Putting it by

Well, the green beans finally played out. I put up 37 pints in jars plus
another two pints in vac bags plus we ate about 20 pints. All of this
off a 16 foot row of bush Blue Lake green beans.

Cukes are also playing out and we've been giving them away by the
grocery bag full to friends, neighbors, and our kids. Eggplant is
producing like crazy, I've put up 7 pans of moussaka in vac bags and
we'll either eat the product of the plants or give it away as we tire of
it. The crowder peas, okra, tomatoes, and sweet bells are still
producing and probably will until our first frost in January. The
cranberry bean volunteers have given us several good messes for dinner
and a little to freeze for later.

We're fighting the grackles for the figs, tree is full of CD's swinging
in the wind but they still get our figs when it's overcast as it has
been for several days now. About a dozen pears left on the tree, another
dozen persimmons on the Japanese persimmon but the Ponderosa lemon tree
is still loaded. The !@##$% squirrels got the plums and peaches but I've
ordered bird netting for most of the fruit trees so maybe next year we
will get some to eat and make jelly and jams from.

My produce guy down at Kroger's called me this morning that he has a
couple of flats of Georgia peaches that are bruised that I can have.
Will pick them up later this morning and immediately make jam, and/or,
canned peaches for cobblers this winter. Greg is a good guy, if he knows
I will take the produce he will call me rather than toss it in the
dumpster. As the store managers are friends also I tend to get approval
for the produce. It also helps that I show up with a case of goodies
made from the stuff and they share it around. <VBG>

Life is good.

George

In article <dObmg.28258$[Only registered users can see links. ]>,
George Shirley <[Only registered users can see links. ]> wrote:


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Dear Jorge,
Just in case it's slipped your mind: I hate you.

Le-r-rve,
-Barb, who just forked out $18 for 4 quarts of stunningly beautiful
locally and organically grown strawberries. AND picked up two perfectly
ripened mangoes at the super for $.77 each. I'm thinking jam. :-) New
potatoes are tasty but too early for beans. Soon, I reckon. You pill.

<http://jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 6-15-2006; Spanish Chicken and
Rice.
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

Oh pshaw, on Thu 22 Jun 2006 12:02:54p, Melba's Jammin' meant to say...


I love that tagline!

--
Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
_____________________

Melba's Jammin' wrote:

Someone has to pick at you southron Canajians and I was elected by
popular acclaim. When you and DH gonna come south and see how the elite
live?

George

George Shirley wrote:

When the hurricanes stop coming?

;-)
gloria p

In article <DXEmg.28590$[Only registered users can see links. ]>,
George Shirley <[Only registered users can see links. ]> wrote:



When you get some decent weather. "-) I live in perfect weather.


I just posted this on my website early this morning:
June 23, 2006, 1:15 a.m.

The last month at Casa Schaller has been a busy one for us - probably
for Rob more than me. The Fab Five organized my messes to enable us to
consider the recarpeting project that has been postponed for several
years. Let me, in my own defense, say that it's not just my lousy
housekeeping that has precluded re-carpeting the upstairs of our home. I
am not an interior decorator. I have a couple of dear friends who really
love to do it. Not me. My preferences are ordinary and I don't really
care about any of it. That said, it was easy to let the project slide
because of a lack of interest in shopping for carpeting. And Rob's a
worse shopper than I am. We are grateful for the counsel of our neighbor
and designer Betty.

I stopped at the church I've been attending on the day I was going to
look for carpet and His Holiness, the Occasionally Reverend Lillejord
said I shouldn't do anything until I talked to his guy. "You've got a
guy?" I asked. "I've got a guy." All righty, then. I figured I'd
better talk to him or I'd have to explain to Guy Pastor why I didn't.
Long story shortened: Guy Pastor's guy carpeted our house on Monday of
this week. For about $1K less than the carpet store wanted, and on my
schedule besides.

Because of all this hoopla about picking carpeting and then figuring out
where we were going to put furnishings when The Day came, I have mostly
postponed my jamming activities. Until tonight, that is.

Thursday is Farmers Market day at one of the local churches and I bought
a couple quarts of strawberries from an elderly Hmong woman last week -
kind of checking things out for myself in anticipation of getting some
jam made. Her berries last week were divine. They are organically grown
and were sweet as honey. I bought four quarts and late tonight (last
night, if you want to be correct, I guess) I made a couple batches of
jam. The first was Strawberry Mango and Orange. It's okay, but
something's missing in it. And I've just finished a batch of plain
Strawberry Jam. It's beautiful and of a nice consistency. And there's no
floating fruit, dreaded by jam makers throughout the world! Hurrah! I
know a little girl who loves my strawberry jam and I confess to wishing
she were here to be a part of the process. It just didn't work out for
us to do this when she was visiting for the last couple days. :-(

The weather is beautiful and cool and I was entertained by Dave and
Craig while I worked. I had my pearls and my heels on. "-) My friend
George often ends his newsgroup reports with "Life is good." He's right.
Life is good. WeBeJammin'!

Thanks for looking.

-Barb
--
-Barb
<http://jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 6-15-2006; Spanish Chicken and
Rice.
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:

We must all learn from the Mother Superior, I also wear my high heels
and pearls when I make jam now. Although I prefer forties music to any
other. <BSEG>

George