"Let every individual and institution now think and act as a responsible trustee of Earth, seeking choices in ecology, economics and ethics that will provide a sustainable future, eliminate pollution, poverty and violence, awaken the wonder of life and foster peaceful progress in the human adventure."
- John McConnell, founder of International Earth Day
RIGHT NOW, and then again tomorrow and then again the next day and on it goes day after day,
1/2 OF THE WORLD lives on LESS THAN 2 DOLLARS each day.
Psalm 27:4
One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.
Do all you can and don't worry about the odds against you. Wield the miracle of life's energy, never worrying whether we fail, concerned only that whether we fail or succeed we do so with all our might. That's all we need to know to feel certain that all our force of diligent effort is worth our while on Earth.
Carl Safina, Voyage of the Turtle
Last night we had a freeze with frost on the ground in the am, so we harvested what is currently ripe, and I am hoping that the plants will survive tonight since it is to be even colder.
We picked 14 pie pumpkins (at least 4 or 5 more in the garden), 6 spaghetti squash (at least 20 more in the garden) and 18 butternut squash (at least that many more in the garden).
we picked all the green tomotoes to ripen indoors
and the last of the cabbage and now have 10 bags of freezer slaw ready for the winter
we also picked 4 quarts worth of green beans and canned some dilly beans (first time trying them) and we filled a Tupperware bowl of green and yellow peppers and froze 7 cups of them. I am cooking 4 pumpkins so I can make pumpkin bread tomorrow. Plus we are roasting pumpkin seeds tonight.
We still need to harvest the rest that I mentioned above, plus the jack-o-lantern pumpkins, carrots and continue with the beans and peppers.
There was a question posed on my comment section as to how long does it take us to harvest and process the garden produce. The longest is maybe a six hour day but rarely that long. Today, it took us 5 hours, harvest to preserve what I mentioned above. It takes a little longer when I am using new recipes, but I have my bean canning down to less than hour from nipping, cutting, washing and canning. It gets easier the more I do it and the girls are a HUGE help and I like the chore aspect of the garden. All four of use work together and we get it done fast.
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