Home Again

Posted on August 28, 2009
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R is home and doing well with his new hip. We have been teasing him about being the bionic man. Seriously, he is doing very well considering and other than an intermittent fever, recovery has been smooth. I am very glad not to be running back and forth to the city which is an hour and a half away.

I have been trying to keep up with all of my chores and those of R’s that I can do. Of course, the animals have first priority and they take up a few hours morning and evening. The garden has gone wild!! We have had frequent showers and good hot days. I picked two gallons of limas, 10 okra, two gallons of tomatoes and still have peppers and another row of limas.

R is going to shell the lima beans and I am going to freeze tomatoes. We are eating tomatoes at every meal and still can’t keep up with them all. I have been peeling and freezing them in quarters but one of my readers suggested just freezing them whole in a paper bag. I am going to try a couple gallons that way as I can blanch and peel them as needed. I am also freezing green, chili and jalapeno peppers whole. Again it’s easier to process them as I need them instead of all at one time.

I am very pleased with our garden this year despite the issues that we have had with it. The wire grass has been a constant battle but doesn’t seem to be affecting the vegetable plants. It just makes picking much more difficult. I am disappointed that we lost all of the green beans to the bunnies but we have enough limas to make up for it.

If we can get a good batch of greens this fall, it will feed the two of us for most of the year. All of this for under $15.

Fruits from Our Labor

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2 Responses to “Home Again”

Ms Save Money (7 comments.) on August 28th, 2009 7:13 pm

Very glad to hear things are okay

& I’m very inspired by your under $15 garden that’s going to feed 2 people for an entire year.

I should look into that.
marci (not the same as above) :) on August 31st, 2009 12:47 am

for $15…. and a LOT of elbow grease

Good luck with the canning/freezing/drying etc!
Nothing tastes as good as home grown!

I made another veggie cassarole tonight – again with the year old frozen whole tomatoes – plus recently canned corn, zucchini, yellow neck squash, onions, celery, fresh edible pod peas, and some bread cubes…basically whatever veggies need eaten… and again, it turned out delicious – cook w/parmesan cheese. When done add grated Tillamook cheddar over the top! Yum! To die for! and so pretty with the greens, yellows, whites (corn) and red tomatoes in there – just such a happy cassarole! Enjoy!