August 13, 2012

I am really, really very fortunate that I have friends that know their way around a garden.  Jenelle put a couple gallon freezer bags of peppers in the freezer for me today, and made tomato juice, 5 quarts.  It is also very nice to be eating cucumbers and tomatoes as we go as our nice helpers make us meals as well.

August 3, 2012

My mom came to help out here to keep the house running so Jim could work instead of look after me.  She spent most of her time looking after the garden.  Wouldn't you know it, the corn came in early, clean and good.  Between her times of working alone and Jim helping her they got 52 bags in the freezer.

Mom also canned two 11 pound boxes of bing cherries, for herself and for us. (We ate plenty, too) And, then bought more for canning for herself.  I think we got about a dozen jars, both pints and quarts.

Then, the cucumbers are growing by leaps and bounds.  We haven't had such a good year for cukes in, well, years. So, mom put up several quarts of dills for us, too.  We grow our own dill, and it will be very nice to have them.

We cannot keep ahead of the summer squash, but who ever can.  We are eating green beans, too.  If mom were here she would work on the green beans, but she wouldn't want to.