- Patchwork times: I will be trying to finish another one of the Sunbonnet Sue quilts.
Washington State Quilters – this is the third month, I’m working on this small snowman quilt. The number chosen was #2, but I’m a bit behind with this one.
I’m linking up to ELM street’s one monthly goal with the winter Woodland pair of paper pieced cardinals.- For the Hatched in Africa challenge, I am considering the “Scrappy hedgehogs”. https://hatchedinafrica.com/detail.aspx?id=2686&c=&sc= They are absolutely darling. Now what do I want to put them on?
- Finish the shell socks I have on the needles.
What challenges or goals have you made for August? Or maybe you plan to just enjoy the last of summer?
The relish I started last night turned into a lovely product. I made a double batch and canned 11 cups of relish. DH can’t have sugar, but can have honey. So I substituted 1 cup honey for the cup and a half of sugar. Next time, I may go down to 3/4 cup of honey. It does have salt, but I’m hoping that if he eats a little once in awhile and we aren’t using salt other places, he can get by with it. If he gets swelling in the legs again, I’ll be sharing it with the children instead. If you are interested in the recipe, let me know and I will share. Thank you so much Dar for sharing with me.
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Dar, one of the readers here, sent me a relish recipe to try. This is as far as I am. Everything is cut and salted and spending the night in the refrigerator. At least when I tackle that tomorrow, it will be half done, so it won’t seem like it is taking so long. I am nearly caught up on the cucumber issue. Next I’ll tackle the zucchini. I can grate that and put it in the freezer to make items during the winter.
Then I crumbled some in the blender for sauce or soup so you could see how that looks.
This is a quart of dried basil. Growing and dehydrating basil takes so little time and is really cost effective.
but progress is slow right now, and there are many small pieces.
The garden also beckons me and there are now 9 trays of cucumbers on the dehydrator. These will be great for sauces, dips, and flavoring. Although there are still many cucumbers to share. I am only making a very few pickles this year, because there are still some from last year. I am also looking for a great relish recipe if anyone has one and is willing to share.
We saw so many doctors and DH had so many tests that when there was down time, I did more resting than knitting. So only a few rows were added. I’m hoping now that we are home, that can change.
