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attered through a daily dairy type post that s why i started doing this in the first place last month i paid close attention to my reading of previous years august posts and i noted that scattering them throughout made it a little harder to dig out the nuggets of information after watching amy maryon do her weekly gathering fragments i felt that was one of the most helpful posts she did weekly for me personally hence here we are but i d like to know your opinions on the matter is this type of post where i separate out how i used food fragments and lingering pantry items helpful to you does it make you stop and think about your own food stores and the items that you haven t used have you been inspired i would love it if you shared some of your ideas for using up items all that said i have been gathering fragments in my home this week here s what i ve done saturday noted that john left a peanut butter jar on the counter this is a sign that he s done with the jar but he knows i will clean it out properly i guess i ve taught him something because not just the peanut butter jar he found a peach with a bruised spot on it and set it in the fridge so i could in his words use it up i do appreciate that the man has noticed how i do my best to make good use of all our foodstuffs bess too she walked over this morning with a big two quart jar about half full of whey left from straining her yogurt she mentioned that it freezes well too i ll be happy to try and make good use of this item monday yesterday we went grocery shopping i was putting things in the produce drawer and noted that it seemed damp doggone it my celery from last month had spoiled and it was well wrapped in foil and everything no salvage of that except to use as compost well that made me think of an article i d read a long while back about what you could compost it listed such items as paper towels and paper towel tubes thin cardboard that had been shredded etc what you shouldn t compost citrus fruits or onions they kill worms and take a long time to break down glossy paper ashes from a wood fire but not from a charcoal grill nor coal or any type of treated fire logs used in a fireplace i didn t get as much done in my kitchen today as i wanted but i did manage to a start dinner b scrape out that peanut butter jar which netted me enough to spread on my morning toast and c make a really lovely pie using the two peaches that john put in the fridge the bruises on both were really superficial so i was able to use almost all of them i also pulled out all the older green onions and chopped them i put the root ends into my little bowl on the kitchen window shelf to start i ll plant them in my planter as soon as they show some type of growth yesterday morning i was trying to slice friday s bread for toast it crumbled at the touch of the knife i took the remaining loaf this morning and completely crumbled it then put these crumbs in the freezer i ll use these as my fresh bread crumbs it freed up space in my refrigerator freezer and compacted down to a smaller space in my chest freezer tuesday went through the fridge and noted i need to use spinach leaves right away i also found the ginger root that bess bought me a few weeks back which i d more or less forgotten i sliced it and put that into the freezer i didn t have any foods to gather or use right away but i am now fully aware of what is in the fridge which means less chance to waste food i did have a bit of food waste i think it s because it s not something i typically have on hand i waited too long to try to use 2 small asian pears i waited until they were slightly soft which meant the inside was mushy i think it s one of those fruits i should have used while still firm and crisp bess went to visit the girl who sells me the produce bags she sent my bag with bess to save me the trip over to pick it up i snapped and blanched green beans put half in the freezer and cooked the rest for our supper tonight i also went ahead and sliced the okra dusted heavily with cornmeal and put that in a container in the freezer those are my every little bit counts items wednesday the bananas we purchased sunday were at peak ripeness i pulled off two for john and i to eat today and immediately put the rest in the freezer in a container marked with how many is in the container the avocado katie gave me was at peak ripeness too i diced it salted it and sprinkled lime juice on it i ll have this with my taco meat for supper tonight i saved the pit to try and root i ve had small avocado trees in the past but never stay on top of them they will grow in my area if i move them indoors at night i mean to lobby hard for a small green house next year as i diced tomato i noted that some of the seeds and juice were on the counter i used a paper towel to wipe this up and will let it dry then save those little seeds to replant thursday john made omelets this morning he used the last of the shredded pepper jack cheese diced tomato and diced green onions in the omelet it was really good i peeled and sliced three peaches to put into the freezer waste i had an orange with a bad spot on it after reading that this is no good for compost i decided to toss it into the trash our lunch today was an accumulation of things from the fridge avocado tossed in lime juice shredded lettuce leftover macaroni salad and two pieces of cubed steak from supper the other night we ve done such a good job this week of keeping up with things in the fridge but i did note last night when i went to put away the remaining taco shells that i already had an open box with a remainder in it i guess i d better move out of the fridge and start looking harder at the cabinets and pantry to see what i might need to use that has been lingering on the shelves friday no time to check cupboards today bess and millie and the boys were here visiting this morning and stayed to have lunch it was a lovely long visit i figured i had two plans for lunch hot dogs or pizza i opted for pizza because it s a great way to use up things in the fridge i finished off a jar of black olives used up spinach and basil from the produce bag as well as a green bell pepper some cut onion at august 14 2020 14 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest iced tea chat lovely august things hello dears there are lovely things about august i know it s terribly hot but that s proper august weather and i d rather have it hot than unseasonal so what are the lovely things about august the aroma of freshly mown grass the loud serenade of cicadas in the trees flowers blooming fresh garden produce the sound of canning jars pinging shut the aroma of a charcoal grill the sound of children screeching as they dash through a sprinkler or splash in a pool in the yard the steady hum of mowers all over the neighborhood the flavor of a fresh ripe tomato and the regret as we bite into the last fully ripened peach of the season oh there are so many things to savor about august where are my manners would you like tea or an icy glass of our good well water i m leaning hard on water these days i feel it is the most beneficial but i shall have tea i can overdo the water a bit and start to feel a little depleted i told john this is the worst of times to be out of electrolyte drinks and requested he pick some up when he went to town to get gas for the mower the other day i further added to the supply and bought a big tub of powder when we went into the grocery this past weekend where shall i start josh was to back to school last week but it s been postponed until next week taylor will start kindergarten at the same time we shall see how that goes isaac says he s going to go to school this year too grampa school lol it hardly seems right to not have school start at this time of year but i do understand the cautions there s been careful instructions issued about wearing masks and sanitizing hands at home for josh and a weekly list of rules from the school in the local newspaper the county has done a great deal to insure the students will be safe with checkpoints at the doors and fewer students to a classroom and students staying in classroom all day long and not swapping classes as they had in the lower grades nor leaving the class room to eat and no public use of fountains i do hope they get some sort of recreation time outdoors it s hard on 6 year old children to be shut in a room all day long the new year mentality does take hold when the calendar turns to august i get into that mode myself i stocked up on notebooks and paper last week i love a neat stack of paper waiting to be filled with plans and dreams and prayers and lists i feel just as excited as i did when i was school age the long lonely summers were over and the whirl of school and being around friends five days a week meant much to this country girl my parents didn t believe in having friends over to visit or allowing us to go visit anyone other than granny and on rarer occasions to grandmother s while i loved living in the country i did envy the classmates that lived in town and made visits to one another s homes so yes the school year meant a great deal to us children as it does to josh he too is a country boy and while sam and bess do have friends with children his age they are all busy and visits are few and far between sunday as we drove to church i admired the lush green fields cotton soy beans peanuts are mostly what we see this year and the cotton is blooming i spied a crow sitting atop an electric pole surveying a wide open field and wondered if he was admiring the view as i had been this summer has been a rare one with just enough rain to water the crops and not so much that they are too saturated to grow well it s kept the lawns green and lush too i ve seen pear trees heavy with fruit and it appears that peach season was a good one it s also meant john is mowing grass a lot this summer he mowed on sunday afternoon and i had some rare quiet time alone which was much appreciated it was lovely to sit here and have no television talking that is the one thing that i think is hardest about retirement is that the television is almost constantly on it makes my head feel overfull at times to have it on so much i love these rare moments when it is shut off i sat here and just relished it i listened to a little soothing music but i shut that off as well and just enjoyed the quietness about me i d worked hard that morning and afternoon and was more than ready to sit and enjoy the peacefulness i think it s partly why i slept so very well that night i ll not complain too much about the television john has picked up several older programs that we re watching nightly like have gun will travel the dick van dyke show dragnet and occasionally bewitched it s lighter fare than news commentaries and i enjoy these older programs it makes for a more relaxed evening overall the week has meandered by it seems it s all gone quickly with tomorrow being friday but at the same time as i look back if feels more leisurely this week especially feels leisurely i had such a long list of things i meant to accomplish but i ve only touched on this thing and that and nothing has really been completed except grocery shopping and bills never mind i ve tried i tackled the blinds last week and got them dusted i weeded about the house and nearly finished in a single 30 minute session i did get out in the yard to start on that task but i ve done nothing about the porches i had to wash and hang out a quilt end of last week when baby boy surprised me with a shower while i was changing his diaper but no curtains washed and hung to dry though the week has been prime for it as i said i touched on a few jobs i got little bits done my reason for not getting more done is simply that i haven t been well my slight head cold has turned into my annual allergy eustachian tube blockage and i ve been dealing with the side effects of that i m getting better though having decided that i d rather listen to my own intuition as to what to do and am having a little success it s breaking up far sooner than it did last winter i have been so determined to put by something this year and with more cucumbers and tomatoes than we could easily eat this week i put up a single pint jar of salsa and another of pickle relish i have to say that i was nervous about this bit of water bath canning and it wasn t without trials i searched hard to find basic recipes so i had most of the ingredients on hand i could find celery seed in the stores easily enough but not one mustard seed was to be had i had to order those from amazon i like freshly ground mustard seed in my homemade blue cheese dressing and as i stood at the stove yesterday i realized that the mustard and celery seed could be used on corned beef along with bay leaf and red pepper i cooked a corned beef this past week and there was no pickle seasoning packet with it but really i now have all on hand that i ll need in future anyway i didn t follow the recipes exactly i followed them pretty nearly i worried about that at first but then remembered the vast number of recipes i d read through over the past few days as i sought the right one and how each differed in ingredients or processing time etc and decided that as long as i had the basics right i d likely come out okay and i did both jars sealed immediately i had a wee bit of pickle relish extra and put that in the fridge it tastes good we didn t have any extra of the salsa and since i have a jar of store bought in the fridge we won t be opening it right away but i don t mind sharing that i was right proud of those two little pint jars on my counter yesterday i have snapped and blanched and frozen green beans sliced okra and battered some and flash frozen them and then sliced another batch and dusted those with cornmeal to freezer that s the way we did it when i was growing up i ve put away a few peaches in the freezer it s all just bits and pieces but that s okay it s a little more than i had before jars when i went into the cabinet to seek out jars for canning i found i had two pint jars and 1 quart jar that s it i can account for one 1 2 pint jar and one pint jar that are in the freezer and one quart jar and one pint jar in the fridge but that does not explain where the rest are i should have dozens nope none to be had where do they disappear to in the past i d used quart jars to store some of my dry goods but over time i ve replaced those with canisters or half gallon and gallon jars where did the pint and quart jars go i haven t broken them i might have passed a few on to the kids with soup in them but they are generally pretty good about returning my jars usually with something in them well needless to say i am going to be looking for jars and lids and buying them as i see them it s one reason i miss estate sales there were always plenty of canning jars at estate sales in this area in the past a 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