Hubby got up and we sat and had more coffee and then out to the raspberry patch for me!! I'm getting 1 to 2 quarts of red raspberries every day now and soon it will begin to slow down to just 1 every other day. I'm also picking cucumbers and squash every day too!! LOVELY!!! All the rain is not doing my tomatoes any favors. They need sun and they need sun badly. I'm a little worried about them and I really, really want the tomatoes. The corn is doing okay as long as we can keep the deer and racoons out of it and the beans are doing just fine. I can't believe the spaghetti squash. It's, like, taken over!! It's been an unusual year here for the weather and the garden, but it is what it is and we just have to deal. Again, it's difficult to anticipate what Mother Nature has in store!!
This morning I'm going to get a batch of open-jar pickles started. This is a recipe I received from a lady whose home Hubby and I first lived after we got married. She was simply wonderful!! Ethel taught me so much and she didn't even know it. It was mostly taught through her way of living. It's almost as if she spanned the generations with such grace that you never knew what hit you. You learned the old ways and the new ways and learned to appreciate how they blended into each day. She was an educator - and very, very wise. She introduced me to chickens and wild foraging and ALWAYS with that amazing positive attitude. I miss her, a lot! So, with that said, I'm off to wash the crocks out and get them ready for pickles and get the beans on too. Talk to you later!!
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I ended up canning 3 quarts and 4 pints of green beans. Not bad for a little half row of green beans, huh?! We've already had a big old-fashioned pot of beans and some stir-fried beans with almonds so I'm learning what I need to be growing in my garden. As I said before, I had loads of green beans canned from last year and didn't know if 1/2 row would do me this year, but it's perfect. Of course next year I'll be back to growing 2 rows of green beans and that will give me enough to get me through another 2 years. This way every other year I can try growing something a little odd or different. It's a nice change-up but doesn't leave me without a stocked pantry.
I also got one 2 gallon crock soaking of open-jar pickles and 1 crock of dill pickles. I am so excited!!!