Have you canned anything lately!

      I love to can and this week has been such a good time to do it. No, I haven't forgotten about my challenge, I was just in the mood to can! I wished that I had checked before canning more pinto beans, though. I already had twenty jars, before I canned the last ten! I actually canned more than that, but I used them that night in our meat. They were delicious! I canned twelve jars of black beans, but put two in the freezer since the canner will only hold twenty jars at a time.


      I also got to work in the garden yesterday and the weather was very warm, almost 80! I cleaned out more beds and covered the garlic I sat out the day before. I didn't have time before to put the dirt back into the hole before it got dark. I'm so happy that the chickens are finally out of the garden so I don't have to put fencing around the raised beds. That makes it hard to reach down and do things. But now, no more fencing! So much better and easier to get to! The chickens are happy, too, since they have a whole new area to dig and scratch around in!


      Today, the weather is much cooler with strong winds at times. I prefer not to be outside when the weather is like that, thus I had time to be here. I think I'll make a homemade pizza for dinner tonight, since the leftover taco meat is gone. I made a delicious lentil pie that I've been eating for lunch all week. I still haven't gotten tired of it, it's so good! So hard to believe the weekend is already here, so ya'll have a good one! Blessings from Bama!

The canning process.

 Canned large limas.

Views of stacked jars.

Another view.

Ten jars of black beans and ten jars of pinto beans.

My plate of Lentil pie.

The delicious lentil pie!