Garden Time

May 3rd layer newspaper & straw laid

OK lets just get this out there I love to garden. Garden was planted the last wks of April. Then on May 3rd a layer of newspaper & straw was laid down after the seedlings broke, grown so I could tell where the rows were. The weather has been perfect & grow took flight. It has been one of the best years in a long time for gardening. The straw & newspaper has done great at keeping the weeds down. I mainly have to keeps the rows weeded :) 

Garden today... Things looking good

The Cucumber, tomatoes, beans & peppers have stared bearing their young produce & the corn is about to tassel. Today I weeded & then started getting the equipment out that is needed to process the vegetable's for canning. This far I have located the  2 pressure cookers, 2 water baths, rings, jars, funnels, utensils. Jars will need to be washed & sterilized due to setting all winter long in the garage. I also sterilize them @ the canning process / instructions. I will be posting recipes so keep checking back.








Roma Beans are my favorite type of bean. The way things look right now the first 2 pickings are going to yield a lot. I will can some & freeze some. I like them canned better than frozen but some of us like them better frozen. Doing both will keep everybody happy:)









Cucumber are doing awesome & there are alot of small cucumbers & blooms.. have several different types planted. It will be awhile before I have to get serious with them. They will be made into Dill pickles, Bread & Butter pickles, Lime pickles, Dill relish & Sweet relish. The last couple of years it has been almost  impossible to find dill in this town for some reason. I will have fresh dill this year .... I planted some :)

Dill



Tomatoes



Cilantro

Jalapenos

Almost 6 yrs ago I was Dx with RSD/CRPS right foot/ankle. Until about 8 mo ago I cont. to work & do what I could to stay active. Things have gotten worse but I am not going to give up! I will cont to do the things I like. It may take me 6 hrs to what normally would of taken me a hour but I do it. Some days I pay for what I did the day before but at least I did it... I live by if you don't use it you will loss it. The most important things are to stay positive & a loving caring family & friends. Which I am blessed to have both.