Monthly Archives: July 2011

This is our day of rest from the work around the farm.  I did pick tomatoes this morning but I picked only the ones that were really ripe so they would not fall onto the ground today.  Tomorrow I will … Continue reading →

We just finished the jelly and now must pick tomatoes, then we are done for the day!!  I started at 6:30 this morning picking grapes.  The arbor broke and we propped it up so the grapes were off the ground … Continue reading →

Long long day today.  I went down to the garden first thing when I got up and picked 20 pounds of tomatoes.  Then I got all the green beans that were ready.  Right after breakfast we started peeling tomatoes, by … Continue reading →

I picked tomatoes early this morning and got a 25 pound box full and then some.  With the ones we had yesterday we decided to divide them up into two boxes and do only half today.  We did do a … Continue reading →

This was the hottest day so far here on the mountain, it hit 90.1.  I watered the garden early this morning before breakfast and picked the tomatoes, I got about 12 pounds.  Tomorrow I will pick again and then can … Continue reading →

Another humid day.  I picked tomatoes first thing this morning and then we cold packed them with basil and garlic.  We put these in pint jars which is the right size for stewed tomatoes.  Now this winter when we want … Continue reading →

Another busy day.  I started out this morning picking vegetables and found we had our 20 pound box for tomatoes full again so we had to can spegehetti sauce, we got 6 1/2 quarts processed today.  We also processed 7 … Continue reading →

I could not get on yesterday at all.  Norman spent all his free time yesterday working on this darn computer and could not get it to open up at all.  Finally this morning he restored it to two days ago … Continue reading →

Got out early and picked the tomatoes.  With the few we had from yesterday, after we ate our fill for supper, we have a twenty pound box full to can this morning.  I tied up some tomatoes and cut some … Continue reading →

Another very long busy day.  While Norman took his walk I watered the gardens.  Things are getting so dry with this heat but we are lucky here, our high was 86 today while much to TN was in the high … Continue reading →