As promised, Kelly came back and tilled the garden for the second time. This time he worked in some food and Nature’s Helper. As always, his timing was impeccable, because now we are facing 3 days of steady rain that will make things just right for planting around Good Friday!
I was [...]
… and I’ve seen ‘em!
My brother and his girlfriend knocked on our door Friday morning at 8:30 am. The day before he said he’d call me. I told him sure – I’m up at 7am, np! Well Friday AM, I had turned off the alarm and crawled back into bed when I [...]
It’s 11 A.M. and the first two kids just woke up! I think we wore them out yesterday. We woke up early and went to the local farmer’s market yesterday. I think they are laying in bed avoiding us this morning.
In season are Blueberries and Apples. The bowl below has 1 1/2 [...]
Take a peek at Slobo’s video he made of our Jam session. Red Pot, White Linens, and Blue Black-mashed-Berries….
What could be more patriotic to start your festivities with today?
Test Pattern #49: The 2 Minute Blackberry Jam from Slobokan on Vimeo.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise [...]
After over a month with no rain, we finally had a rainstorm roll in and it was worth the wait! Slobo captured it in pictures for me.
After which a beautiful summertime sunset followed:
The trees, grass, buildings, everything – glows around the dark pines. The already dark green evergreens turn to [...]
Another year upon us, and I thought I would blog a little about the past year. For starters, I see that it’s been almost a month since my last blog entry (rather feels like a confessional!). I’ll try to do better, but it has been a fun year spending time with kids and [...]
If you read Slobo’s blog, you are probably up to date on our activities this weekend. Me – I post alot less frequently. Still, the news isn’t too old. haha.
Slobo got him and the kids a camera that does video. It is so neat. You can take a color sample of [...]
What have I been up to?
I found two great web sites created by one great individual, Maggie!
Hillbilly Housewife
and
An Old-Fashioned Education
Check them out…. There are great recipes, things to make you smile and lots of support – and best of all – Maggie shares (ALOT)!
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What else is in the family news:
The not-so-good news:
Our middle child’s goldfish, [...]
Sorry for the lack of posting this week. The kids and I have been sick all week. In spite of it, tho, I’ve managed to get some more canning done. This is probably the first August in Georgia it has felt good to work in a steamy kitchen.
I’ve canned 4 [...]
Peaches and Muscadines from Collins’ Brothers. Pears from Grier Farms
We got up early and went to our county and state farmer’s markets on Saturday. The farmers from our local county are really hurting with the drought. One had a sign up saying “No rain – No Tomatoes!”.
As for the [...]
Tomato and Green Chile Salsa
(Watch out for those horny tomatoes)
Yes, we wrestled the traffic, the bugs, and the boiling 50 lb. pots and now have….. drumroll
11 3/4 pints of Salsa
4 lbs. frozen Kentucky Wonder Beans
and 9 quarts of Tomato Ketchup
Yes, it is the Weekend Canning Update…. Nothing as exciting as Miss Sodapop’s weekend, but [...]
We just got back from the County Extension Office and I love those ladies over there! They are so helpful!!!
The Brandywines’ – one thought cat facing but the other said, nope, that Brandywine Heirlooms have that scarring – it’s typical with the variety. Being heirlooms, they aren’t as resistant as the Better Boys, [...]
Slobo and our middle son are crazy over hot sauce. I found this recipe for a canned hot sauce at the University of Georgia’s National Center for Food Preservation.
Now, all I need is for those peppers to ripen close enough together so I can use them right away. With the heat [...]
As promised, tho a week late, are the pictures of the garden so far. With a heat index above 100 all this week, it was a good time to take pictures, since outdoor work is prohibitive for lengths of time.
Last week, blight, bugs and drought related problems began rearing their ugly heads.
Serrano’s [...]
Working out in the garden today revealed all kinds of nasty things coming up along with my veggies.
The Tomatoes are having problems now due to the drought earlier in the season. Wilt, Blossom End Rot, and Cat’s Face are rearing their ugly heads on a few. One bush in particular was hit pretty [...]
The previous bowl of blackberries made 17 jars of Jam. 5 – one pints and 12 – 1/2 pints. I ran out of sugar on the last batch recipe, so 3 of the one pint jars were made using 5 c. sugar to 4 c.mashed blackberries. Because of the reduced sugar in those [...]
Yesterday, I posted a picture of what we rounded up from our blackberry bushes in the backyard. It was a meager few cups. The first real roundup was a good amount to try. They have alot of berries on them again but they still need to ripen. In the meantime, Muscadine [...]
Weeding the garden this morning, I found that the bushes in our backyard have started producing again. They aren’t ripe for the picking yet, so I sent Slobo and the kids out again to our favorite vacant lot down the street. The lot slopes sharply down after the first 10 ft. We [...]
It has been raining here off and on for the last four days. One tomato plant had a limb break because it wasn’t sufficiently supported. The rains have been really heavy, so I’m surprised that’s the only damage.
Today was the first clear day since the last post about the progress of the garden [...]
This picture was taken before we started getting all the rain this week. It’s even bigger now. I can’t wait for fall! Everything is budding out and growing so pretty!
This is the pond we added to the kids Fort Hoochenu. It’s made from a mish mash but it works. And it [...]
