With kids in it!
Amazingly enough, we do have some vegetables that survived the dandelion overspray (both rounds as they were so bad). I'm happy to report we picked lots of yummy cherries from our tree out front, we just may have a pumpkin or two, we have peas and the sunflowers that Tyson planted are, again, the thing that looks the best in the garden. I think he has a green thumb. Last year he planted green beans that grew better than the ones I planted. This year, his sunflowers are doing better than everything else. Go, Tyson!
Speaking of non-successes, the strawberries we picked and jammed but the jam didn't set up. I tried using liquid pectin that didn't have me warm or cook anything for freezer jam and after 24 hours, it still hadn't set up so we froze it anyway. We just have really runny jam on our sandwiches now. The kids still like it, though. I just keep reminding myself that one day I will have all this down pat and that if I keep trying, I may never need to rely on my food storage. Here's for hoping!
Some things I've learned this summer:
Amazingly enough, we do have some vegetables that survived the dandelion overspray (both rounds as they were so bad). I'm happy to report we picked lots of yummy cherries from our tree out front, we just may have a pumpkin or two, we have peas and the sunflowers that Tyson planted are, again, the thing that looks the best in the garden. I think he has a green thumb. Last year he planted green beans that grew better than the ones I planted. This year, his sunflowers are doing better than everything else. Go, Tyson!Speaking of non-successes, the strawberries we picked and jammed but the jam didn't set up. I tried using liquid pectin that didn't have me warm or cook anything for freezer jam and after 24 hours, it still hadn't set up so we froze it anyway. We just have really runny jam on our sandwiches now. The kids still like it, though. I just keep reminding myself that one day I will have all this down pat and that if I keep trying, I may never need to rely on my food storage. Here's for hoping!
Some things I've learned this summer:
- Don't use dandelion spray on even the slightest breezy day.
- Don't use liquid pectin to make freezer jam.
- Plant seeds on the north side of the trellis, not the south.
- It's ok to buy starters at the local plant nursery so you can have veggies sooner.
- My house is not set up to grow starter plants that are nice and strong. (House faces north and south with no windows on the east and no place to put seed pots on the west.)
- Sharing fruits and veggies with neighbors is a great way to strengthen neighborly ties.
Sounds like you are already deciding what to do next year! I made jam this week too... We should have done it together!!! :D
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