On Tuesday morning I was up just before 6AM and got the cat fed before he expired. I got my post up and got the laundry started. My brother helped some with cleaning the kitchen and I finished it.
I took a rest and then a shower and went out to harvest tomatoes and paprika. My helper friend arrived then and we got started. He got some chores done while I started setting up.
He worked on getting the paprika in the dehydrator while I washed, blanched, and peeled the tomatoes.
I had called Tom’s wife and asked her if they used whole tomatoes. She said they would use them, so I was canning whole tomatoes for the first time.
My helper friend brought up all the canning stuff from the cellar and I got my biggest canning kettle started. It takes a long time to get to boiling.
He helped me peel and core the tomatoes and then I set them to simmer.
He went out and got 6 Walla onions from the garden and prepped them and started loading the dehydrator with them. They will be used as is or blended into onion powder.
I finally got the jars loaded and into the canner by 1PM. He’d left at 12:30PM. I was too tired to clean up the mess. The tomatoes processed for 45 minutes. I got 5 full quarts and a half a quart.
I sat down for a while but then I went in and lay on the couch and watched Big Bang Theory until supper time.
My son went out mid afternoon and started filling in the holes for the septic covers.
It was to be another cold night so I closed the house up and pulled the shades once the sun was down.
On Wednesday I need to clean up the kitchen disaster, finish the laundry and water house plants. I’d hoped to do that on Tuesday but forgot. I’ll see if I have any energy to go outside to the gardens once all that’s done. It’s to be another gorgeous day.