The Merkley Family

I love feeling like I am contributing to my food storgage and to our sustainability. I just want to remember this! I feel so productive right now I thought I would sit down, rest my legs and surf the net a bit. And I'm also wishing I had worn my support hose. I have been patiently waiting for 5 days for my Steam Canner to arrive. I had looked at all the stores and could not find one! I felt bad borrowing, because other people need their Steam Canners too, right? So, I broke down and purchased one from Amazon. I love Amazon! They had such a good price, and of course free shipping.

Today, my steam canner arrived and I could finally work on the potatoes and strawberries piling up in the corners of my kitchen. I put up 13 qts. of potatoes and made 7 pints of Strawberry Lemonade Concentrate. Yummy! I also had some apples about to kick it, so I made an apple pie for dessert.

Last Saturday my mom and I decided to get our garden started and planted our seeds in starter pots. They are supposed to take 2-4 weeks to sprout, but check mine out! I don't know what happened, but these little guys are on turbo speed! I swear, you can see them growing minute by minute. I have my herb pots planted too, but no sprouts yet. Now, all we need is the SNOW to stop SNOWING! Then I can get outside and plant these babies. Can't wait! Hopefully they grow outside as well as they have inside.