T minus 5

I had another full day today. After letting the cockers and the teens out, I went over to the friendly neighborhood organic farmer and picked cherry tomatoes for 4 hours.  I'm guessing about 3300 tomatoes in all.  My back and my feet were shot, but I got some cukes and another crate of toms and a BUNCH of kale  for my trouble.

Before I left, I hooked the irrigation to the faucet and that seemed to do the trick.  My beans looked better and so did my beets.  The corn still looks dry though.  When I got back, I switched the hose to the back garden.  I have some green toms and some melons growing.

After a quick lunch, I started processing.  I made curry pickles with the cukes.  I got 6 pints.  Jim got home and processed the greens for freezing.  Gmar helped.  I refused because I was in payback mode for all the times Jim brought home produce for me and I had to deal with it.  Besides, my back and feet hurt.  Poor me.

Then it was my turn.  I canned two quarts of toms and turned the rest into sauce.  Actually, I'm still doing it.  I have to wait for the sauce toms to simmer before I run them through the tomato crusher.  

All the cockers are here today.  I have a third one trying to be broody, so I drug her off the nest immediately.  Between missing and broody hens, I 'm not getting hardly any eggs.

Did git one cute pic 

I used to have a confederate rose garden here, now I have a confederate chicken

Well back to canning the toms.  I'll probably be up til 11 doing this.  But, the price was right.

Gotta love the country.  I can work for food.

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