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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
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 Posted - Jul 18 2011 : 3:41:40 PM
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Thanks Kris! I've always enjoyed writing, its just nice to finally have something to write about. Erma Bombeck is my inspiration, and I hope to be as funny as she was someday :)
I'll work on a new one soon. One of my ducks was hurt and I spent so much time investing in her comfort I'm playing catch up on housework today.
I think I have come to accept that I will have no beans this year, and that my one heirloom tomato is a bust. At least the melons, squash and peas are turning out.
"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." ~Gandhi
http://silvermoonfarm.blogspot.com/
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jul 19 2011 : 6:58:08 PM
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Krystle, yeah, humidty stinks. BUT the garden and grass do love it. I can not believe how things are taking off here now. I mow the grass and have to turn around and mow again in a few days. And pick, pick, pick. Seems that's all I do. I just got another 3/4 bushel of tomatoes tonight. AND my first cucumbers!! I overlooked a few big huge honkin' ones. But got 3 perfect sized ones. But they are under all the tomatoes. So I will be canning tomatoes tomorrow.
Jen, write a book! I would be willing to bet it would be a good one. I hope your duck will recover. My dog attacked one of my ducks once years ago. His back was exposed. I took aloe gel and termeric and slathered it all over his back and he was fine in a few days.
Kris
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jul 20 2011 : 12:21:52 PM
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11 more quarts of tomatoes canned! I should have enough for awhile now.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Jul 23 2011 : 10:37:55 AM
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Kris, the coolest book in my collection is the "American Frugal Housewife"-- a reproduction of an 1840s original work by a one Mrs. Childs (no relation to Julia as far as I know) The book is essentially a 19th century handbook for being a housewife with everything from recipes (receipts) instructions to make medicines, methods to clean anything in the home, uses for waste items, moral instruction (in the art of being frugal) money saving tips of the day, advice for raising well behaved and hard working children, instructing your daughters to be wise themselves (so that they would make the choices that would lead to happy lives and marriages)as well as "number crunching" of the day that told women what items and services were more efficient to pay for, and what was better to be made at home.
I dream of a modern day project like that. Young women today have NO idea how to be housewives (or farm girls) because these values and skills were not passed down by their mothers who worked full time. People don't understand much about "saving money" effectively either.
Case in point, I sold a woman 8 pairs of boys shorts and jeans and 6 shirts for only 60$ in good shape (so far so good?) She drove from 70 miles away in a large SUV to pick them up. Saving money was so new to her that she never figured in the cost of picking up the items. (Had I known she was coming all that way I would have talked her out of it, or mailed them to her or something.) If she had, she would have realized she was better off buying new at Kohls.
"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." ~Gandhi
http://silvermoonfarm.blogspot.com/
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Jul 23 2011 : 12:55:43 PM
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Jen, I consider myself pretty frugal. I will make do with what I have to not have to spend money on something else. We have SO much and need to be using what we have. I totally agree with you. My 2 Dds really don't know how to be a "housewife" or for that matter, a mother, in the case of my oldest. I really don't know why. I tried my hardest to teach them both. The youngest is actually a good wife. And she does cook good. They don't have kids yet, but I bet they will both be great parents. They are great aunts and uncles for sure. Anyway, I will ahve to look that book up. Wonder if the library would have it?
Today, I have canned 7 more quarts of toamto sauce, 3 pints of pickled beets, put a quart of red bell peppers in the freezer. And now am making dinner. Meat loaf from my beef and pork. My eggs and peppers. Cole slaw from cabbage and carrots from the farmer's market and home made mayo. Fresk Silver Queen corn right out of the garden, corn bread from corn meal from the farmer's market with my eggs and goat milk. And potatoes from the store. And of course sliced tomatoes and cucumbers. And a cobbler with blueberries and peaches for dessert. I can hardly wait. I am so hungry.
What's for dinner at your house tonight?
Kris
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Aug 01 2011 : 08:32:31 AM
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Well, I am getting Silver Queen corn now and lots of cucumbers. I have been using the big ones in water. SO good. The beans are gone. The tomatoes are being eaten up by marauding chickens and Mockingbirds. The squash and zuc are gone too. I do have some plants down the corn rows that might make some. That corn sure is good. Not huge ears but so good. I have put 7 pints in the freezer so far.
I want to start fall planting soon. We got the big ole camper out of here so the spot where it was parked for 3 years is nice and bare. I have thought about planting collards there. And I want Brussel sprouts too. And more cabbage. And spinach and lettuce and Swiss chard. And maybe some onions. I want to plant garlic too. But it's TOO HOT right now to do anything! SO I will wait a few weeks.
Kris
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Aug 01 2011 : 08:35:14 AM
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I forgot about the okra. Haven't gotten any yet but they are just FULL of flowers. So any day now. Can't wait for some good fried okra.
Kris
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tammyknit
True Blue Farmgirl
135 Posts
Tammy
Reedsburg
WI
USA
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Posted - Aug 01 2011 : 2:48:58 PM
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I am harvesting beans and my dad gave me a bunch so made a batch of Dill Beans to see how we like them. We have raspberries and cucumbers to pick and I am making pickles...trying lots of different types. I have a batch of raspberry vinegar steeping, tastes really good so far. My DH said that a couple of farmers he works with have sweet corn, so will be freezing that soon. I keep hoping my tomatoes will ripen soon...taking forever this year! The bell pepper plants are really small this year and don't seem to be growing well. I harvested "surprise" garlic. We planted it last spring and it seemed to die off really early so we forgot about it. This spring my DH was digging up the garden and he noticed this nice straight row and realized it was where we put the garlic last year. Got that dug, some of it is basically a single clove, but at least we have it! Blackberries should also be ripening soon..haven't gotten to check recently (30 miles away at our land).
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Aug 03 2011 : 2:11:42 PM
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Tammy, I have never had dill beans before. I would like to try some fermented though. Or in a crock with other veggies to dill. I need to find a good old crock to make some in.
I picked 2 bushels of Silver Queen corn and got it all shucked and cut off the cobs and cooked it a few minutes. It's all cooling right now. Then I will put it in freezer bags and into the freezer. I saved 2 ears for dinner though. And I got some pink eye peas from a friend this morning. They are cooking right now. I love shelling peas. That and corn are my favorite summertime crop. I have to go outside under a shade tree to shuck and shell. I put some really cold well water in a big tub and sat with my feet in and shelled the peas. So nice!
I am still getting alot from the garden but it's SO hot. But not as humid so not really too bad. A little breeze blowing too. I need to get some rows plowed for fall stuff.
Kris
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craftbug
True Blue Farmgirl
545 Posts
Patsy
Clarkson
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Aug 04 2011 : 2:17:49 PM
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Dilly Beans is a recipe I have in an old Ball canning book and we LOVE them, if it's the same thing. It has garlic and cayenne pepper and dill of course.
Got 115 quarts of bush beans and most is in the freezer, canned 28 quarts of the dilly beans and canned 14 quarts regular beans, plus we ate some. ;) so beans are all done.
Tomatoes are slow coming on and green peppers are small, but so are all the plants. Just to hot I think.
Kristin: Loved your idea of cold water for your feet while shelling peas. When I was a girl, mama would take new potatoes and peas (with shells) and cook them together, thicken and sweeten just a little. That brings back good memories.
Got the old bean plants pulled, ground up and put back in the ground and DH tilled it all in the ground, so ready for fall planting. Guess we could put seeds in now, huh? Was looking for cabbage plants, etc the other day. Is it too soon?
Make my words soft and tender, for I may have to eat them. :) |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Aug 04 2011 : 6:58:13 PM
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I think my grandmother did something like that, Patsy. With the beans and potatoes like dumplings. I'll have to see if my mom can remember. I know she cooked lima and butter beans alot that way. And I think this is a great time to start fall planting myself. I need to do all that too. So go for it and get it done. Or at least started. You can do a little at a time.
Kris
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