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<\/a>He goes back to the surgeon in about 4 weeks for his 8 week post-op x-rays.\u00a0 If they see significant healing on the films then it is possible that he will be allowed off leash and back to regular activity.\u00a0 We are praying for this to be the case.\u00a0 Otherwise it might mean another 4 weeks on leash.\u00a0 Poor boy, he’s doing really well but I know he’s getting a bit stir crazy.\u00a0 He so wants to be out there chasing rabbits and he\u00a0doesn’t understand why he can’t. \u00a0We have been able to get some homesteading jobs completed while caring for Dutch.\u00a0 Here’s what we’ve done the past few weeks:<\/p>\n
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- I started harvesting and processing tomatoes.\u00a0 I only planted half the number of plants that I normally do and I turned out to be sorry for that decision. \u00a0We will get enough from our garden for spaghetti sauce, tomato sauce and salsa.\u00a0But, I had to purchase a half bushel of Roma’s from the local farmer for our tomato soup and pizza sauce.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
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- In the last post I showed you the cucumbers that were sitting in the pickling brine in the crock.\u00a0 We ended up with 5 quarts and I started another batch which gave us 3 more quarts.\u00a0 I also made a jar of sweet brine, the gherkin pickle recipe brine from the Ball Blue Book.\u00a0 I put the last of the small cucumbers in the brine and, since there were not enough to water bath can, I put the jar in the fridge to pickle.\u00a0 They were fantastic and John’s already eaten them all!<\/li>\n
- I also saved hundreds of cucumber seeds to plant next year.<\/li>\n
- I made laundry soap powder. (YouTube video coming soon!)<\/li>\n
- I attempted to ferment our beets but that didn’t go so good.\u00a0They never started to do that bubbling thing that fermented foods are supposed to do.\u00a0 So I ended up rinsing them and putting them in freezer bags to pickle later.\u00a0 Then, I read that beets don’t always have that bubbling action and it’s ok.\u00a0 They will still be fine.\u00a0 Should have read about that earlier I guess.\u00a0 I may have been doing it right after all. \u00a0 I’ll try again next year.<\/li>\n
- Started some garden clean up and preparing for some fall planting.\u00a0 I’ve not gotten very far with that quite honestly.\u00a0 It’s been so incredibly hot here that I can only do a little at a time after the sun sets.\u00a0 It’s supposed to start cooling down next week so I hope to get more accomplished out there.\u00a0 I need to get\u00a0the lettuce and spinach planted at the very least.<\/li>\n
- John installed some new lights under the kitchen cabinets for me.\u00a0 He did a great job and they make a big difference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Here’s what I hope to accomplish this week:<\/p>\n
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- can tomato and spaghetti sauce<\/li>\n
- make bagels and muffins to freeze for breakfasts<\/li>\n
- make a sour dough starter<\/li>\n
- start a ginger bug for ginger beer<\/li>\n
- clean up the herb garden<\/li>\n
- continue garden clean up and fall planting<\/li>\n
- finish a knitting project for a gift I’m making<\/li>\n
- continue to help John care for and rehab Dutch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
I’ll check in next week to let you know what we’ve actually accomplished and what we hope to finish up the coming week.<\/p>\n
Hope it’s a good one for you all and that you get a lot done!\u00a0 Let me know by posting a comment below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you recall from my last post my goal was to post what’s happening in our little corner of suburbia on a weekly basis.\u00a0 Well, that plan was very quickly side tracked!\u00a0 Dutch’s recovery demanded more of John’s and my time than I anticipated and, of course, he has been our priority for the past … Continue reading Homestead Happenings for the week of September 5, 2016<\/span>
- So far we’ve canned 4 & 1\/2 quarts of soup, 10 jars (half-pint) of pizza sauce and 5 pints of salsa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n