On 7/12/2014 7:23 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
Today we she made 9 1/2 pint jars of blackberry jam from berries picked
on our land , and canned 4 quarts of home grown green beans .
And for dinner we had spaghetti made in part from our tomatoes last year
. frozen and seasoned in part with our cayenne peppers . In a little while
, I'll top the day off with some blackberry cobbler and ice cream .

So it is, I did nothing today. Dear wife is off to a religious retreat
for the weekend and the dawg and I laid around and read science fiction
novels, ate four meals of what we wanted, and watched the news a lot to
see how far down this country can go.

Oh yeah, I did turn the soaker hoses on the vegetable gardens for an
hour and even hand watered the fig and kumquat trees. I guess that
qualifies as work. I think I will have a small bowl of Blue Bell
Southern Blackberry Cobbler ice cream in celebration.

I do envy the home grown blackberries, our land is so small we have to
go pick at a berry farm and then pay for the privilege. And I am waiting
in anticipation for the Hopi Red Limas to make enough beans that I can
can in the pressure canner.

George