Another week in the rain

I'm sort of resigned to doing a weekly update in this 'dear diary' kind of blog. It's a lot of fun going back a few months or years and checking in on what we were doing.

This past weekend we did more canning and made our first ever raspberry preserves. I don't like all those damn seeds, but it's not all about me so we made it together. It didn't set well, it's more of a pancake topping, I didn't realize it would be so runny or we would have added more pectin. Lesson learned. More squash and zucchini canning, a lot more blueberry preserves were added to storage. We noticed that it's becoming hard to find canning supplies locally, so we added more tops into the prep supplies.

This weekend was special, we finally purchased a freezer and are awaiting it's delivery. Nothing was in stock unless you wanted frost free (hell no) so special order only was our selection. 15.7 Cubic feet upright, manual defrost. We are both very excited to have more room for frozen meats, baked goods, veggies, etc. The freezer on the side of the fridge will be for more convenience items. The downside to a freezer is filling it costs a lot, but we will hit all the sales we can find and the food sealer will be in overdrive!

Here is a nice picture of the homestead. 14 days in a row of rain and everything is so lush and green. It usually is around our place, I would rather pay the higher water bill and have a nice yard, the rest of the area has no grass only weeds to make my allergies go crazy. The fence on the left of the picture is holding the dogs at bay from peeing on the garden, the end of that metal fence you can see the chives are monsters this year. You can also see the garden box under the lilac tree, water barrel system (haven't needed to use it in a while), and stuff. Our old 1886 barn homestead, we love it and not just because it was built in the year Geronimo was captured, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated or Coca-Cola was invented.

We love it because it's out home and we think it's awesome.