...of Canning Adventures to Come!!
Tonight I made Apple Jam. And, oh Flying Spaghetti Monster, YUM!
Tonight I made Apple Jam. And, oh Flying Spaghetti Monster, YUM!
Showing posts with label canning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label canning. Show all posts
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Whew!
Well, well, well, what do we have here?
A lot of things have happened in the last couple weeks! And I mean A LOT!
We had some dark days leading up to this events of the last 2 weeks or so. With my unemployment taking too long to end and my student loans coming due soon, we were hemorrhaging money despite trying so hard to spend absolutely nothing more than we needed. We just were not in a good place.
But then things started to change.
I signed up with a temp agency and they found me a placement in about three days. It's a part time job, which is fine for now. I won't tell you what I'm doing or where, but I will tell you I absolutely love it. I mean really love it. This alone has saved us our sanity. And our wallets. And there is a good chance I could end up there full time and permanently.
We are also moving! Part of our problems were that we were living in a place that was just way too expensive. We hadn't been too happy here anyway. Bad experiences from the start. So we were able to negotiate out of our lease and find a house. We are moving in a few weeks.
I also have been reading a book that has changed my life. It's wonderful and I will write more about it after I finish it, but if the suspense is killing you, it's called Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver.
Read it, you will thank me. I guarantee it.
I also have started canning, which is an adventure I look forward to sharing with you. I am bound to screw something up eventually that will give a great story! I will share the recipes I try and like, and tell you which ones I think you should avoid! I have already canned some apple pie filling. Next up apple jelly, apple butter and applesauce. Can you tell I have a lot of apples? I also want to branch out and do some other things, but to do vegetables, you need a pressure canner and right now I am stuck in what I can do with water bath canning right now. Until I can either buy my own PC or borrow my mom's.
I also had the weirdest interview ever yesterday and that definitely deserves its own post.
Alright. I have to get up very early to go to work, and even though I don't work every day, I'm trying to stay on the same schedule. And I'm tired.
How've you been?
A lot of things have happened in the last couple weeks! And I mean A LOT!
We had some dark days leading up to this events of the last 2 weeks or so. With my unemployment taking too long to end and my student loans coming due soon, we were hemorrhaging money despite trying so hard to spend absolutely nothing more than we needed. We just were not in a good place.
But then things started to change.
I signed up with a temp agency and they found me a placement in about three days. It's a part time job, which is fine for now. I won't tell you what I'm doing or where, but I will tell you I absolutely love it. I mean really love it. This alone has saved us our sanity. And our wallets. And there is a good chance I could end up there full time and permanently.
We are also moving! Part of our problems were that we were living in a place that was just way too expensive. We hadn't been too happy here anyway. Bad experiences from the start. So we were able to negotiate out of our lease and find a house. We are moving in a few weeks.
I also have been reading a book that has changed my life. It's wonderful and I will write more about it after I finish it, but if the suspense is killing you, it's called Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver.
Read it, you will thank me. I guarantee it.
I also have started canning, which is an adventure I look forward to sharing with you. I am bound to screw something up eventually that will give a great story! I will share the recipes I try and like, and tell you which ones I think you should avoid! I have already canned some apple pie filling. Next up apple jelly, apple butter and applesauce. Can you tell I have a lot of apples? I also want to branch out and do some other things, but to do vegetables, you need a pressure canner and right now I am stuck in what I can do with water bath canning right now. Until I can either buy my own PC or borrow my mom's.
I also had the weirdest interview ever yesterday and that definitely deserves its own post.
Alright. I have to get up very early to go to work, and even though I don't work every day, I'm trying to stay on the same schedule. And I'm tired.
How've you been?
Monday, July 11, 2011
Just look at our garden go!
We planted a garden for the first time this year, a little late because we didn't want to have to move it, and since we are still living in apartments, we can't really put stuff in the ground.
So we planted peas, beans, tomatoes (beefsteak, cherry and lemon boy), lettuce, onions (which died), garlic (which some lived), radishes (which died too), green bell peppers and cucumbers and my all-time favorite, watermelon!!
Our watermelon plant is massive, it was starting to grow up the fence and given how big watermelons get, we didn't think that would end well so we had to move it. We spent some time uncurling the tendrils that had latched on to the fence and near by plants and moved it next to a brick wall so it wouldn't be able to grow up, only out. And hopefully it doesn't take over the walk way, which may be hard to contain!
We went out to lunch with some friends and came back and whilst I was inspecting the plants, we have little beans and watermelons and pea blossoms!! And lots of little tomatoes too. I can't wait for our yummy homegrown veggies to ripen to eat! We're not going to be able to eat all of them, so we'll be sharing with our neighbors who water our plants when we leave for an extended time, family and friends. I will also be trying my hand at canning this year too. Which reminds me, I need to see if I can borrow my Mom's pressure cooker.....
Canning should be an interesting adventure, which of course I will gladly share here!
Pictures of our yummy garden below!
So we planted peas, beans, tomatoes (beefsteak, cherry and lemon boy), lettuce, onions (which died), garlic (which some lived), radishes (which died too), green bell peppers and cucumbers and my all-time favorite, watermelon!!
Our watermelon plant is massive, it was starting to grow up the fence and given how big watermelons get, we didn't think that would end well so we had to move it. We spent some time uncurling the tendrils that had latched on to the fence and near by plants and moved it next to a brick wall so it wouldn't be able to grow up, only out. And hopefully it doesn't take over the walk way, which may be hard to contain!
We went out to lunch with some friends and came back and whilst I was inspecting the plants, we have little beans and watermelons and pea blossoms!! And lots of little tomatoes too. I can't wait for our yummy homegrown veggies to ripen to eat! We're not going to be able to eat all of them, so we'll be sharing with our neighbors who water our plants when we leave for an extended time, family and friends. I will also be trying my hand at canning this year too. Which reminds me, I need to see if I can borrow my Mom's pressure cooker.....
Canning should be an interesting adventure, which of course I will gladly share here!
Pictures of our yummy garden below!
Our garden, with the watermelon in the upper right corner!
Garlic that Adam planted just 2 weeks ago!
Looking good cucumbers!
Lemon Boy Tomatoes, I really wanted to plant Pear Tomatoes, those are like candy and so delicious! But we couldn't find any in plant or seed form :-(
Green Bell Peppers! YUM!
Pea Flower...
Cherry 'maters
Beefsteak plants looking good!
Look at how big they are!
Tiny bean....
Beans!
Lettuce, looking a little rough after the storms today...
And yummy, massive watermelon! I can't wait for these, there are so many little buds and flowers! We're going to have a TON! YAY! Watermelon Pops for me all winter!
Are you growing a garden this year? Whatcha growin'? What are you most excited about? Are you going to try any preservation methods to last longer that you hadn't tried before? Let me know! Link up!
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