Ok – so I forgot to take the last batch of photos. I guess I got distracted by the tomato sauce splashed from floor to ceiling, the piles of seeds, the constant rearranging of the freezer to accomodate yet another batch of sauce. 25 Quarts of sauce and about 8 pints of tomato jam. Plus I-don’t-know-how-many peppers in the freezer. I am just about half done for the weekend. Tomorrow is roasted tomatoes and pickled hot peppers. If I can get out of bed and pick up a cup of coffee. See you then = have a great Saturday night folks!
Saturday "You Are There" Blogging, part 2
Don’t miss part one – it’s right under this post. More photos from the kitchem cam/camera phone!
Making progress – this is the second pot of sauce just getting started
Plenty more waiting in the wings too – I will add these as the ones already in pot cook down.
Starting now on the Tomato Jalapeno Jam with about 5 pounds of Roma tomatoes, waiting in line to have their skins removed.
More in a few hours!
Saturday "You are there" blogging
Hold on to your hats people – this is going to get exciting! I have a lot of produce to get whipped into some kind of usable shape before it goes bad. We had a frost Wednesday night, which had Larry out in the garden furiously yanking tomatoes and peppers from the vines and plants and hauling them into the house by the bucketload. I have two days to get it all dealt with or it is going to start rotting nad festering and that is not a pretty sight.
In keeping with the up to the minute nature of today’s posts, I am using my camera phone and with the exception of resizings, these photos are unedited. To get started, here are some of the veggies we will be dealing with today.
Tomatoes – they will be made into sauce, stewed tomatoes, roasted tomatoes and tomato/jalapeno jam [recipe coming Tuesday].
There are the last of summer squash – leave it to the aliens to survive the longest, eh? We will probably just eat them for dinner tonight. Those wax peppers will get pickled though.
I have 2 huge bags of peppers – the ones I don’t use for sauce will be frozen to use in chili, spaghetti and casseroles. And tomorrow I am making stuffed peppers – the recipe for those will be forthcoming as well. If you go by price of red peppers in the middle of the winter, this is about $500 worth of them.
These are the hots – red cherry peppers, jalapenos, and more hungarians down in the bottom. Most of these will be pickled by the same method as the dills I did earlier this summer.
And, lest I forget, I have some tomatoes.
Stop back later on to see how I am doing – I promise to update at least twice today. Unless they just plain overwhelm me. Have a great Saturday!
SkyWatch Friday #11
Go here > Skywatch Friday to see great photos of the sky from across the planet.
The point and shoot can’t really do this justice, but you gotta try, right? A golden sunset up the hill. 
Front Door/Back Door Day, September
Whoa – this nearly got by me this month! Chalk that up to the ailing Nikon I guess [seriously – I love ya Nikon, what with the free fix and all, but if ya don’t get my baby back to me pretty soon, I am gonna start charging rent!].
If you are new to my blog – this is what I am talking about:
This is a photography meme – an easy fun project.
1. Step out your front door and take a picture.
2. Step out your back door and take a picture.
3. Put them on your blog, along with the rules.
4. If there are things in the photos that you particularly like or dislike, you can point them out, or just explain what we are seeing. Maybe changes over the seasons or some junk in your neighbor’s yard that drives you nuts.
5. Tag as many or few people as you like – preferably at least one though.
6. You can join in anytime and participate in the months following, every once in a while or even just one time if you like.
Posts from previous months are here. 8 Months we have been doing this – hard to believe, isn’t it?
So here we go – taken with the little point and shoot Nikon, and straight out of the camera. This is a good morning for these shots actually, because we are under a frost warning for tonight and a good frost will drastically change the scenery. I have to decide which plants I am going get covered up and which ones to euthanize by leaving them out. In any case, a lot of the plants you see here now will be laying on the ground by this time tomorrow.
Front:
Back:
Anyone can jump in here and start participating if you like – make sure to link back here and leave me a comment so I know yours are up.
And while I have you – go check out Martha Stewart’s blog. She is blogging about blogging – pretty interesting and the comments have lots of great blogs to check out.


