Food processing and summer abundance

With the abundance of a garden and fruit this summer we had to process (and are in the process of processing!) so much food. How lucky we are to have had so much allotted to us this year... and a small reward for the toils of hard work too. But this is a tremendous amount of work as we spent all day in the kitchen without even eating all that much yesterday. Some exploits from the summer not already mentioned: MORE pickles, pear sauce, dehydrated pears, salsa, prunes

(More) Garden Bounty & Food Processing

Lots of food to preserve this summer. We harvested over 30 cucumbers and Michelle is turning them into pickles! Yum! And a box of peaches (for sauces, pies, and jams) and a box of tomatoes (for Marinara) too.

Richmond Night Market

Nice rendezvous with Andrea and Kes! Yum!

Montana!

A trip with the best intentions to get to Hilgard Basin... alas, it was nt meant to be for a variety of reasons. So we spend most of our time at S. Willow Creek, outside of Pony. It was a nice way to spend some time in the Montana backcountry. Despite the bumper sticker that says backcountry bloggers are still hung in Montana, I am writing about this.

My retaliation to the placers and producers of that bumper sticker placers is this: I already am hung. Take that. More important than my eighth grade reply is that public land is for everyone to enjoy. Don't feel so entitled. It was all stolen from folks who used to care for the land and still would if you didn't put fences up.

Road Trip to the Olympic Peninsula

A whirlwind of five days:
Seeing Cousin Aaron and Jenna, Port Townsend's Chetzemoka Park, Olympic National Park's Sol Duc River Valley (Hot Springs too) & Hoh Rainforest, La Push coast, Lake Crescent, Hurricane Ridge.