October signals the real end of the season for me. Mostly. In my head, anyway. lol   Last year in November I was still canning...turk...

 Big giant peaches. 2 dehydrators full, one full of apples still because it's slower than the other two. (No fan). Still have half a d...

 Some beautiful peaches we got after  taking the ferry across the river yesterday. These are strictly for drying and eating.  I couldn...

 Equinox: When the night and day are of the same length.  The turning point of the seasons, and from now on, the days will get shorter as ...

  The past few days have barely hit the mid 70's and some of the nights have been in the 40's.  I made a pepper steak tonight...

  The last week or two has had temperatures back in the high 90's around here. It's been miserable. But--sunny.  So tomatoes start...

 Okay.  so the plan was, I would begin my Wednesday of food preservation really early this morning. Get a few things done. Then interrupt ...