I wish those first tomatoes were already ripe!
We make the rounds each morning, talking to our little tomatoe buds, smiling at our first figs, counting our bunches of grapes, and hoping the peppers and zuchinnis are so tiny because they are saving up for an amazing growth spurt!
Today, I made my second batch of strawberry jam with honey. The first batch was a bit runny, live and learn. I did not do the “spoon test”, I am such a rookie. The second batch is gelled 
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Taken from “Putting it up with honey”:
6cups of strawberries, 2 cups of honey, 1/4 cup of lemon juice, 1 pkg of pectin.
Mash berries, mix in pectin, bring to a boil. Add honey and lemon. Boil for at least 5 minutes. TEST. Fill into hot jars, process for 15 minutes.
I also tried canning apricots today. Need to work on that……My cherries are still cooling, will report when they are done.
I processed my first harvest of Lemonbalm today. I dried it hanging, and it dried well. It smells delicious, so calming….:).
Here are some new snaps from the garden:
Tendergreen cucumber, growing with the chamomille (Peas&Harmony)
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- Tendergreen cucumber, growing with the chamomille (Peas&Harmony)
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- Grow, little tomatoes, GROW!
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- My first Echinacea blooms :)..
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- The Kiwi Killer…whatever is under the Kiwi, he wants it.
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- The Kiwi is trying to get established.
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- First harvest of Lemonbalm is ready to be processed…Tea, anyone?
