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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 >>
The second planting of beans is coming in nicely. These should be ready to harvest about early September. 4 happy hens are doing well in the 95+degree heat. They are still laying eggs and don’t seem that stressed believe it or not. I really thought one of them was going to keel over by now 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 >>
Watering my crop of 18 heads of cabbage at the neighbors property. Saturday morning backyard harvest. Stupice tomatoes are stupendous. Beets are beautiful. Pickled beets are even better.
We have officially entered zucchini season stage one. So when I read Mama JJ’s post the other day about zucchini relish, I decided I’d give it a try. I like pickled relish so I am assuming I would like zucchini relish too. I could give it away as gifts, I could use it in Read More >>
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