Dreaming of Simplicity

 Today was a good day. It has been unseasonably cool so baking and cooking has been a pleasure. I finally got another batch of zucchini bread in the freezer. I wanted to make the orange zuke bread some one posted on here but I could not find it. Oh well there is always next time!

 I made my first pickles and canned them tonight. My husband asked me to make some. I used the little package mix Ball makes with all the seasoning and salt in it. They look good, smell good and I got to hear that satisfying ping as the jars cooled. Yay! I have seven jars cooling on the counter. I have some of the juice left and I put it in the fridge. I am going to use it to make some quick sweet pickle relish when I get a couple more cukes.

 The fall planting is coming in nicely. Lots of turnip greens popping up, string beans are up, and some green onions. I am not sure about the lettuce yet, it might be up or those may be weeds growing, ha ha! Only one lima bean plant has sprung up. Those just do not like my soil. The carrots continue to look nice and are getting plump under the soil. I found some beet seed yesterday and popped that into the garden. I hope we get something out of this planting. Evertything else is not going so well. We had tons of blossoms on our squash and pumpkin plants but other than a few zucchinis nothing is growing from the blossoms. Our tomatoes died, our cabbages are small, and our corn was knocked over by last weeks severe storm. Oh well this is our experimental year. Next year we will have it worked out better. :) You have to learn before you get it right!

Sunday, August 26, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by a1health
Enjoy your unseasonably cool! It's incredibly hot here in GA.
Glad your fall crop looks like its doing well!
Have a great week!
Blessings,
~Farrah