Mo Jelly

We started and ended this week with jelly making. Monday Lawman went out and picked all the peaches we had left on the trees.

We had enough to make five jars of jelly, but the flavor? Fughetaboutit! This stuff will not be gifted. At all. Maybe next year.
The end of the week we made apple jelly. We usually pick the "cow apples" off the ground but this year the apple tree did not give up any apples. They have been in the tree all year, even the chickens and deer have been walking around looking up wondering why. Lawman took matters in to his own hands.

We picked a five gallon bucket full. It made lucky 13 jars.

While we were in the mood to fill canning jars with goodies, we made a batch of deer chili. Cupcake has been Jonesing for deer chili. Five or six years ago, not so much.

Deer roast. Now diced deer

"Baltimore" peppers

More Jalapenos? Yes please

We used the hot bath canner to cook it up. Lawman slow cooked it all day so none of it scorched the bottom of the pot this time. It made four gallons (16 quarts) so we're pretty much fixed for soup and chili. Bring on the snow.

And speaking of snow, we're seeing signs of a good winter headed our way. One morning after Cupcake dropped the girl off at school, she found this at the end of the driveway.

Then Saturday morning while we were starting breakfast, she noticed webs on the back porch.

We also "found" two yellow jacket nests in the pumpkin patch. There seems to be a lot of wasp activity this year. All we know is, we're glad we have a basement full of canned goods and a big ol truck to get from here to there if we need to go in snow.
We planned ahead this week for football goofs and bought our wings early. We ended the week with wings.
K&K