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Brian Bilbrey August 6, 2011

OMG, Tomatoes!

Yeah, forty or more pounds of tomatoes out of the garden today. And that was after a morning and early afternoon spent working with Marcia restructuring her sewing and fabric rooms. Tired now: I made gallon of salsa, and started another lobster pot of red sauce. Last weeks was down enough to transfer to another pot. I'll be freezing that batch tomorrow, and cooking down the new batch, too. But I've *got* to do some schoolwork tomorrow, too. I wanted to mow, as well, but I'm running out of hours and days ... less than 18 months if all goes…

Brian Bilbrey July 31, 2011

Seven Down, Five To Go

July is wound down, days are getting a bit shorter, and while the heat is with us for another month or so, I can already see the end of the year. Time seems to go a bit faster with each passing year, eh? But summer isn't over yet: the tomatoes, as you saw below, are in full production. I took most of that stack and made a red sauce yesterday: 20# of tomatoes, a couple of onions, a bunch of garlic, half a cup of olive oil, two small cans of tomato paste, five bay leaves, and a bottle of…