[2 days of posting . . . don't worry it won't last] Amy has just discovered the joys of picture taking. It has been a fight trying to get her to smile for as long as I can remember. This was my conversation with Amy today: "Mom, take a picture of me picking tomatoes! And another tomato! And another tomato!" Thus. . . the three pictures of Amy in the garden with the cheesy grin on her face. Ian still likes to smile luckily . . . but what's with sticking his bottom teeth over his top teeth? It is pretty cute though :).
Today we started pulling out the garden and picking the last of our veges. Our garden didn't do too great this year. We did get a lot of string beans and tomatillos but not a lot of tomatoes. I ended up canning 10 pints of salsa verde, 10 pints of whole tomatillos, and 12 pints of string beans from our garden. I bought some peaches and apples and canned 10 quarts of applesauce and 20 quarts of peaches. Once I get started I really like canning. It's not something I grew up doing but it is fun to see everything that you grew in your own jars stored away. The work is worth it.
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I have a knew found joy in caning too but I did chicken. My next expierment is a garden next year. We will see how it goes
whoo hoo!! next year you are coming to my house to help me can!!
Wow, canning? Now I really wish we lived closer together. That is something I could learn.
Our garden didn't so great this year, either. Maybe we can blame it on the weather?
Gardening and canning are some of our favorite pasttimes when we make it happen. There is something so fulfilling about being in the garden and kitchen with our kids and they truly enjoy it and learn so much. They are both getting so big and their personalities really show in these updates - keep them coming!
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