1. Garden work:Starting to harvest - didn't plant a lot of variety, but have eggplant, summer squash, tomatoes and peppers. Need to weed...
2. Preserve something: My total for the week: 80 pints of jam, 9 qts of tomatoes from our garden, 60 qts of pears and 208 qts of peaches. Yes, the kids helped me....assembly lines can be a good thing.....(I would get two batches done during the day - once the kids got home from school, we'd quickly get 4 full canners going - cool.)
3. Work on food storage: yes, as mentioned in my "mid-week" posts - lots of sales worth stocking up on at the local grocery store. They are also starting their fall "case lot" sale this week. Not all the items on sale are the best price of the year, but some things definitely are. When I checked out with (seriously) 4 baskets full earlier in the week, the checker mentioned she is seeing a LOT of people coming in and really stocking up on food storage. Think people are feeling the way I have for a while? (Better have it!!)
4. Other preparedness tasks: Probably doing a refresher CERT course this week.
5. Try a new recipe or a new variation: Yes - just tried a new recipe for pear cake tonight - it was yummy
6. Financial preparedness: Still outta debt....
7. Work on local food systems: That's where I got my peaches and pears.
8. Learn something new: Tomatoes do better with good support - staking, cages, etc. (Actually, I already knew that, but was reminded again this year.) Also, San Marzano Paste tomatoes don't produce nearly as well as Amish Paste....
9. Serve someone: Took dinner Friday night to some friends who have a new baby that is having feeding/growing issues.
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