Each summer I canned organic peaches for Ken. Ken loved all stone fruit like peaches, plums, cherries, etc. The stone fruits consistently show up on the Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen list of foods that have high pesticide residues. So I made an effort to find and can organic peaches in pint jars; Ken could take them out to the field with a spoon and have a mid morning and/or a mid afternoon snack. With …
Yesterday we had some rain. Some years when it is warm and damp the plums start to mold where one plum touches another fruit. I wanted to avoid this. So today I went out to check on the plums. And just look at what I found! Ken loved plums, and my mother does, too. I like them and will eat lots, but some will go for jam. So, soon I will be jammin’!
Most of my time now is spent cleaning, sorting, and divesting. But last week I added. My ten hens did not have a rooster. I had given the one I had him to Otto so he could have fertile eggs if he got a broody hen. I like having a rooster to protect the flock – and also to have fertile eggs if I want to let a hen hatch. A friend Erin was happy …
