It's Moist

We finally got some much needed rain at The Acre this week. The garden and the pumpkin patch was looking a little wilted but everything seemed to perk back up after an inch of rain over three days. With the ground nice and soft this weekend, we went out and picked the rest of our onion patch to make way for a row of late green beans.

We dumped these out on the sweet potato screen to let them dry a while. Our plan is to slice these and use pickle juice to can them.

Earlier in the week we made use of our peas. We got a few pods at a time, so we put them in a ziplock bag and froze them until we got a bag full. Monday morning, Lawman made a bowl of pea salad for us to have with dinner all week.

And we've been getting a half dozen or so tomatoes at a time, which is good and bad. We don't waste any, but it's hard to do much with just a few tomatoes at a time. This week we decided to start making tomato soup with what we had on hand. We picked some fresh jalapenos, onions, and basil from the herb pots.

And there is always room on the table for a fresh from the vine tomato with any meal.

Since it cooled off with the rain, we made use of the break in the heat to pick a big jug of blackberries for jelly.

We used the juicer, and it separated the seeds and stems from the juice.

This is a huge time saver for us, and it makes jelly a snap.

We also got our first few ears of corn early in the week. We had them for dinner, along with fried chicken legs.

Then later in the week we picked nearly a full clothes basket of corn. We will be canning this up first of next week.

We are still enjoying the hummingbirds on the front porch every day. There is something very soothing about them humming about while we enjoy quality time on the front porch.

We ended the week with wings.
K&K