Maple Grove Farm

It was a lovely weekend . . . in the end

The weather was sunny and beautiful this weekend.  I dried laundry on the line.  We planted in the garden.  We are nearly done now.  I made chicken stock and canned dry beans. 

Then my oven broke!  Oh my, I was so upset and the customer assistant people were no help; they said look online at their website.  Which frankly, worked about as well as their oven - that was broken.  I was resigned to have to call a repairman, but I thought I would wait unitl Monday to schedule it.  I mentioned it to my sister, who mentioned it to her husband, who called his father (a repair man for the same company that I bought the stove from), and he was able to walk my husband and I through the simple repair to fix it.  Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, praise the Lord!!! 

I use my oven a lot and I didn't know what I would do without an oven for a week or maybe two.  But I use water even more and on Sunday morning our tank that is filled by a spring went dry.  Luckily DH was able to easily blow out the line and it re-filled while we went to church.  Praise the Lord again!

We were able to enjoy the nice weather and the kids loved playing outside.  It was a relaxing day and a joyful day on the homestead.

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10:28, 2008-Apr-29 .. Posted by heatherdmc

How do you can dry beans? I am starting my biggest garden ever this year. I know that I really don't want to freeze the vedgies, but am not confident in pressure canning. Any suggestions?