I picked the currants today. I only got 2 cups of berries, this year. I put them through the juicer and got 3/4 cup of juice. I added 3/4 cup of sugar and 1/2 cup water, boiled it. Yield: approximately 1/2 cup. I put the jelly into tiny jars and have 5 of them.
I also picked the peas today and have about 2 cups of shelled peas for dinner tomorrow.
Yesterday I took a few photos for my Painted Vase album. Not great, but not too bad -- just medium, maybe. I have the lambs loaded and must up date the menus and the Progress Report.
I have been trying to do pricing on my Hasselblad system, through Ebay, locally and shopping it around. It does not look like there is much of a market for the system. Everyone has gone digital, of course. I would rather keep it than sell it for nothing.
I made 2 pies out of the Saskatoon berries Pat brought home a couple of days ago. Just medium pies, too.
I got some clipping and watering done in the front garden. I took out the diseased Peony. I have to dig out its roots yet and trash them. Also, dig out the white dasies as I have hoards of them self seeding. I don't know what I might want to put in the spot though. The soil should be better now than it was 15 years ago. I might still need to add some amendments though. The compost bin needs to be emptied, so I will probably use that in those 2 front beds and try to make them more attractive. The one on Parmar's side looks pretty good, actually. So, perhaps I should just repeat the plants on the other bed.
Another extremely hot day for us. The temps. are up to 35 again. It cools off quite nice at night, though.
The VCCC had a picnic at St. Stephen's church today. Was a good to see everyone. I took a few photos in the graveyard that surrounds the church. This must be one of the oldest graveyards in our area. The dates go back to the mid 1800's.
