This evening I sat down and realized that my feet were killing me. An "on your feet for 10 hours in shoes without arch support" kinda hurt. It's my fault. I HAD to wear my brown flats that I love for the first hour and hate for the next 7. I work on my feet all day, so I should know better.
To make matters worse, once I got home and finished with my outdoor chores, I spent the next five hours barefoot in the kitchen. My aunt gives me all her extra garden goodies. This year was tomatoes, peppers, a watermelon and four pumpkins. Score!
Because most of the tomatoes were really ripe, I didn't want them to set in my pantry and let them go to waste so I canned half of them as crushed tomatoes. While I was getting the tomatoes ready, I canned a quick batch of green beans to get them out of my fridge. Since I was cleaning out beans, I went ahead and sliced up the green peppers for the freezer. Of course, the milk with the awesome cream line caught my eye and so I skimmed the cream off the top and made some butter also. All while a homemade pizza baked in the oven. And that my friends is why my feet hurt.
I'm now going to let you have a peek in my horribly, messy pantry ... don't judge.
In addition to the produce that my aunt gave us, one of Nathan's co-workers brought him two boxes of apples. Those in addition to what I picked off my tree, should fill the pressure cooker with applesauce.
Friday I pick up my first Bountiful Basket. I added 22 lbs. of peaches and 38 lbs. of apples. I
guess I will have lots of apples this year.
guess I will have lots of apples this year.
Nathan helped too with the harvest this year. He made freezer pickles (recipe coming soon) because I wasn't going to do anything with the cucumbers other than eat them raw. I still have LOTS of relish and pickles in the pantry from last year.
Happy Canning!
