Keeping Busy

Posted on 2008-Jul-10 at 08:15

Things have been in a whirlwind around here.  We are battling a bug around here.  It is quite nasty and the doctor is a little puzzled by the symptoms.  We have been going to the hospital and doctor quite often.  In between that we did get both raspberry and strawberry jelly made.  We have freezing peas and broccoli.  We enjoyed our first turnips from the garden.  Okay, enjoyed is maybe a little much.  This weekend we'll put up about 56 jars of cherries and dry the rest.  Next weekend is blueberries.

We have been drying both medicinal and culinary herbs.  Tonight I put a lot of them in jars.  Old mayonaise jars that you should not use for canning are great to store dried herbs, dried beans, dried corn, etc.  Also made today was some horehound candy with lemon and honey.  This will get stored away for sore throats and coughs this winter.

We had a lovely 4th of July.  We had people over from church and had a nice BBQ and time of fellowship.  We went to a Civil War reenactment on the 5th.  It was fascinating and the kids really enjoyed it.  It was lots of fun to see everyone dressed up from the era and get to see how they lived in addition to the battles. 

Busy, busy is the story here.

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Posted by heritagehill on 2008-Jul-10 at 10:04 - Link

I remember horehound candy from childhood! How do you make the candy if you don't mind sharing?
Thanks, Marilyn