9-20 Peppers, Yams, Berries, Carrots

This is Kate's Garden.

It's named after the person who made it possible.

My name is Suzanne. This will be a record of the garden to feed and bless many. We hope to take you through the entire process of planting, canning, and drying fruit and veggies.

~God Bless This Garden~

Hot Peppers!!
Really, really hot peppers!!

Got carrots?

Lots of red raspberries to ripen yet.

More Carrots.

Sweet potatoes!!

Lots of sweet potatoes. We're leaving the rest to get bigger..

He likes the sweet potatoes raw, too!!

Last but not least.... cabbage!!

9-20 Carrots and Sweet Potatoes

Hi Folks..
There are still a bunch of carrots to be canned. :) Today we will dig around in the sweet potatoes and see how big they are getting. I do soooo love sweet potatoes. I can remember when I was about 5 years old, in southern Calif., there was a huge field of sweet potatoes next to our property. I would sneak out to the field and crawl down the rows pulling up sweet potatoes and eating them raw. :) :) Suzanne

9-7-2009 Pineapple Jam

I had some pineapple left so decided to make some pineapple jam. Never made it before so don't know how it will set up. Looks pretty good, though. :)

9-6-09 Watermelons

James, Annette, and the kids, brought over some watermelons from the garden tonight.
Sooooo.. I traded them some peaches and a jar of peach jam for watermelon. It was delicious!

0-6-09 Peach - Pineapple Jam

This is Kate's Garden. It's named after the person who made it possible.
My name is Suzanne. This will be a record of the garden to feed and bless many. We hope to take you through the entire process of planting, canning, and drying fruit and veggies.
~God Bless This Garden~

Jim, at Pure Prairie, got in some peaches from Colorado, so I decided to make some peach jam.
I used 2 cups crushed pineapple, 6 cups peaches, 10 cups sugar, 1/4 cup lemon juice, 1 tblsp. butter, and 2 boxes sure-jell.

I got 6 pint jars of jam from one batch. It sure smells good in here right now! :)

8-22-09 Think I was kidding about grasshoppers?

• Grasshopper infestation forces livestock sales

8-16-09 Canning Bean Soup Pics

Jessica lifting some canned jars out of the pressure cooker. I have all these pics of canning soup in the wrong order but haven't figured out yet how to move them. :)

Bean soup is ready to eat. All finished and canned.

Here's the bean soup simmering in the pot.

Annette adding the lids and rings.

Ready to can as soon as lids and rings are on.

Some cut-up onions, celery and bell peppers for the soup.

The market had some great looking smoked ham shanks for the soup.

Here are the beans (about 5 or 6 lbs.) soaking in a huge bowl.

Getting the carrots sliced up for the soup. Folks, I wish you could all be in my kitchen to smell this soup cooking tonight, but I barely fit in my kitchen. :) The smell is incredible!! Be sure to follow your canners instructions. I canned at 10 lb.s for 90 min.

8-16-09 Canning Bean Soup

I'm canning bean soup, folks.. I should have some pics up either tonight or tomorrow. We're using shelled Great White Northern beans, smoked ham shanks, carrots, onions, garlic, celery, bell peppers, tomatoes, and bay leaf. I can't imagine who wouldn't LOVE this hearty soup. Better figure on tomorrow for the pics as I will probably be canning all night.. :) This is some really good stuff!!

8-13-09 Attack of the Grasshoppers!

Dear Folks... please pray for the garden. There are thousands of grasshoppers!! I had planned on sharing the garden, but NOT with bugs!

8-13-09 Poor Folks Recipes

Hi Folks.. I just opened a new forum called Poor Folks Recipes. If any of you would like to contribute some recipes, please do. Here's the link. http://lit4ever.org/poorfolksrecipes/index.php