SETP & BBB Received, Gardening Struggles
 

Last week, I ordered SETP and the newest BBB from University of
Maine's Extension Service. My husband picked them up at the post
office this morning - woot! I can't wait to try some new recipes.

Now if only our garden would cooperate. Our "harvest", and I use the
term loosely, has been a little small this year. So far I've picked a
total of ten snow peas, three cucumbers, two beets and three green
beans. The weather finally started warming up last month but it's
still one of the coolest summers in about 15 years.

I'll probably get quite a few more cucumbers since I planted several
pickling plants and they don't have to get as big (I may end up with
gherkins at this rate, though!). I'll check on the carrots this
weekend and I'm pretty sure I'll get few pounds of parsnips later in
the year. Oh and the yukon gold potatoes I planted (some I didn't get
around to eating and didn't want to toss) look pretty good. I have
two or three tiny pumpkin and one cantaloupe. So I'm off to the farm
stands and farmers' markets for everything else.

On the canning to do list for the weekend is pickled beets (in half
pints since my Beloved doesn't eat them) and making some more room in
the chest freezer - we still have several pounds of pears and apples
from last year. Depending on how many more cucumbers are ready to be
picked, I may do up a jar or two of refrigerator pickles.

Cheers!