I had just enough cashews to use up, and the oven was already on, so.....
Pioneer Woman at Heart
One Flourishing, Frugal and Fun Family!
One family learning to live off the land, cut back on expenses, and to live a simpler and a more self-sufficient lifestyle.
"Eat it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without."
~A Pioneer Sampler, by Barbara Greenwood~
Back to the thought of this post...
Did you know that when your cucumbers (or even squash) starts out looking nice, but then you see one end rotting and smaller, means that the bees did not pollinate it? Interesting information for you today.
I pulled all of my pickling cucumber plants, and sent all the remaining cucumbers with my husband to work. We are done, done, done with those cucumbers. I still have my other plants out there, and we have been making a greek cucumber salsa daily here.
I am so stinkin' busy, and all I want is a day off. Well, the zucchini gave me a day off. I did not have one to pick, and we've been picking them every single day since the beginning of harvest.
I'm okay with that. Between freezing corn, and the garden, and trying to keep the sink free of dirty dishes, I am overly stressed with garden goods.
We had a very bad storm come thru last Friday. The wind was so bad, that it broke some of my tomato stakes at ground level. Thankfully, the plants were not up-rooted, but those all had to be re-staked and tied again. The tomatoes are starting to turn red here.
Several tree limbs came down, so those need taken care of soon. Thankfully, no other damage here.
Surprisingly, the ground was, what I call "walkable" Saturday, so I have been able to pick vegetables daily. It rained quite a bit, but with this heat, the ground really soaked it up.
We are eating green beans almost daily here. I whipped up a one pan dinner with ground beef, green beans, seasoning, and some cheeses.
Today I am joining Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom.
I will link up when she posts today.
The weather . . .
80's all week. Sunny.
As I look outside my window . . .
The sun is shining, and I am running later than normal.
Right now I am . . .
Drinking coffee to get this blog post posted.
Thinking and pondering . . .
Thinking of pulling my pickling cucumber plants, and the zucchini and yellow squash. I have put up enough, and I think it's time to retire the plants, or some of them anyway. I'm also considering pulling some green bean plants. I have put up what we need, and stilling harvesting them almost daily.
Listening to . . .
80's rock n' roll
How I am feeling . . .
Good. I am starting week 4 of my intentional exercise. It's been an adjustment, but so far so good.
On the breakfast plate . . .
I have no idea yet. I do have a green bell pepper from the garden to use.
On my reading pile . . .
Nothing. Any evening free time has been knitting or crochet (and that time has been limited)
On my TV this week . . .
Anything on Netflix.
On the menu . . .
Lately, the menu is based on whatever is harvested from the garden (eating what is in season, including breakfast).
-chicken teriyaki with homemade sauce, green beans
Looking around the house . . .
Saw horses and the drop cloth are still in my living room, awaiting to paint doors (not happening very soon ha ha!)
I have zucchini, cucumbers and corn to take care of. The kitchen is a hot mess right now. I have two more dozen ears of corn to shuck (after I freeze the first batch).
On the to-do list . . .
From the camera . . .
Yesterday's garden haul. I brought in one red tomato later. I also brought in fresh dill for the cucumber salad dressing.Prayers . . .
Thank you for your prayers for Daughter K. She is on medication, and monitoring her blood pressure, but no explanation on why it spiked all of the sudden.
Kids came for a meal and a visit over the weekend, and I was thankful that I had help to clean beans. On the other hand we did not get any work done regarding the new coop, nor any painting done.
Our green beans are doing so well, I may be giving some to family and friends. We'll see as I get mine put up in the freezer.
Zucchini are still coming in too. The nice part, is that I can slice it to use in place of pasta in a meal.
I froze some more shredded zucchini, and at the same time made another round of zucchini hummus. I have three different types of shredding/slicing devices for this. It shreds the zucchini very easily.
In the midst of it all, I purchased our yearly blueberries. I am crazy to do it again, but I am putting up a 10# box, but sharing them with one daughter.