We've been busy with the start of school and with the garden. Usually the garden is pretty much all done by the start of school and I have to do is process applesauce and pumpkins. But this summer was so cool that the tomatoes are finally ripening now.
They are nice tomatoes and hardly have any black spots but they are taking forever to ripen.
In our spare time, we've been playing some Lego Star Wars.
Deborah's sunflowers finally bloomed (even after being trampled by chickens when the plants were very small).
The boys are taking an archery class this fall. After I drop off the boys, then Deb and I head home for a sewing lesson. Here is her first day of lessons.
On her second lesson, she finished her "needle book". She's working on a fancy blanket for Kirsten now. It is made of gray felt and Deb is sewing on lace and eventually little pearl beads.
We found where they were throwing down sand bags trying to get them to land closest to the target. If you look closely, you can see the bag and streamer going down.
I never get tired of watching balloons. Or taking pictures of them.
I'm up to 90 quarts of tomatoes or tomato sauce.
We had a lot of grapes and I decided to make grape juice with the grapes I picked on Friday.
My dh and Deb picked all these peppers out of the garden today. We had a frost last night and so we had to get everything but the root vegetables out of the garden.
And last but definitely not least, today was applesauce day. 39 quarts, count 'em, 39 quarts.
Nathan was my helper today. He ran all that sauce through my strainer. It was a cool day to be processing on the porch - the high was 54. Note the gloves.
Now on a more practical note. Which looks more impressive (not artistic) - a 5 gallon bucket of grapes...
or a basket of grapes? Same amount of grapes, just a different presentation.
They are nice tomatoes and hardly have any black spots but they are taking forever to ripen.
Deborah's sunflowers finally bloomed (even after being trampled by chickens when the plants were very small).
The boys are taking an archery class this fall. After I drop off the boys, then Deb and I head home for a sewing lesson. Here is her first day of lessons.
On her second lesson, she finished her "needle book". She's working on a fancy blanket for Kirsten now. It is made of gray felt and Deb is sewing on lace and eventually little pearl beads.