94-humid-chance of rain was 50% in forecast -now 20%

RAIN came this afternoon- YEP rained for about, ohhh, sayyyy, 30 seconds.
Didnt even soak the whole paved driveway.
Then the humidity went absolutely NUTS.
 
I got the hose out and watered again.

Got sauce ? Didn't take pic of last night's pick but was about the same. Updated,
last night's pick is included. This is from today.
I have 2 full size fridges for storage and both almost full.
This fridge load is going to my son tomorrow. We will sauce ours on the usual Sunday gathering.
Pigs come back tonight. My butcher is AWESOME !! Good people still exist today.
The progress towards moving is going very slower than I wish. Tough getting people motivated and then they have to stop so I get 2hr segments in a full day which equals less than 6 hrs work.

Anyway:
Not going fishing anytime soon unless this heat breaks. Like others, I can't get motivated at 6 am to quit by 10am before its unbearable.

Peace and tuna.

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Our pig goes 9/1 and tomato based canning s tr arts this weekend

Clint S
Our pig goes 9/1 and tomato based canning s tr arts this weekend

Clint, Im so sick of picking tomatoes here and I'm just getting slightly past peak. We have 98 quarts canned. Tomorrow should put us about 130. Not counting the tomatoes I've given away its been an incredible harvest.
Finished up adding cure to the bacon. Its gotta cure for 5 days then I will slice / package. Another glad it's over.
Just put the week and half old batch of chicks out in pen with last week's batch. Give em food and water, slaughter in October.
Went and bought a 15 cubic foot freezer today. Makes freezer #5 . I'll abandon one small 5 cubic freezer.
I really can't wait for summer to end. Days are getting shorter even though temperatures still boiling. Won't be long.

Speaking of salmon.
If I can get my son and grandson to go fishing, I'd like to see folks on the river.
I put an offer in on 248 acres in Richland 3 weeks ago but was turned down. My goal is still to hunt and fish my days in Oswego county.

To quote my son..
I'm so sick of tomato sauce

Tonight's pick. And Saturday fridge pick.
We are running out of helpers, not so much fruits.

It would take us 2 yrs to eat al lm that LOL.

Yea I share the wealth too. Got some salsa made and picked 3 dozen years and stripped the kernels to can that too. I will a km so do some whole ears too. I probably have 50 dozen ears in various ripeness left. Will make some saur kraut next week too

Awesome Clint. We got robbed by the deer on our beans and hopefully a fall harvest will fare better.
I've been supporting our local growers on produce we lack. The corn has been fantastic, cantaloupe fabulous , peppers and onions great and they had a limited amount of great peaches. If produce has a sticker on it , I'm not interested.
Getting way overwhelmed with projects. Tomatoes galore, chickens daily chores and the work nextdoor on the house renovation.
Haven't mowed my lawn/ yard in 2 weeks. We have herd paths now.
Thankfully there is help on the way.
Our anticipated now move date is first week in October.
By then I'll be starting fall harvests and winterzation projects .
Life is good though, family is happy and healthy .
Someday I'll fish again.

haha....just did my first batch last night of italian stewed tomatoes.  Only did 7 qts. and that is enough for me for one day, while also working from home and running my daughter to volleyball practice in the AM and my son to soccer practice in the PM.
 
I have one, nice big stainless steel pot that I know if I fill to the brim, will yield 7 qts and that is all the pressure canner can fit so works out nicely.  
 
My maters are coming in hot and heavy so I'll probably need to do this every 2 or 3 days to keep pace.  Tough for me to keep up with 12 mater plants, don't know how you do it!
 
Another dek hockey tourney starts tonight so I may not get out there to pick beans....planted late, and only enough to get a few meals but they are ready now...
 
 
 
 

Those tid bits of rain we had a few days past didnt amount to squat- Mowed a bit yesterday to pickup early leaves and raised a dust cloud.
Soooo - out with the hose doing shrubs etc for a couple of hours this AM.
DRY year.

Yep, garden threads are always good.  Nice break from the other BS.  Now if someone could help me get more land so I could grow.more stuff!!!!!!

That's great Pen, I enjoy gardening and my small little livestock puttering. It's very rewarding and important that we know where our meals come from. It tastes better and sure cuts on buying from a grocery store.

Since its Sunday, it's sauce day. This batch should put us close to 150 quarts and I still have 10 gallons raw sauce frozen. The tomatoes are still coming and from this point, I will give away free and raw sauce/ freeze what's left.
I made 8 pints of salsa yesterday.
Working on the house is getting weary with so much yet to do. Hopefully help arrives next week. We are basically rebuilding an entire house and need to be in before cold arrives, ugh.

So this is my seed garlic hanging. Should be about 200 plants. I need to build new box beds before October because we are moving location.
Our daily use garlic is hanging in braids and in this dish strainer.
Some things I've learned.
1. Until I get my fruit and vegetables stand going, I don't need 88 tomato plants. 50 seemed about right.
2. Don't sell garlic during a pandemic and wish you had more. We will surely run out of homegrown cook garlic.
3. Instead of having 5 smallish ( 5-8 cubic freezers) eliminate 3 and buy a 15 cubic foot one.
4. Setup a hydroponic system like TB for my peppers and greens.
5. Sometimes its important to take time off and go FISHING !!
Once this weather breaks in mid October, all my time will be spent in the woods pursuing deer. We are going to camp labor day weekend to check trail cameras, ride atvs and set up some live feed wifi cameras. Once Columbus weekend, I will be in woods every weekend until Thanksgiving weekend. We pull the plug after that and prepare for ICE FISHING..
I know rg says don't count your chickens before they hatch but we obviously count our venison and freezer space.
Be well.
Peace and tuna.

Tonight's pick will be donated to cardinal hall program tomorrow that will provide and serve food to people in need. Disabled, elderly and just plain folks that can't afford some things.
This will be how all many of our labors of love will be dispensed from here on.
We will also donate canned foods and meats as needed.
Sometimes it feels good to turn off the news and build a garden.