Showing posts with label food preservation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food preservation. Show all posts

July 7, 2009

2009
*continued potato harvest: 22 lbs 9 oz Yukon Gold, 1 lb 8 oz red

2001
*canned 8 pts green beans

1999
*picked first tomatoes of season

1997
*daylily bloom count: 39

July 6, 2009

2009
*found two ripe raspberries

2002
*froze 4 qts onion
*harvested 1/4 pts blueberries

1997
*daylily bloom count: 35

July 4, 2009

2009
*1/2" rain
*began potato harvest: red - 7 lbs, 3 oz & Yukon Gold 14 lbs, 14 oz
*set out 2 daylilies & 2 irises from Mother's before rain -- daylilies & blue iris in flower row on southeast corner of Pantry Garden, brown iris in "island" within Cottage Garden

2008
*rain: 1/2 inch

2003
*harvested 6 pts blueberries

2002
*froze 28 ears corn & 2 qts onion

2001
*began main potato harvest

2000
*canned 9 pts of green beans; froze 2 pts

1999
*dug 1 hill potatoes - small but rotting from rain
*pool: 87F
*harvested first apples from William's Pride tree - windfalls

July 3, 2009

2009
*1" rain

2000
*canned 9 pts green beans
*froze 3 pts green beans

1999
*rain: 3 7/10"
*picked first cucumbers

1996
*Blue Moon

June 24, 2009

2002
*froze 5 oz jalepeno peppers
*harvested 1 pt blueberries

2001
*canned 6 1/2 pts plum butter

1999
*rain: 1+"

1996
*in bloom: Sister Ruth daylily, cock's combs, sunflowers

1995
*canned 4 pts pickled beets - Butter 'n' Love, p 129

July 30, 2008

2000
*2nd apple tree brown [died]
*pears gone - harvested one
*froze 9 pts peaches from #2 tree
*canned 1 pt of pickled jalapenoes

1999
*Enterprise apple tree brown [died]
*birds eating pears (covered with netting 8/2)

1994
*canned 5 pts picante ketchup

July 28, 2008

2002
*planted green beans for fall crop

1999
*canned 6 1/2 pts pepper jelly

1994
*canned 4 pts green beans
*canned 7 pts tomato juice

July 26, 2008

2008
*final blueberry harvest

2001
*canned 12 pts salsa

1999
*harvesting raspberries (for table)

1998
*peaches ripe on tree #2

July 25, 2008

1998
*first okra ready

1994
*canned 8 pts green beans
*froze 1 1/2 pts corn

July 24, 2008

1999
*harvested 3 pts of butterbeans (froze 2)

July 22, 2008

1994
*canned 6 pts green beans
*froze 3 pts corn

July 21, 2008

2001
*froze 15 pts apples

1994
*canned 5 1/2 pts wild cherry jelly - bitter!

July 19, 2008

1999
*bought upright freezer

1997
*transplanted 2 daylilies from Mother's

1994
*canned 5 pts green beans

July 17, 2008

1999
*pool: crickets

1994
*canned 4 pts green beans

July 15, 2008

2002
*canned green pepper jelly: 5 pts & 4 half-pints

2000
*first hibiscus blooms

1999
*harvested first mess of okra

1994
*canned 1 pt pickled okra
*canned 2 qts dill pickles (Aunt Faye's recipe)

July 14, 2008

2002
*final blueberry harvest

1998
*canned 4 pts green beans

1994
*canned 6 pts green beans

July 13, 2008

2003
*golf-ball sized hail

2002
*canned 8 pts green beans

2000
*canned 5 pts green beans
*harvested first standard tomatoes (Bradleys & Travelers)
*picked first mess of purple hull peas

July 10, 2008

2008
*rain: 1/2 inch

1998
*canned 5 pts green beans
*in bloom: Golden Glow