Wednesday, June 9, 2010: When are the rains going to stop? It's making it hard to get a garden in. So far we've planted all sorts of tomatoes, bell peppers, jalapenos, cucumbers, potatoes, zucchini, yellow crookneck, corn, and beets. We still need to plant asparagus, tomatillos, butternut squash, and acorn squash. I also have my herb boxes to plant.
Saturday, June 26, 2010: Spent three hours in the garden this morning and it didn't even make a dent. I uncovered my peppers and weeded a circle around them. The best thing growing in my garden are the weeds. If only we could eat them, can them, pickle them, etc.
Thursday, July 8, 2010: What's true love??? Your hubby picking the first tomato out of the garden and insisting you have it. ♥
Saturday, July 10, 2010: Pulled weeds for a couple of hours this morning. Ugh.
Monday, July 12, 2010: Strawberries from the garden.
Cherry tree we inherited, I have no idea what kind of cherry. They're kind of tart. Steve said they're perfect for baking so we (Cheyenne, Chrissy, and me) picked two huge containers of them. I pitted one container. We usually don't get any of cherries off the tree since the birds get to them first. But our cats have been taking care of the bird population and we have plenty of cherries this year.
Our neighbor, Rod, said he was going to till his peas over this coming Wednesday and that we should pick all we want. I went over this evening and braved the misquitos that were out and got quite a bit. I'll be going back tomorrow. :)
**There's a story behind these peas, check out my blog on "Poisons and Legs".
Saturday, July 31, 2010: Today I'm pickling a bushel of beets.
Thursday, August 5, 2010: Had the day off from work yesterday and spent time making BBQ sauce and it turned out very yummy. I was excited that it was made w/o high fructose corn syrup and then found out the ketchup had the corn syrup in it. Next time I'll be making my own ketchup too.
Saturday, August 14, 2010: Ordered a half a lug of pickling cucumbers. I'll be making dill pickles in about 10 days. I can't wait!!! And yes, the cucumbers were grown on a "poison free" farm. ;)
Monday, August 16, 2010: Spied some acorn squash growing in the garden. Now I'll have to look for the butternut squash. :)
Saturday, August 21, 2010: Steve has this weekend off so we've been in the kitchen canning 16 pints of peach jam. Nap time and then we'll be canning raspberry jam. YUM! :)
Sunday, August 22, 2010: Some of 2010's bounty. I've got me two acorn squash ripe, many more little baby ones in the garden. I spied little baby butternut squash too! Steve planted FOUR yellow crookneck squash so he's got them coming out of his ears. I told him only two next year.
Sunday, August 22, 2010: Some of 2010's bounty. I've got me two acorn squash ripe, many more little baby ones in the garden. I spied little baby butternut squash too! Steve planted FOUR yellow crookneck squash so he's got them coming out of his ears. I told him only two next year.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010: On my way to Ogden to pick up pickling cucumbers. This will be fun!
Thursday, August 26, 2010: Ok, so 6 plants were supposed to be bell peppers and 18 plants were supposed to be jalapenos. They all turned out to be bells, no canning of jalapenos from my own garden for me. :( There are a few cucumbers from my garden in this picture.
Thursday, August 26, 2010: Ok, so 6 plants were supposed to be bell peppers and 18 plants were supposed to be jalapenos. They all turned out to be bells, no canning of jalapenos from my own garden for me. :( There are a few cucumbers from my garden in this picture.
Friday, August 27, 2010: Today I purchased 10 dozen ears of corn and 2 bushels of tomatoes. I'm going to can corn for Steve since I don't eat corn. I think I'll can salsa with the tomatoes. I'm wishing I bought a couple more bushels of tomatoes. Love them farm stands along my Highway 30 and 13!
Thursday, September 2, 2010: Is sooo salsa'd out. We've been canning salsa all week and finally finished last night. Steve's such a trooper cutting up the onions and peppers for me.
Saturday, September 4, 2010: Why oh why am I still canning? I told myself I was done and I needed to get ready for D.C., I have some sewing of backpack straps to do. Instead I went and got a bushel of beets, red bells to add to the jalapenos Steve chopped to make hot pepper jelly, and I bought 24 lbs of jalapenos so I can slice and can them for nachos. CRAZY!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010: Purchased three flats of strawberries for $6.99 each yesterday. As if the beets, hot pepper jelly, and jalapenos weren't enough to can this weekend. But, I did stitch the backpack straps on 116 of the 200 backpacks I needed to stitch. Went to my parents last night for a BBQ and processed 11 pints of strawberry jam so each family could go home with 2 pints each.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010: Ten more minutes and the last batch of strawberry jam will be done. Three flats yielded 51 pints. I spent $21 on strawberries, another $14 on sugar, and $10 on pectin for a total of $45. I never include the cost of the jars since they're reusable, although this session of jam making is for Christmas presents and had sugar in it. Nonetheless, it cost $.88 for a pint of strawberry jam. :) Thanks to my ex-Sister-in-law Vicki Rasmussen for coming over and helping me hull two flats of strawberries. It sure made for a quicker evening. I only put in ex to let everyone know how great she is!!! Other than that she's referred to as my sister.
Sunday, September 19, 2010: Let's see what's in our garden after neglecting it for 10 days while we were in DC. I see butternut, acorn, and yellow crookneck squashes, cucumbers, tomatillos, tomatoes, bell, banana, and jalapenos. All in all we picked 33 pounds of produce just moments ago and we had more tomatoes and didn't even touch the potatoes and onions.
Sunday, September 19, 2010: Let's see what's in our garden after neglecting it for 10 days while we were in DC. I see butternut, acorn, and yellow crookneck squashes, cucumbers, tomatillos, tomatoes, bell, banana, and jalapenos. All in all we picked 33 pounds of produce just moments ago and we had more tomatoes and didn't even touch the potatoes and onions.
Monday, September 20, 2010: Bought little half-pint canning jars at lunch time. Now I can bottle up my salsa verde I made last night and tonite I'm going to pickle the banana peppers for sandwiches and salads. No rest I'm telling 'ya!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010: Has some peaches, pears, and jalapenos to take care of.
Thursday, December 9, 2010: Going to the Ogden Cannery on January 26th to get me some frozen berries! I hear time slots are going fast. Dates for Jan are: 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28. All 4lb berry bags: black $4.40, blue $8.40, rasp $8.00, and straw $4.40. Limit 10 bags each patron. Call for appt 801-399-3723, don't leave msg, talk with real person.
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