Busy, busy!
Hello everyone! So, I feel like I had this whole, long, playfully relaxing vacation and then came home and it was go, go, GO! There were Dr.'s appointments, check-ups, then the catching up of all the household things that didn't get done, (not because my honey did nothing, but because it's just one of those things where I like things done... okay, "my way"). Anyhow...... I've got the house sorta kinda caught up and then there is the yard. I came back to a yard that looked pretty rough. This drought is really messing with my grass and plants! Not to mention all the poor farmers and cattle people around here!!! Our water bill last month was KILLER! And I've been dumping more water on the yard since I've been home. We planted two trees last year and they are still a bit tender and need that extra bit of attention with the H2O.
On Saturday my neighbor and I got together to do some canning. I had done some canning a few years ago but nothing since. And my neighbor had never done any canning so she came over to see how it's done. NOT, that I'm any kind of expert, or anything. But I have done a bit more than she has. So, we canned 8 jars of Adobo, 12 jars of Pickled Jalapeno, 9 sliced and 3 whole. That took nearly the whole day.
And once we get more red jalapeños, I'll make more Adobo! My pantry looks so cool with all the jars I'm getting stacked up! We have gotten LOTS of cherry tomatoes, but I've been freezing those. I'm nervous about canning those. The instructions on all the canned tomato recipes all talk about the hazards of canning tomatoes! It freaks me out!!! And I planted some shelling beans, black and pinto but I don't think I'll get enough to really do much with them. I had a LOT of trouble getting any of my beans to grow. We only had three green bean plants come up out of 16 planted. And same with my peas (12 planted 0 came up) and I only had one Sugar Snap pea plant come up out of 12 planted! Three black bean plants came up and two pinto plants. Sad, so sad. I had visions of little burlap bags full of black and pinto beans. Oh well, maybe next year.
This past Monday, my honey and I went for a little ride out to Winterset, Iowa. We took our cameras and Ricky, to check out Madison County's covered bridges. It was a beautiful day for taking photo's and we had a lovely time. It's been a while since we had gone out just the two of us and made a day of it. It was really nice! I believe we'll be doing more of that in the future for sure!
So, that was our weekend. Sort of. There are always things that need doing, as you all know, but sometimes you just need to get up and do something fun! Now, let me see what else I can 'can' this week! ;-)
Have a wonderful week!
Hello everyone! So, I feel like I had this whole, long, playfully relaxing vacation and then came home and it was go, go, GO! There were Dr.'s appointments, check-ups, then the catching up of all the household things that didn't get done, (not because my honey did nothing, but because it's just one of those things where I like things done... okay, "my way"). Anyhow...... I've got the house sorta kinda caught up and then there is the yard. I came back to a yard that looked pretty rough. This drought is really messing with my grass and plants! Not to mention all the poor farmers and cattle people around here!!! Our water bill last month was KILLER! And I've been dumping more water on the yard since I've been home. We planted two trees last year and they are still a bit tender and need that extra bit of attention with the H2O.
On Saturday my neighbor and I got together to do some canning. I had done some canning a few years ago but nothing since. And my neighbor had never done any canning so she came over to see how it's done. NOT, that I'm any kind of expert, or anything. But I have done a bit more than she has. So, we canned 8 jars of Adobo, 12 jars of Pickled Jalapeno, 9 sliced and 3 whole. That took nearly the whole day.
Today I made pickled banana peppers.
And once we get more red jalapeños, I'll make more Adobo! My pantry looks so cool with all the jars I'm getting stacked up! We have gotten LOTS of cherry tomatoes, but I've been freezing those. I'm nervous about canning those. The instructions on all the canned tomato recipes all talk about the hazards of canning tomatoes! It freaks me out!!! And I planted some shelling beans, black and pinto but I don't think I'll get enough to really do much with them. I had a LOT of trouble getting any of my beans to grow. We only had three green bean plants come up out of 16 planted. And same with my peas (12 planted 0 came up) and I only had one Sugar Snap pea plant come up out of 12 planted! Three black bean plants came up and two pinto plants. Sad, so sad. I had visions of little burlap bags full of black and pinto beans. Oh well, maybe next year.
This past Monday, my honey and I went for a little ride out to Winterset, Iowa. We took our cameras and Ricky, to check out Madison County's covered bridges. It was a beautiful day for taking photo's and we had a lovely time. It's been a while since we had gone out just the two of us and made a day of it. It was really nice! I believe we'll be doing more of that in the future for sure!
And here is little Ricky along for the ride. He's really a very good traveller!
So, that was our weekend. Sort of. There are always things that need doing, as you all know, but sometimes you just need to get up and do something fun! Now, let me see what else I can 'can' this week! ;-)
Have a wonderful week!
1 comment:
All your canning looks great. One day maybe I'll get to try my hand at that! Oh, have you tried PW's pulled pork recipe? it uses chipotle in adobo and dr pepper. super easy and good!
The bridges are gorgeous and Ricky is hilarious.
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