I brought in one 5 oz dinky serving of green beans, and two dinky hot banana peppers. No yellow squash yet. Our harvesting days are pretty pathetic lately.
Peach jam got canned., along with sweet pickle relish, cinnamon-blueberry jam and corn relish. Whew!
A few zucchini's made it sliced, blanched and into the freezer, but the blackberries are still red. Also, so far of what we've tasted, the blackberries are sour this year. I'm not sure what I will do with them if they are all sour
More blueberries made it to the freezer.
We have run into a small sna-foo with the camper. Once we hooked it up, only the turn signals work. Brake lights and hazard lights are not working for some reason. I'm sure my smart husband can figure it out before we do go camping.
As you can see no more greens have made their way into the freezer. I am hoping this rain provides us some.
My back was pretty sore and my entire body pretty tired, so after washing a boat load of dishes and putting them away, I took my handiwork to the porch.
Wow, I am not surprised you ache. You certainly have been busy with all the jams/pickles. Try adding some apples to the blackberries that can sometimes help if they are sour.
ReplyDeleteIt's been feast or famine, weather-wise, this year, hasn't it? I'm glad you took some porch time, too!
ReplyDeleteRaining here in the Blue Ridge Mountains as well. But you sure used your time to good advantage, even if you couldn't get out and work outside.
ReplyDeletemamasmercantile, thanks for the tip with apples.
ReplyDeleteThanks Susan, I actually finished a lapghan too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Harry, I am not one to sit idle, and my house is a mess, ha ha! I just try to think about winter and running out of stuff, so that pushes me to get stocked up.
ReplyDeleteYou HAVE been busy, despite the rain. What kind of handiwork are you working on right now?
ReplyDeleteI need to get back to doing it, before the shaking in my hands (essential tremors) gets too bad for me to do any of it at all.
Still getting rain here south of Raleigh too though not as much as last week. I wonder if all this unusual rain in July means August or September will be parching. Hope not.
Prayers for a good week for everyone.
God bless.
RB
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From memories of my grandmother’s farm, their blackberries always tended to be sour until they lost their shine. They’d soften up and get sweeter and then it was all hands to the pump to pick and make jam. Some weeks ago I was gifted a bag of cherries that were sour, and we used them to make cherry clafoutis and it was delicious, blackberry clafouti would be a good way of using any sour berries you’ve already harvested https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/cherry_clafouti/ Those pans of stuffed shells you’re putting up for freezer meals take me back to my days as a young married. They were my Steve's favorite meal and when I’d make them (on a weekend) I’d make a large batch to freeze.
ReplyDeleteRB, I finished crocheting a lapghan. Thanks
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip Mary. I'll look that recipe up.
ReplyDeleteNo wonder you are tired - you have accomplished a lot! Those stuffed shells look great!
ReplyDeleteThank you Debbie, the stuffed shells are always great for a crowd or unexpected company.
ReplyDeleteYour canned goods are so pretty! So are green beans. This has been a bad year for beans, around here anyway. It's that boat load of dishes I always dread. You had good reason for being tired.
ReplyDeleteIt's that time of year! I seem to be chained to the canning kitchen as well, with only a long enough lead to make it to the garden to pick some more. We didn't get peaches this year, which is disappointing. Seems I've had few harvests of those. The stuffed shells are a great idea. Love those grab and bake meals!
ReplyDeleteThanks Henny Penny, you are right about all the dishes.
ReplyDeleteLeigh, I haven't checked my pear trees, but yeah, only one peach this year.
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