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From the Library
- Family Happiness - Laurie Colwin
- Food Not Lawns - H.C.Flores
- Happy All the Time - Laurie Colwin
- Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life - Jenna Woginrich
- Rose Wilder Lane: Her Story - Rose Wilder Lane & Roger MacBride
- Surprised by Joy - C. S. Lewis
- The Farm Book - Rien Poortvliet
- The Screwtape Letters - C. S. Lewis
A Franciscan Benediction
May God bless you with discomfort
at easy answers, half-truths,
and superficial relationships
so that you may live deep
within your heart.
May God bless you with anger
at injustice, oppression,
and exploitation of people,
so that you may work for justice,
freedom, and peace.
May God bless you with tears
to shed for those who suffer pain,
rejection, hunger, and war,
so that you may reach out your
hand to comfort them and
to turn their pain into joy.
And may God bless you with
enough foolishness
to believe that you can make
a difference in the world,
so that you can do what others
claim cannot be done
to bring justice and kindness to
all our children and the poor.
Amen
from Phyllip Yancey's book "Prayer"
2009 From the Garden
Below I'm listing what I've gathered from the garden this year for stocking up; does not include everything that has already been consumed, e.g., radishes, lettuces, spinach, tomatoes, etc.
2009 for Storing
- Potatoes
- Wheat (very small amt)
- Onions
- Garlic
2009 Canning (Water Bath)
- Applesauce
- Bread & Butter Pickles
- Apple Pectin
- Peaches
- Tomato Salsa
- Sweet Dill Pickles
- Tomatillo Salsa
- Dilled Green Beans
2009 Into the Freezer
- Tomatoes
- Tomato Sauce
- Turnips
- Kohlrabi
- Crookneck/Yellow Squash
- Zucchini
- Freezer Pickles
- Wax/Yellow Beans
- Green Beans
- Blueberries
- Raspberries
- Strawberries & Strawberry Jam
- Rhubarb
2009 Dried
- Jalapeno Peppers
- Thyme
- Coriander (Cilantro Seeds)
- Chamomile Flowers
- Bee Balm Leaves
- Basil
- Oregano
- Flat-Leaf Parsley
Some Favorite Blogs
Important Links
Goals for 2009
- Conduct a whole house inventory - started
- Construct an annual/seasonal chore calendar- started
- Create a mission statement for my "new" life - will probably wait til my'new life' actually starts, or gets closer...
- Finalize bug-out bag contents - almost done
- Learn to make yogurt
- Learn to use pressure canner
- Learn to use tiller - or sell it!
- Organize a household notebook - started
- √Decide what to do about health insurance after job ends!
- √Do a seed inventory
- √Make a garden plan
- √Re-learn hot water bath canning
11 comments:
Heck, I'll just invite myself over for a girls canning weekend and throw in a little lesson...
count me in......hope you get it.
I'll take all the expert knowledge I can get. We can have it at my house because I'm roughly in the middle of the two of you. You better win!!!
Wouldn't that be fun?!?! I'd love to meet both of you!
I've been in contact with the woman who is selling the canner - she works about 2 blocks away from me! Somehow, I think this is "my" canner... (smile)
We should try to do it, sometime before the snow flies, whether or not you win the canner.
How does Kelli's offer to meet at her house sound? Maybe after the hectic-ness (is that a word?) of summer has slowed... of course, for the two of you, the busyness of harvest season will be upon us... me, too, I guess. But, I like the "before the snow flies" idea - that certainly gives us a deadline! LOL
Let's do it......did you win the canner? Let's set the date, definitely before the snow flies.
Hey, count me in too!
Hey, Jess - how close are you to Kathie?
YAY!!! I got the canner! I'll probably be able to pick it up after work tomorrow.
Yippee-skippee!
Congrats on the win! Jess is only 20 minutes from me, we could car pool...
I can't wait.
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