So we're still busy. We're busy chasing Henry around and comforting him after his falls. This nice shiner was a result of a fall on the sidewalk. The next day he fell in the house while "running" and created a mirror image on the other side. Now it looks like he has horns. Such is life. Luckily he usually recovers quick and goes about toddling around some more.
This is what I did while Henry took a nap today. Thankfully he is napping larger amounts at once so I had about 2 hours to can some cucumbers for pickles. I haven't done much canning before but I became inspired to preserve local, seasonal foods after getting the cookbook
Simply in Season and then reading
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. We already tried to eat locally and seasonally but we took it a step further this year. We signed up for a CSA (community supported agriculture) with a larger share than what we received in the past so we could do some preserving. We also put in a bunch of tomatoes, pole beans, herbs, and peas in our tiny little garden. The peas didn't do so well but the I've been freezing quite a bit of pole beans and they are still blooming. This week my tomato crop peaked so I'm going to take care of my tomato mess (see picture below) on Monday by canning tomotoes and also canning some pasta sauce. We'll see how it goes. It will be work but will all be worth it in January when we have yummy vegetables!
So we're still busy. We're busy chasing Henry around and comforting him after his falls. This nice shiner was a result of a fall on the sidewalk. The next day he fell in the house while "running" and created a mirror image on the other side. Now it looks like he has horns. Such is life. Luckily he usually recovers quick and goes about toddling around some more.
This is what I did while Henry took a nap today. Thankfully he is napping larger amounts at once so I had about 2 hours to can some cucumbers for pickles. I haven't done much canning before but I became inspired to preserve local, seasonal foods after getting the cookbook Simply in Season and then reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. We already tried to eat locally and seasonally but we took it a step further this year. We signed up for a CSA (community supported agriculture) with a larger share than what we received in the past so we could do some preserving. We also put in a bunch of tomatoes, pole beans, herbs, and peas in our tiny little garden. The peas didn't do so well but the I've been freezing quite a bit of pole beans and they are still blooming. This week my tomato crop peaked so I'm going to take care of my tomato mess (see picture below) on Monday by canning tomotoes and also canning some pasta sauce. We'll see how it goes. It will be work but will all be worth it in January when we have yummy vegetables!
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