Summer!

My energy tends to be an every other day sort of thing, although I definitely have more good days than bad this time of year. Today I'm tiiiiired! Yesterday I managed to make jam and jelly for the first time - black raspberry in both cases and with added pectin - and can those up, froze the rest of the black raspberries as partially crushed, pulled a bucket of weeds (stupid purslane), managed various household tasks, and also finished some computer related things that needed done. Today I've pulled two buckets of frakkin' purslane!! weeds annnnnd... uh, I've marked the tops of yesterday's jars. Oh, and I've looked at this ice cream maker a lot. Go me!

The following are the utilitarian sort of pictures rather than the pretty kind. *g*


Things are growing and the garden looks green! I like this angle - it's harder to see the weeds. The cucumbers are really growing now and have even put on wee little cukes. Fairly soon I'll be able to hide under the pumpkin leaves, which are out of the right side of the frame. The tomatoes are finally looking good and, other than the still small ones, I'm planning on letting them keep their flowers beginning this weekend. The peas are fading fast but I've another batch to pick this evening.

( Future Noms and Pressure Gauge Testing )