On 2017-09-15 06:33:36 +0000, Wayne Boatwright said:

> I have two entries registered for the upcoming Arizona State Fair.
> Unfortunately the foods section is sorely lacking, and practically
> nothing in pickling and preserving.
>
> I made a batch of Spiced Candied Dill Spears and a batch of sun-
> preserved Whole Strawberry Preserves. They both taste good to me and
> to friends I've given some to. Two pints of each will be submitted per
> their rules.
>
> We'll see how that fare at the fair. :-)

Good luck. How do you process sun-preserved whole strawberry preserves?
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On 9/18/2017 7:31 AM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> On 2017-09-15 06:33:36 +0000, Wayne Boatwright said:
>
>> I have two entries registered for the upcoming Arizona State Fair.
>> Unfortunately the foods section is sorely lacking, and practically
>> nothing in pickling and preserving.
>>
>> I made a batch of Spiced Candied Dill Spears and a batch of sun-
>> preserved Whole Strawberry Preserves.Â* They both taste good to me and
>> to friends I've given some to.Â* Two pints of each will be submitted per
>> their rules.
>>
>> We'll see how that fare at the fair. :-)
>
> Good luck.Â* How do you process sun-preserved whole strawberry preserves?
Good to hear from you again Barb. This group doesn't get much traffic
anymore.

I don't garden anymore, due to bad back, can't bend over within falling
down. I still do some of the canning from Anne's garden, very little
anymore. Good crop of kumquats growing on the little tree so we might be
doing something with those later this fall. Pear crop was pitiful, hard
frost got them first, a second growth came in and are very small.

We mostly makes jellies and jams anymore. Miz Anne is busy running the
roads to teach folks how to draw and paint. Miss Tilly and I sit in the
easy chair and I still read lots of library books and she gets in a lot
of naps. She turned 10 in May and is very gray nowadays and sleeps a lot
and keeps the neighbors cats out of our garden.

I will be 78 on the 23rd of this month and feel every year of it. But
still keep loving on the great grands, all six of them, four girls and
two boys and one grand that hasn't dropped a kid yet. <G> Miz Anne still
blows and goes for the art scene and her church "poor" garden that she
runs and then it's our yard mowing and gardening that she keeps up too.

We're looking forward to the kumquat crop later this fall and the making
of kumquat jellies and jams.

George, Miz Anne, and Tilly Dawg