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  • "Well I fought with a stranger and I met myself,I opened my mouth and I heard myself.It can get pretty lonely when you're sure of yourselfGuess I could have made it easier on myself But I, I could never followNo I, I cou…

  • Preserving the Harvest

    and waiting to be bagged: Lots of corn.Ketchup boiling down: Chili sauce:

  • The dehydrator is humming and the kitchen is smelling like tomato sauce and peppers. It's a rich, spicy smell. Holden has been painting ("The yellow is being attacked by the blue and the green!" he shouted with glee as…

  • Preserving the Harvest

    3 pints of applesauce--apples from our tree, locally harvested honey1 tray apple leather--it's in the dehydrator. It's the first time I'm making leather so I'm excited to see how it turns out1 bowl--for me. I ate it, t…

  • Inventory

    Feel free to ignore, I'm just making a list so I know what we have:Pickles--29 pints, 2 quartKetchup--1.5 pintsBlackberry jelly--10 jelly jars, 9 small jarsPeppers--1 qt dried, 2 pts pickled banana peppersBlueberries--3 …

  • I slept well again last night. I'm feeling very crampy today. Preserved today:19 pints, 1 quart of pickles. I'm totally out of pint-sized jars now1.5 pints ketchup

  • I slept wonderfully last night. Preserved today:4.5 jelly jars of backberry jelly4 racks of various peppers are in the dehydator--the house has the most delicious spicy smellAlso made:about 3.5 lbs mozzarellabuttermilkW…

  • Sleepless night

    I only slept a couple of hours last night. I just had this wicked insomnia. The Comcast man came yesterday and installed a lovely Tivo box (we've never had more than basic cable so this was a Huge Deal) and a cable mod…

  • It sounds horribly redundant

    but I'm in a terribly cranky mood today. I'll blame a lot of it on hormones; the rest on pent-up frustration that I've kept inside that now I'm glad to let free. The things I'm angry about made me angry before, I just …

  • Really Hard Day

    All I have the energy to report is our preservation tally:4.5 pints of blackberry jelly1 loaf zucchini bread2 chickens (Anthony's first foray into butchering. He did an awesome job)

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