Monday, August 8, 2011

Fruits of the Summer

This summer the family has enjoyed planting a garden and reaping the fruits of the garden. In the beginning the kids would fight over who got to take their watering can and fill it up with fertilizer water and water each plant. Then the garden got so big that the kids couldn't walk up and down the rows without stepping on the plants. Most of the garden is done producing but we still have tons of peppers, sweet and hot, and we still have another round of tomatoes to come in.
With all of the produce we have I have become a canner. I've never really canned anything, just froze stuff, but this year I have a pile of green beans, a few bags of corn, about 5 cans of tomatoes, several cans of pickles, a few jars of pickled okra, some really really good peaches (didn't grow them but made jam and boy are the peaches good this year). It's kind of become like a hobby that I really enjoy. I'm looking forward to getting some more okra to pickle and more peaches. And even during the fall looking forward to canning apple butter instead of freezing it this year.
We are attempting to grow pumpkins for the fall and soon we will begin planting the fall garden. It's been so hard to want to go out there with it 105 degrees in the evening but the fall should be really enjoyable. Have a great night!

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