Glutton for Punishment.

I don't know what to say about this picture. She wanted her picture taken.

Today we managed to get the chicken stock canned. Used my pressure canner for the first time. Okay, I've been using it as a boiling canner for a while now, but you know. This is the actual color of the stock, and it tastes fantastic.

I have beans soaking.

Tomatoes quartered (they're Romas) and salted and sitting in a crock overnight to be pickled tomorrow.

Onions too.

I almost start to think I'm making headway when I look at this pail.

And then I look at this one, and I get snapped back to reality.
I have a ton of work to do. And if that's not enough, I bought 2 bags of cucumbers at the farmer's market this afternoon.

And these lovely strawberries, which have already found their way into the freezer.

Tomorrow we'll be making pickled tomatoes and bean soup. Maybe chili as well, we'll see how the rest of it goes. Lots of red peppers that need roasting too. I may be setting another batch of tomatoes overnight for pickles the next day as well, have to get these things used up before they get soft. Then we move on to apples! Andrew is very excited at the prospect of apple pie filling being canned. I suppose he thinks I'd have to make pies then....