Friends of ours from church (Jason's cousin) and us decided to go in and garden together this year. The Church had 20 30x20 spots for anyone that wanted them. We decided to take two. After several trial and errors, we started getting an abundance of crops. We had TONS of zucchini, lettuce, cucumbers, peppers, and tomatoes. We each got half of the produce. Most of our zucchini I bagged into 1 cup servings and put in our freezer for the winter use. I also grilled, fried, sauted it as well.
The cucumbers, I made several batches of refrigerator pickles; kept some and gave some away.
The peppers, we have used in some recipes but today i am chopping the rest and putting in the freezer.
And then there are the tomatoes: Last week Jen and I canned (with the wonderful/gracious/assistance of my mother) 10 1/2 quarts of tomatoes. Today is another day to can. I am guessing we will probably get another 10-12 quarts of tomatoes. The next time we can tomatoes we are going to can salsa.
Growing up I would never 'admit' that I liked to can. I thought it was silly, too country for this city girl that had to be transplanted to the country b/c of my dad's new job. I mean I came from Kentucky up here and we moved to the middle of no where. Are you serious. Can't be anymore country than that. LOL. Okay, so I just digressed a bit. But my point is as a young girl/woman I would never want to help or anythign like that.
Fast forward to now, I am married and we have a son. I want to bring the freshest possible ingredients to the table each time I cook a meal for them. And that my dear friends, means that I am canning. Canning is one of the many ways that I know what my family is eating. There is no preservatives in the tomatoes. They aren't grown in place weird, no pesticides on the tomatoes. Just straight up organic tomatoes. And I love it.
I will post pictures later of our sows from our adventures in canning.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Has it really been 2 years since I last posted. Wow, how time flies. Look at our "little young man". He is growing up so fast and right before our eyes he is doing things that just make our hearts smile daily.
A lot has happened in 2 years. He have had fertility issues and prayed and prayed and now are in the process of going through our adoption classes so that we can adopt a child through the Indiana Foster Care System. We are both so excited to have another child and cannot wait to meet the child that God has chosen for our family.
Well, I will try to post more pictures later.
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