Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Well we replanted zucchini and yellow squash today (July 23rd) and some cucumbers. Ours did OK but didn't get enough to even hardly put up any. So I decided to replant in hopes of getting some more before winter sets in. I think I must have put up like 7 or so quart bags of finely shredded zucchini and about that many spiralized. Since we're doing low carb and have been for quite a few years now I use the spiralized ones for spaghetti.

I told hubby this evening I thought we needed to make our garden 3 times the size it is now because even the okra we're not getting enough in one batch to even have a mess for us. Takes 2 pickings to get enough. I wanted to can some in quarts and then can some tomatoes in pints for cooking together. They're so good done like that. I think I have canned 4 qts. of the okra so far and that's it on it. Haven't gotten enough tomatoes to even can any yet. I have no clue what's going on this year with the gardening seems no matter how hard I try it's just not happening or making enough.

Now tomorrow I will plant the other garden closest to the house in hopes it does really well and I can get some things canned out of it. I sure hope you guys are getting more put up than I am.

I guess this is all that's happening lately other than me pulling something in my left shoulder getting out of the bed a couple weeks back. It's taking it's ever loving time to heal to. I just let the rattlesnake pole beans go to seed because of it. I canned like 20 qts. so that should be enough. I still have some left from other years anyway.

I got some plums out of the freezer yesterday I'd put in there last year to make jelly out of. The freezer is full and it was taking up a lot of space since they were whole ones. I cooked them down and got out the seeds. I plan on canning those today and making sugar free jelly with them. I'd love to have some blueberry, strawberry, and blackberry sugar free jelly to but I don't have any of those. The stuff is almost 4 bucks a jar and hubby can eat one jar in 4 settings! He wants it to mix with his peanut butter but wont get but 3-4 servings out of one of those little jars. ☹️ SO I figured I'd try to make some. Just wondering how many of the little pints of strawberries it would take to make about 20 half pints? Might have to check into that. 😃

OK I think that's all for today.