Garden clean up is very late this year, due to circumstances beyond our control.  Now we are delayed with rain, but we may have a few warm...

  It's officially "fall" here now.  Woke up to 40°F and boy it is very chilly.  The leaves are turning even more, and more are...

  We finally got rain!  So thankful for it.  There was a field fire near us the night before the rain arrived.   It's been so dry, and t...

  One more "first" for me this year (something new to try/experience). . .  Cranapple Butter ( A Ball Canning Recipe).  I read thi...

  Wow, the time has really flown by, and it would take a very long post to update every single thing.  Goodness. Thank you all for your advi...

  The early morning weather here has been downright chilly.  One morning it was 42 degrees.  Flower beds have been weeded.  The herb garden ...

  (picked one for canning) All in one day's picking.  The bell peppers are on, but not all  ready yet (very late harvest year).  Those p...

  I'm not sure who is happier when all the canning supplies go back in storage. . . my husband or myself, ha ha!  We got very little can...

                                        The sauce comes out of the center piece and into a pan (white part), and the "trash" comes...

  I debated just freezing the last of the peaches, but canned a smalled batch early in the morning.  We'll get more peaches later this s...

  I've been keeping an eye out for spring wild violets.  They make the most delicious jelly, and the color is so pretty (and different, ...

  I've gotten most of the jalapenos sliced and frozen for the winter/spring season.  I used a few to make another batch of fresh salsa a...