I Should Be In The Kitchen

We are still harvesting tomatoes, cucumbers, jalapenos and okra.

The lima beans seem to have halted their growth at the moment.

And, still in the ground are the other half of the gold potatoes and all the sweet potatoes.

We were gifted with a BUNCH more apples and a bag full of hot and sweet banana peppers.

Today, my intentions were to make and put up some salsa using up some of the tomatoes, the jalapenos and some of the hot banana peppers.  That is, until I discovered that I didn’t have enough garlic on hand to make the salsa.  And, probably not quite enough lemon juice either. sigh.

Then I thought, I oughta make and put up some applesauce or apple pie filling.  But, I just wasn’t in the mood to peel apples all morning.

I went outside to hang up a load of laundry and saw the trunk project I am working on.  Of course, I meandered over there to check it out and, well, the morning was history (wink!).

So far, a lot of time has been spent gently scraping the canvas off the outside of the trunk.  I even had to pull out the paint stripper to remove the black paint that was on three sides and the top of the trunk.

It’s coming along slowly but I can already envision what this ‘ol trunk is going to look like when I’m finished!

I stopped working on it today when the sweat started running down my legs.  Here’s where I’m at on the top of the trunk…

I still have a long way to go on the whole thing but I’m making progress.

When my hands needed a break from all the scraping I decided to pot my two $1 plants I got the other day from the clearance rack at Lowe’s.  They were already marked down to $3 then they were marked down to $1.  Score!

There was no tag in the containers but I believe these are trailing Verbena.  Don’t quote me on that though!

I am slowly working on some curb appeal so I put these in my plastic, half barrel-looking pot and put them in front of the ‘ol wagon wheel leaning on the front (actually side) porch rail.

Can you add curb appeal even though you don’t have a curb?  Ha!

This is the side of the porch that is seen when you come up the drive.  It is looking a little better and more inviting.

See all the chippy paint on the porch railing and the floor?  Our porch definitely needs some TLC.  In time.

Tomorrow, I will get in the kitchen.  That is, after a quick trip to town to get more jars, lemon juice and garlic.  Then, I will be psyched and ready to spend the day putting up food for winter!