It was some other solar daytime of canning yesterday. I'll live doing to a greater extent than today in addition to tomorrow. As for yesterday, it was fourth dimension to set those cherry tomatoes to work.
On yesterday's agenda was the Moroccan-Spiced Sweet in addition to Hot Cherry Tomato Preserves. This took a lot longer than expected since it took nearly an hr in addition to a one-half to fix it downward to jam consistency. I was determined non to live impatient, however. One of my greatest cooking challenges is non to saltation the gun in addition to leave of absence my salsas in addition to jams undercooked. So, amongst that inward mind, I stirred in addition to waited, waited in addition to stirred until finally, it was ready. My patience was rewarded.
It's hence pretty. My yield was three pints in addition to a piffling left over for the cook. This morning time I set some of the left over on my eggs, in addition to it was delicious. This is intended to live a condiment, similar ketchup. Only, it's the best ketchup you'll ever eat. I tin mail away imagine putting it on sandwiches or using it equally an accompaniment to whatever meat. It's actually quite tasty. As the cite would indicate, it's a piffling on the spicy side, but non hence spicy that it volition knock your caput off. Nevertheless, if you're real sensitive to that, yous mightiness desire to dorsum off on the cayenne. It's flavored amongst lots of ginger, cayenne, cinnamon, cloves, in addition to cumin equally good equally 2 sliced in addition to chopped lemons...seeded, but the rind is left on.
I'd link to the recipe, but this is published inward a novel book...this one:
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So what was I doing spell I waited? Well, I took a bunch to a greater extent than pictures of Miss Sadie. Since I wasn't using flash, she decided to continue her eyes opened upwards for a few of them.
Also, I made some progress on the Heart & Home block.
When the jam was finished in addition to processed, I had some fourth dimension to operate on the dorsum for the Wine Country quilt. I'll live using upwards almost all of the stuff on the back, in addition to I'm happy non to live adding to a greater extent than yardage to my burgeoning stash. Here's a peek at what I convey hence far. This volition live at the bottom.
The vino stuff is directional, in addition to hence when I cutting the side borders for the quilt top, I had to cutting them the long way, in addition to that left me amongst a pump panel, thirty inches wide. Today I'll run upwards the cork stuff to either side in addition to hence run upwards that piece to what's pictured above. Three seams, in addition to the dorsum volition live finished.
When I looked inward on the greenhouse tomatoes yesterday, I establish i had fallen off the plant. That tin mail away exclusively hateful that it's fourth dimension to selection the ripest amid them. While I was out this morning, I took a piffling walk to a greater extent than or less to meet what's blooming. The echinacea plants are non large, but they're doing good this year. This is exclusively the minute yr since I started them from seeds. I'm hoping we'll convey a mild wintertime in addition to they'll come upwards dorsum fifty-fifty to a greater extent than robust adjacent year. This is the PowWow Wild Berry variety.
The to a greater extent than traditional pinkish are blooming at nowadays too. The bees in addition to butterflies dearest them.
There is i to a greater extent than works life that has yet to bloom. I'm hoping this volition live the Cheyenne Spirit variety, which is to a greater extent than yellowish in addition to orange, but I actually convey no see until it opens.
The annuals are variety of inward a bloomed-out phase correct now. I actually must travel out in addition to clip the dead blossoms off to continue them blooming. Nevertheless, the verbena I planted inward the outpouring is doing actually good correct now. It's such a pretty vivid red.
While I didn't works life whatever pansies this year, I convey plenty of volunteers. This is the largest bed amid them, growing amid the strawberries. We convey no rhyme or argue to our garden. If it grows, it stays. I'd add together in that place "unless it's a weed," but that would live a lie.
So how nigh those tomatoes? I picked three 1/2 pounds. It isn't plenty for salsa, but in that place is plenty to attempt some other Lycopersicon esculentum jam recipe I've had my oculus on. For these, I'll live trying Marisa McClellan's Smoky, Spicy, Skillet Tomato Jam. Marisa did hers past times adding the saccharide in addition to letting them macerate inward the fridge overnight. I'll in all probability create the same thing.
The tomatoes surprised me this yr past times ripening almost a total calendar month before than usual. I've ever planted the tomatoes from seeds. With our trip lastly year, nosotros weren't dwelling identify shortly plenty this spring, in addition to hence I used starts from a local nursery. The plants convey been hence much to a greater extent than robust than anything I've ever planted. I mightiness precisely skip the seeds adjacent yr in addition to larn at i time for the starts. Erik in addition to Mae are sold on the "grafted" starts. When yous human face at the cherry Lycopersicon esculentum bounty inward the showtime epitome above, it's difficult to struggle amongst them. And I haven't fifty-fifty shown yous the pictures from their garden. Oh. My. Gosh. Those 2 convey some tomato-eating ahead of them. Lucky me...they commonly foist some of their bounty off inward my direction.
Today I'll live turning the tomatillos into salsa verde, in addition to I'll live finishing upwards the dorsum for Wine Country. Also, I precisely must create some housework. I've been putting it off for a week. But first, tiresome stitching. Heading in that place now.