Tally Ho!

Each year I try to do a bit more than last year. Although this year I must say my efforts were a bit lack luster. I did a bit but not as much as I would have liked. I have a lot on my mind lately when it comes to simplicity, my life style and how I feel about this whole thing. I tend to be pretty philosophical about things. I make myself crazy thinking too much and I guess that's what happened this year. Philosophically I am in a rut but none the less I did manage to put some things up this summer.

Here's the current tally.

Canning

9 jars of Homemade Strawberry Juice
16 jars of Homemade Strawberry Lemonade
10 jars of dill pickles
8 jars of raspberry jam (we have a few jars left over from last year)

Freezing

30L of strawberries
20L of blueberries
20L of raspberries
10 lbs of corn
10 lbs carrots
6 lbs of broccoli
2lbs of tomatoes

Storage

10lbs of onions

To do:

More broccoli, lots of cauliflower, carrots and tomatoes. I would also like to try salsa again before October. I need to buy potatoes for storage, apples as well. We do not have a cold storage or basement or anything at this point so we really are limited in that regard.

I am not going to be freezing apple crisps or pies this year. We did not go through them all last year. I may just make a few as the winter goes by with the bushel of apples in storage.

Maybe next year I will have found my 'umph' again, because this year I have been completely lacking in motivation, definitely down in the dumps and not feeling myself lately.