some things, then to Chico Fiesta for dinner, and now back home to prep for tomorrow. First …
My Brother’s Kittens Update and Bruised Peaches
So Seth was able to contact the rescue people, and they gave him a trap, which she ignored last night because he had fed the hell out of her, but this morning he put some chicken in it, came back a bit later, and had captured her. She and her kittens are now crated upstairs …
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In the Kitchen With John- Pickles and Sun Dried Tomatoes
Again, I am writing this basically for me so I have a refresher what I did for next year. If you see something I am doing wrong, correct me! Easy day today- pickles and sun dried tomatoes. Sun dried tomatoes first. I actually started drying yesterday, and that was a mistake. I thought six hours …
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And Done (For the Day)
21 qts of peaches, 11 qts of sauerkraut, 15 jars of jelly, and the two qts of stock Tammy made which we can now save for a special soup where it will really shine. The peach jelly is really the wild card here- I have never made jelly before because I don’t much care for …
In the Kitchen With John- Canning Peaches
Hey all, spent the morning canning peaches, and though I would write this up for both me and you. That way, if any of you want to give it a go, you can try what I have learned from my dad and from reading and watching videos, and also I will have this to read …
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BABY BIRBS
I HAVE VERY EXCITING NEWS. I went to water the ferns on the front porch and a momma bird flew out of one and I had not seen a bird in there all summer and I took the plant down looked and there was a nest and a baby hatchling. It is SUPER new as …