Lime Pickles/Tasty Thursday

This last weekend when all of Sedalia turned out for the Missouri State Fair,

 including my daughter who brought me some of this,

 

I was here at home making a 3-day batch of

Lime Pickles.

Now you can use the recipe on the back of this package.

And I'm sure it's a good one.

But,

I have been blessed to have Grandma Hunter's recipe.

So time for some old-fashioned goodness on this Tasty Thursday.

Here's the Day 2 Soak.

And, yes, I had Plenty of cucumbers from my own garden.

Eleven pints to be exact.

With more to come,

I will definitely be in a Pickle.

Not the greatest joke, sorry.

 

 

 

 

 

In Season/Tasty Thursday

It starts with this. First there's a couple cucumbers on the vines. Next thing you know, you have the market cornered with a bountiful harvest of these vegies. So what to do? Use this as a Tasty Thursday post!



 Yes, I've made these and that is the reason I'm confident it's a very tasty recipe. Around here we

"Put Up" for the year; can it, preserve it, whatever you want to call it.   

And my cupboards are bare of this particular pickle.

So it's time.

This weekend will be a busy one, but well worth the effort.

Thanks Aunt Juanita!

Happy Easter!

 I decided to share a photo collage of the latest additions to Katy Trail Creations on Etsy.  The world of hand crafted items is flourishing on Etsy and I hope you'll take a few minutes to head on over and "like" my shop!!

From Pinterest, I aspire to have these types of items available in a 'wearable' form.

Stay tuned for some interesting additions this summer!!

In the meantime, I'm patiently waiting for gardening season to begin.

I'd also like to take this opportunity to "rub it in" that my persimmon seeds were right this year :)

Happy Easter Everyone!!!

Katy Trail Garden Surprises

Our Garden this year is suffering some delay due to the extreme heat and drought. Thank goodness for

soaker hoses. We have had some nice little surprises though.....

This is a volunteer gourd plant I've been hand watering just because I'm a softee.

This is a potato growing in our compost corral. I bet it'll do better than our others. We yielded 12 pounds this season and planted 3. Not exactly bountiful.

This corn is Not a surprise just to be perfectly clear. It is a very sad state.

The fine state of Misery aka Missouri.

I Am surprised at the abundance of dragonflies. With our dry conditions, I don't see a lot of mosquitos.

So I wonder what they are eating?

 

To your left, are the green beans.

To your right are the tomatoes.

They are holding their own.

Current yield............the beans win with a total of 5 beans and 0 tomatoes ready to be picked.

The current "Winning" plant is my zucchini. We are ever so thankful for its bounty :)

I am lovin' this Japanese eggplant bloom.

It will soon be ready....we hope.

Can you find the green bell pepper??!

Will my water bill be worth it this year??????

For Homegrown tomatoes, the answer will definitely be a solid "YES"