Our deep freeze is frighteningly full for this early in the harvest season, so Sydney’s been exploring the world of canning recently. In addition to the massive time commitment, he’s been having some problems because our well has run dry occasionally, thus making the fill-gigantic-pot-with-water part of the process a bit more difficult. There are now, however, lovely rows of peaches, chutney, pickles and relish lined up on our shelves by this point . . . and bottled water at the ready.
We also had our friends Jared and Laura over for dinner last night. It’s the last week before school really begins, so we had major motivation to mark out quality time before we all stick our noses into books for months at a time. So nice to swap stories for an evening!
Erin
Alan Schmierer