14 Pints & A Post

I have 35 minutes from the time I popped the SD card into my computer to download and edit photos to the time I need to leave for work.  So, this is going to be a short post believe it or not!

Yesterday was market day.  We took our usual – fresh eggs and tomatoes.  We only sold a couple dozen eggs this week but we sold quite a few tomatoes.  Even so, we came home with LOTS of ripe ones that needed something done with them.

I decided to put up diced tomatoes this time.  As with canning any tomato product it’s time consuming but these were super simple – wash, dice, can.  No cooking which cut the time in half!

I was able to get 14 pints and had a few of the ripe tomatoes left over.  We won’t discuss the ones that aren’t quite ripe yet as I watch CountryBoy carry another pail of tomatoes in from the garden!

The other night we started digging up potatoes.

This is only a partial row.  Today, I wiped the dirt off and put them in an extra laundry basket to store.  We’re still trying to find the best way and place to keep our potatoes over winter.  For now, they’ll go in the pantry.  Some day, we’d love to build a root cellar.

CountryBoy has also pulled most of the onions.  Some are hanging in the pantry and the latest ones ended up here…

I will chop and freeze the majority of the onions to use in cooking and the ones that dry nicely will be saved for fresh onions.

Also pictured are some cabbage we just bought the other day and some mint a fellow market vendor gave us.  We will be planting the cabbage soon and the mint – well, I need to figure out where I want them.  They will spread so I want to give them the space to do so.  I do know I want them in the small garden; it’s exactly WHERE in the small garden that I haven’t decided!

And now for some lovelies…

I have no idea what plant this is.  It looks like a giant weed but the butterflies sure do love it!

Here’s a closeup…

Any ideas?

Well, as soon as I hit Publish I am off to work.  Here’s hoping y’all have a lovely weekend!