Bread raising
Our tomato plants are doing wonderfully...did I say that they were planted from seeds?!?
Some more of the tomatoes, Ralph picked one already and said it tasted GREAT!!! Ralph has really pampered them.
Etna Beans
The Corn, it is now over 10 feet tall!!
Ralph showed us how to care for tools
Hannah sanding a shovel
Alicia cleaning a crow bar
Enjoying a gift from my Dad, he made this when I was a little girl (a cowboy hat chip and dip ceramic bowl.)
Alicia and Daddy playing Checkers, I think Daddy won this one. Alicia is a very good checkers player!
Alicia and Mom taking blanched peaches out of the pot, ready to peel and pit them
Hannah making the extra light syrup for the peaches
Peeling the peaches in preparation for canning
Filling the jarsIt was so nice to be able to can outside, we kept the mess and the heat out of the kitchen. We ended up with 20 quarts of peaches (one jar broke during the processing). What a great start for storing up for the winter. We hope to can enough so we won't need to purchase out of season, over priced fruit during the winter.
