The big sleepover went well, lots of giggling and they slept down stairs in sleeping bags and I got to get some sleep. On Saturday they came along the trail while I was out getting firewood and I got a photo as they crossed the creek.
They got the modular home assembled and now they can work inside. Hard to believe that one can put a house up in a day.
My big project on Friday was to work on the bushel of apples that I bought so I used the peeler to spiral cut and core them. I have a pot of hot sugar water and would fill the jar with apple and pack it as tight as I could get it, then put the liquid in. I also added some spices and a spoon of vinegar to up the acid.
Ended up with a dozen quarts which were water bath processed using mostly Tattler lids.
We still have a few apples left just to eat so it worked out about right as we should finish them before they go bad. The calves and Dusty split the peels and cores which made them happy.
It was 19 F degrees this morning and the wind was blowing. The calves were up on the hill in a protected area where the first sun hit them. I gave them extra corn and Dusty got some hay in his field this morning for some extra calories.
I worked outside a little while but just did what I needed to do before going inside. It took until noon to get the house up to 68 F and had to keep the furnace loaded up with wood and the fan on constant to do it. When the wind blows, it really cools a farm house down no matter what you do, no stale air in our house.
beautiful photos! Thats right about no stale air in a farm house, we knew that all too well, upside, no worry of carbon monoxide poisoning!!!!Pretty group of girls,
ReplyDeleteYes we don't hardly need any kind of exhaust fan when the wind blows. When we went to visit a relative with an air-tight house one time, it felt really uncomfortable.
Deletei have that same apple peeler and can never quite get it to work properly.
ReplyDeleteThe peeler can jam up and miss spots but I just keep a knife to work on the problem ones. Mine came from an antique shop and has a broken blade but it still cuts a quart inch strip off. It is better than doing it all with a knife like I used to.
DeleteI have been meaning to try the tattler lids. They work well?
ReplyDeleteThey girls look like they're having a good time. :)
Sometimes the tattler doesn't seal just like the metal lids but I think it is because I put too much in the jar on occasion. Other than that they work fine and so far I have never had one go bad, just clean them and use them over again.
DeleteWow, the apples look fantastic. What a treat to have tucked away in the pantry.
ReplyDeleteI put spice on them similar to apple pie type of thing and we eat them right out of the jar or heat them in the microwave for a few minutes. Like having desert.
Deletei bet they loved those apple scraps! ashlyn has a guinea pig that gets our apple peels :) great shot of the girls. you should print that out for each of them! i bet your apples are delicious!
ReplyDeleteI cooked some fresh ones for supper last night and Dusty got the peels, he kept nudging me for more, too bad big boy, no more.
DeleteThe apples look really great. I liked this post very much.
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Thanks it is hard to mess up apples and they are easy to can.
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