I'm keeping busy.
Of course I've been in the kitchen some. The preserving of produce is slowing down. The dehydrator isn't even running right now. I think the tomatoes are all done along with some pasta sauce and some tomato basil soup. I did make a lot of Twice-Baked Potatoes for the freezer since we got a couple bushels of potatoes from our people.
I love getting to know the people that grow my food. The couple that supplied us the last few years had to give up their large garden this year due to medical issues. So we found new people - we have a CSA with a young man and we get most of our bulk food from an Amish family about a half hour away. Both use chemical free methods although neither is certified organic. The prices are very reasonable and all of the food has been wonderful. We also frequent farmer's markets mostly because I love them!
I still want to make Freezer Coleslaw when the cabbage is ready and applesauce when we get some apples.
Of course all of this rain has to stop if anything is going to continue to grow. We are well over 9" since Saturday and we still have days of rain forecast.
My Cricut learning is still ongoing. I tried my scoring wheel - it makes folding so easy. I made these 3D stars
and I tried the iron-on vinyl on a t-shirt.
I'm learning a lot and getting a better handle on the design software. By the time we visit our oldest son and his family in late October, I hope I know what I'm doing because the Cricut Maker is going with us.
One of our youngest son's hobbies is keeping bees. A couple of weeks ago we were able to watch the process of gathering honey. After moving the boxes off of the hives, the frames are removed and the cells are opened with a device that looks like a paint roller with prongs. My seat for viewing was not in a prime position for photos.
Then the frames are spun and the honey is collected in the bottom of a large barrel. I loved watching the barrel emptying into a strainer above a 5-gallon bucket. Each 5-gallon bucket held over 50 pounds of honey!
When our son puts the boxes with the frames on the hives, he sometimes uses spacers between them so the bees can create more honeycomb there. It's not as neat as the honeycomb in the frames - it's more freeform. It tastes the same and the honey can be spun out of these or the whole thing can be eaten. We all enjoyed eating the honeycomb.
The raw honey is soooo good! We brought a few jars home but you can see that one is almost half gone already.
I am doing some quilting. I'll have a finished quilt to show you very soon - it's in the washing machine. Another one just needs binding. I am busy quilting another one. I decided to do the free-motion quilting over several days because I definitely need some daily practice.
I have at least 9 quilts begun so I really don't need anything new right now. But this just happened anyway
Of course I've been in the kitchen some. The preserving of produce is slowing down. The dehydrator isn't even running right now. I think the tomatoes are all done along with some pasta sauce and some tomato basil soup. I did make a lot of Twice-Baked Potatoes for the freezer since we got a couple bushels of potatoes from our people.
I love getting to know the people that grow my food. The couple that supplied us the last few years had to give up their large garden this year due to medical issues. So we found new people - we have a CSA with a young man and we get most of our bulk food from an Amish family about a half hour away. Both use chemical free methods although neither is certified organic. The prices are very reasonable and all of the food has been wonderful. We also frequent farmer's markets mostly because I love them!
I still want to make Freezer Coleslaw when the cabbage is ready and applesauce when we get some apples.
Of course all of this rain has to stop if anything is going to continue to grow. We are well over 9" since Saturday and we still have days of rain forecast.
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My Cricut learning is still ongoing. I tried my scoring wheel - it makes folding so easy. I made these 3D stars
I'm learning a lot and getting a better handle on the design software. By the time we visit our oldest son and his family in late October, I hope I know what I'm doing because the Cricut Maker is going with us.
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One of our youngest son's hobbies is keeping bees. A couple of weeks ago we were able to watch the process of gathering honey. After moving the boxes off of the hives, the frames are removed and the cells are opened with a device that looks like a paint roller with prongs. My seat for viewing was not in a prime position for photos.
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| opening the cells in a frame |
When our son puts the boxes with the frames on the hives, he sometimes uses spacers between them so the bees can create more honeycomb there. It's not as neat as the honeycomb in the frames - it's more freeform. It tastes the same and the honey can be spun out of these or the whole thing can be eaten. We all enjoyed eating the honeycomb.
The raw honey is soooo good! We brought a few jars home but you can see that one is almost half gone already.
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I am doing some quilting. I'll have a finished quilt to show you very soon - it's in the washing machine. Another one just needs binding. I am busy quilting another one. I decided to do the free-motion quilting over several days because I definitely need some daily practice.
I have at least 9 quilts begun so I really don't need anything new right now. But this just happened anyway
Stay tuned...
Nope, no problem keeping busy! I'd love to see a demonstration of how the whole honey thing works. I'm just glad it does, because I love honey! And you can never have too many projects started! Who knows where the mood will take you each day.
ReplyDeleteYes, you are busy. And you are hopping from one thing to the other...keeps life interesting. The honey is wonderful....we go to the farm and buy ours, but seeing the collection is great!
ReplyDeleteThat honey sounds really yummy. I never made it to the farmers market this year. Not a fresh tomato, etc has come to this house this summer. It's been a weird summer.
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