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Had strong winds with our rain yesterday & today. More tomorrow. Don't need it. Soil is saturated. 🤷

It's a fact -- there are abusers. Yet those who need help deserve it and proving each can be difficult. Don't get me wrong, there are some at each end who are obvious (!!!needy, not needy) but, those "entitled" ones need to stay home. 😠 The elders are a concern because many just won't admit...

Fast beef stew...leftover roast & potatoes, added a pint of canned carrots, I thickened up sauce like a gravy. Tasty leftovers

Today....pinto beans & ham. Ham chunk from freezer, beans canned 2022. Yummy& fast.😊

I forage, grow, use...elderberry, comfrey, plantain, dandelion, purslane, beauty berry, mullein & others. 😂 Buy oregano oil. Share with goats, chickens & friends/family.

Today, 4 pints fried apples. Prob do another batch later in week...several apples to do something with!! An apple pie when I feel like coring again 🤷

Woke at 4:30 😵‍💫 told self back to sleep! Snuggled and dozed until 6:30. It chilly in the house. I'm in long johns & jeans! Yes, 63 is chilly!!! Turned a room heater on. Wow -- I'm not enthused about winter. 😩

I've sliced, breaded & cooked some, then frozen. Works for fast eggplant parm. It's a "soft" cooked dish anyway, so texture is about the same.

My roast was very tasty & tender. I'll slice some for hot roast beef sandwiches tonight and rest will be cut for a big pot of beef stew. That'll make several meals, frozen into serving sizes. Home a lot next week so I'll pull out some poultry and make pot pies & stew with dumplings. Winter...

Just had a few days of mid 30 nights! That's full on winter here...a reminder of what's to come. Pretty early for that in this area. I sure don't want earlier & longer winter Coffee & ginger snaps going on 😂

Again, truth in that....we all need to decide for ourselves. None was willy-nilly processing. I don't forage mushrooms because of my concerns (plus most don't wild grow here) but, I would if more trained & located where they grow. Choices 😁

Beautiful roast going on. Almost 5#, bought on sale & further markdown 👏 love the freezer! Lots of good meals, sandwiches & eventually some stew from this one. A couple jars of canned veg will be used, too. Better get a loaf of bread working.

While this is all true, there are choices for jars & lids that offer better quality. Those new to canning may not realize this. They should investigate.

Thanks y'all -- now I need to pull a roast out 🙄 But this mornings 34 temp out & 60 in makes me think an oven meal would be great!!! Heat the house.

Yep -- both grands canned with WB. All they had. It takes longer for some items but worked well apparently as the families lived long lives! 6 & 7 kids survived ... So, some things were "untested" by a named agency. The milk cows gave untainted raw milk, too. The wild game was plentiful 😉

Major undertaking here too. Small freezer but chest type, so issues. However -- I entered my annual "no buy" winter early, so I'm looking & cooking thru it. The pantry is loaded, too. Coffee still plentiful. That & chocolate take extra space, even a buy if necessary!! :old priorities...

Staple guns rarely handle the "staples" needed for heavy fence! But the thought was nice 🙂

Not to mention the fabrics and wallet 😁

Last night, got home from work at 7:30. Tired, starving and pulled a blessed stuffed pepper from the freezer! In a few MW minutes, I had a delicious meal. It felt gourmet, considering my state of mind!! 😂 Made the work to get it there worth it. 👍

What I was thinking...close enough for tasty. 😁