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The recipe called for 6lbs of tomatoes and since I recently awarded myself 1st place in the tomato category, I chose to use “prize-winning tomatoes” in this recipe. I also decided to play it safe and break out the swine flu pandemic kit and gear up for chopping the jalapenos. The witch hat was an Read More >>
While reading the Sunday paper I noticed an ad for local organic peaches for 99cents a lb. What a deal! So I headed down and picked up about 25lbs. I had high hopes of canning peaches and visions of row after row of canned peaches lined up in the pantry for The Girl to eat Read More >>
I headed out to the garden early this morning and one thing lead to another and around noon I realized that I was still in my pj’s, picking beans. I ended up with 10lbs beans, 2lbs tomatoes, and a zucchini and a cucumber, oh and 3 eggs too. This afternoon I was able to preserve Read More >>
That handsome husband of mine brought me home a bouquet of fresh dill last night. Just in time too. Today I whipped up 6 pints of dilly beans and 4 quarts of dill pickles. In one of the quarts I added 1/2 teaspoon of red pepper flakes. I hope they turn out spicy. Behold the Read More >>
This morning I picked about 5lbs of beans from the garden. And then I proceeded to can them. Just look at those cute little jars all snuggled next to each other waiting to be boiled. Today’s count: 13 pints of green beans for a total of 24 pints. I still need 28 more pints of Read More >>
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