my potatoes are up
last week frosts this week harvest
(of lettuce and spinach)
we are almost into the real gardening season here
I know other folks have thiers already going gangbusters
but we had to break new space and since I need actually help this year....I had to wait on bernie
ok what's new here is I learned to can
I never did that before
so I am canning everything in sight
I also went back to drying food again...now we will have a lot of dried veggies put by
the cats and the 'ladies' are all fine
bernie's fine
I pitched manure all day memorial day..... ( the things i do for the garden)
now
I need to decide
I am going to make at least one major appliance purchase this summer
should it be
a larger dehydrator? ( about 200. 00)
a vaccuum sealer? ( about 150 or so)
or a grain mill? (about 275)
what do you folks think?
any opinions?
in fiber news.......I just taught a class in beginning lace to some very nice ladies......
I hope they are knitting lace and enjoying it
I am also going to do a dyeing demo for my spin group
and we are to go strawberry picking........... I need at least 8 quarts
oh and I need canning jars folks.........USED are fine........ pints and quarts and half pints ...
( I figured out what I am going to need and it is more then impressive.......about 1500 assorted )
ohohoh
til next time
vi
I have all 3 appliances, and I use my vacuum sealer the most - hands down. Sale on chicken? Vacuum seal into meal-size portions. Every time I have too much for the family to eat but not enough to have a batch for canning, I seal it up and freeze it.
ReplyDeleteOoo...strawberries! Not making jam by any chance, are you?
ReplyDeletehah! i think mark & i hauled that many jars out of his folks' basement 3 weeks ago. and we aren't even ahving a garden this year. sigh.
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