Comments on: Day 4: Exhausted http://www.owlhaven.net/2008/09/04/day-4-exhausted/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:59:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: julee http://www.owlhaven.net/2008/09/04/day-4-exhausted/comment-page-1/#comment-28401 julee Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:11:13 +0000 http://www.owlhaven.net/?p=2402#comment-28401 I so miss our farm so much at times, and my 1 acre vegatable garden, I miss canning too....that counter of colorful jars singing thier song to me in the jar lids popping the afternoon away....As beautiful as your photos are of produce ...today I am sort of happy I am not elbow deep at the sink peeling tomatoes. Kinda sorta still long for and miss it....but I am still tired even though you are the one putting up food! :-) Nowadays for us it is just # 10 big cans of vegables and fruit at Cash and Carry. I do glory in the few fruit trees we do have in town, and mayby once in awhile you might find me making up a batch of jam (freezer jam..no more sweatie hot kitchen) More power to you Mary! You'll be the smiling one come winter with your stocked pantry of jars of food treasure! Julee I so miss our farm so much at times, and my 1 acre vegatable garden, I miss canning too….that counter of colorful jars singing thier song to me in the jar lids popping the afternoon away….As beautiful as your photos are of produce …today I am sort of happy I am not elbow deep at the sink peeling tomatoes. Kinda sorta still long for and miss it….but I am still tired even though you are the one putting up food! :-) Nowadays for us it is just # 10 big cans of vegables and fruit at Cash and Carry. I do glory in the few fruit trees we do have in town, and mayby once in awhile you might find me making up a batch of jam (freezer jam..no more sweatie hot kitchen) More power to you Mary! You’ll be the smiling one come winter with your stocked pantry of jars of food treasure!
Julee

]]> By: CatGranny http://www.owlhaven.net/2008/09/04/day-4-exhausted/comment-page-1/#comment-28392 CatGranny Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:19 +0000 http://www.owlhaven.net/?p=2402#comment-28392 Are those Granny Smith apples? Would those grow in Georgia? Are those Granny Smith apples? Would those grow in
Georgia?

]]> By: AlyiceEdrich.com http://www.owlhaven.net/2008/09/04/day-4-exhausted/comment-page-1/#comment-28390 AlyiceEdrich.com Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:31:19 +0000 http://www.owlhaven.net/?p=2402#comment-28390 Holy Cow Woman! I was exhausted just reading this post. But I must admit quite envious, too. I want a farm/garden, but hubby not so much. It was fun scrolling through the pics. This "not buying" anything is hard work. Yesterday I found a video I wanted, an exercise video on African dance. I'd been looking and looking for this particular one and was so tempted to put it into my shopping cart. Instead, it went into the "wish list". Tonight, daughter tried to talk me into Subway but I talked her into defrosting some frozen shrimp instead. Holy Cow Woman! I was exhausted just reading this post. But I must admit quite envious, too. I want a farm/garden, but hubby not so much. It was fun scrolling through the pics.

This “not buying” anything is hard work. Yesterday I found a video I wanted, an exercise video on African dance. I’d been looking and looking for this particular one and was so tempted to put it into my shopping cart. Instead, it went into the “wish list”.

Tonight, daughter tried to talk me into Subway but I talked her into defrosting some frozen shrimp instead.

]]> By: Linds http://www.owlhaven.net/2008/09/04/day-4-exhausted/comment-page-1/#comment-28387 Linds Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:04:27 +0000 http://www.owlhaven.net/?p=2402#comment-28387 Am I the only one who thinks those squash look like snakes???? Way to go, Mary! I am so impressed with all your hard work! Am I the only one who thinks those squash look like snakes????

Way to go, Mary! I am so impressed with all your hard work!

]]> By: Kim N http://www.owlhaven.net/2008/09/04/day-4-exhausted/comment-page-1/#comment-28384 Kim N Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:07:15 +0000 http://www.owlhaven.net/?p=2402#comment-28384 Wow! That is so great. I am ordering some boxes of apples (wish I had trees in my yard!) and my friend is going to let me use her vita-mix blender to make applesauce. She says you just throw the entire apple in (minus the stem) and mix it up good and then simmer it with whatever seasonings you want. Hopefully it works out because I like easy! The picture of all your produce on the counter makes me drool. I am determined to find a way to have a decent garden in my tiny yard next year. It will happen! Wow! That is so great. I am ordering some boxes of apples (wish I had trees in my yard!) and my friend is going to let me use her vita-mix blender to make applesauce. She says you just throw the entire apple in (minus the stem) and mix it up good and then simmer it with whatever seasonings you want. Hopefully it works out because I like easy!

The picture of all your produce on the counter makes me drool. I am determined to find a way to have a decent garden in my tiny yard next year. It will happen!

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.owlhaven.net/2008/09/04/day-4-exhausted/comment-page-1/#comment-28383 Stephanie Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:57:25 +0000 http://www.owlhaven.net/?p=2402#comment-28383 Wow you got a lot done! Two summers ago we invested in a Sauce Master. (I think it was around $35) What a handy tool. Tomatoes can be put through quartered raw for sauce and it removes the peels and seeds. Apples can be quarter and cooked till soft then put through and it again removes the peels and seeds. The kids can run it too. It was worth the investment for me. We've done a lot of sauce, about 75 quarts, and I thought I was done, but now I'm longing to do more apple butter. Time to go raid (with permission) an neighbors tree! (The rest of my garden is about done though, except the tomatoes tricklin' in. Think I'm going to dry some tonight.) Wow you got a lot done!

Two summers ago we invested in a Sauce Master. (I think it was around $35) What a handy tool. Tomatoes can be put through quartered raw for sauce and it removes the peels and seeds. Apples can be quarter and cooked till soft then put through and it again removes the peels and seeds. The kids can run it too. It was worth the investment for me.

We’ve done a lot of sauce, about 75 quarts, and I thought I was done, but now I’m longing to do more apple butter. Time to go raid (with permission) an neighbors tree!

(The rest of my garden is about done though, except the tomatoes tricklin’ in. Think I’m going to dry some tonight.)

]]> By: Cindy http://www.owlhaven.net/2008/09/04/day-4-exhausted/comment-page-1/#comment-28382 Cindy Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:10:21 +0000 http://www.owlhaven.net/?p=2402#comment-28382 Holy gardening! That looks amazing and scrumptious!!! Cindy Holy gardening! That looks amazing and scrumptious!!!

Cindy

]]> By: momteacherfriend http://www.owlhaven.net/2008/09/04/day-4-exhausted/comment-page-1/#comment-28381 momteacherfriend Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:56:12 +0000 http://www.owlhaven.net/?p=2402#comment-28381 You are one productive momma. You are one productive momma.

]]> By: Fawndear http://www.owlhaven.net/2008/09/04/day-4-exhausted/comment-page-1/#comment-28379 Fawndear Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:38:58 +0000 http://www.owlhaven.net/?p=2402#comment-28379 Yep - you beat me. I spent all day in my kitchen trying to crank out only 6 quarts and 9 pints of pears. The best part is at the end of the day - if you have time to clean the kitchen - and see the finished jars shining on the counter. Nothing is better. I Love Harvest Time! Yep – you beat me. I spent all day in my kitchen trying to crank out only 6 quarts and 9 pints of pears. The best part is at the end of the day – if you have time to clean the kitchen – and see the finished jars shining on the counter. Nothing is better.
I Love Harvest Time!

]]> By: Dawn http://www.owlhaven.net/2008/09/04/day-4-exhausted/comment-page-1/#comment-28378 Dawn Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:49:04 +0000 http://www.owlhaven.net/?p=2402#comment-28378 Wow! I am tired just reading that post. What a blessing to have all of that food put up though. Blessings, Dawn Wow! I am tired just reading that post. What a blessing to have all of that food put up though.
Blessings,
Dawn

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