Monday, October 24, 2011

Fall is in the Air- Pumpkin time!

We went to a friend's house and he let us each pick a pumpkin from his LARGE pumpkin patch- Thanks again!  We have had terrible luck with pumpkins- they grow about as big as baseballs, then the whole plant shrivels and dies. :/

Roo, carrying his pumpkin, with Dad's help
Doodle- scooping out the guts
Roo- by his finished pumpkin
Bug with his Pumpkin

Ben and his pumpkin
Doodle with his- he was pretty proud of this huge thing
The whole gang- Left to Right- Doodle's, Ben's, Roo's, Bug's, and mine

Friday, October 14, 2011

What we've been up to....

Canning, Canning and more canning
Tomatoes- I LOVE the way the yellow tomatoes look in the jars along with the reds- it looks so pretty!

Peaches
 
V-8 (err rather I think it was only V-5) lol- no beets, watercress or spinach
And  also some Chili con Carne
Salsa
Elderberry Jelly- yum!

Jalapeno Pepper Jelly (I LOVE this on cream cheese with crackers- my favorite snack!)

What's up next- Applesauce!
 My Favorite Canning resource- http://pickyourown.org/allaboutcanning.htm  They have "how to's" on everything- complete with pictures.