Settling in... 12/02/2010
 
Welcome to the random thoughts in my head.  It's been awhile since I've written anything here.  I'm usually pretty lazy about keeping up this blog anyway, but since I became the mother of TEN kids, I'm finding it much harder to think in complete paragraphs. 

Last night we ate the last of the garden's tomatoes.  Not bad for December 1!  Before the first frost several weeks ago, we rescued all the green tomatoes still on the vine.  Most of them I turned into a savory green tomato relish which I processed using the boiling water bath method.  Salsa in January makes the winter a little more bearable.

The rest of the tomatoes I carefully laid in a box and set aside for ripening.  Over the weeks, they ripened slowly (or in some cases, they rotted, but I don't expect perfection), and we enjoyed them in salads.  And then the remaining fresh tomatoes went into last night's dinner: rough chopped and roasted in a hot oven with onions, garlic, olive oil and basil.  Served with sauteed chicken hearts (marinated and sliced thin, oh so yummy!), it became a nutrient-dense last farewell to summer.  On December 1!

So now I have to make peace with winter. 

In other news, Lucy is almost 3 months old.  Great googly moogly, the time is flying by with her!   
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The days are long, but the years are short.
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With the help of worms, of course!
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The garden is well established, and if I was a more consistent blogger, you'd know what it looks like now.  Very weedy.  But aside from the weeds, everything is coming up gangbusters.  Potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage, peppers, eggplant, lettuce, swiss chard, beets, green beans...it's all good.  I just don't have photo proof yet, because I'm a slacker.  So you get to see photos from over a month ago instead. 

Gardens don't just plant themselves, of course.  They need help.  They need worms, bees, chickens and humans.
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