Canning and Freezing

This morning I got up when Kev left for work, you can see from the picture that none of the animals wanted to get up. I dropped the recycling off and headed back home to do a little cleaning.

I had to do something with the green beans we had, so I decided to go ahead and can them.

Step 1- Wash them and snap the ends off.

Step 2- Cut them into small pieces.

Step 3 - Boil them for five minutes.

Step 4- Let them sit in ice water for five minutes to stop the cooking process.

Step 5- Fill the jars.

Step 6- Process the jars in a water bath for 20 minutes.

I got four pint sized jars of green beans.

I did the same blanching process with the squash and zucchini that was taking over my crisper.

But I froze it instead of canning.

I absolutely love doing this type of stuff!! It brings back memories of my dad's mom. They lived next door and had a huge garden. I would always help her in it. I remember canning all sorts of veggies and making jam in her kitchen like it was yesterday.

My aunt brought me a lug of tomatoes today, so salsa will be next!!

Football Merchandise

It's football season and Walmart has all their Razorback merchandise out. I was browsing the aisle the other day and saw these. I immediately thought whiskey! A great way to sneak liquor into the stadium. Of course the back says intended for water only. Yeah right! No one looks at this and says water.

And a Roof

They finished the roof up today! Back of the house. Front of the house. They use these to hold the plywood together.

Dogwoods

Sunday I inventoried our Dogwood Trees. We have 24 total. Some are just small bushes. There are probably about 12 big trees. I marked them so that when we are clearing brush later we won't kill them. My hope is to clear out some around them so they can all grow into large trees. They are absolutely beautiful to look at!!! I want to get some more pictures, but I got Poison Ivy on my legs the other day so I'm staying out of the woods for now.

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