On Tuesday, Jeff got a message from a friend with a home orchard asking if he'd like to come pick some apples. He came home with this. ...

I had hoped to finish all my painting projects by the end of July, but the projects are going slower than I expected. This week I've b...

One of my favorite parts of summer.

I've now finished sifting all the old file boxes. I still have a bunch of shredding left to do, but I now have a stack of 14 empty plast...

I was about to title this post canning peaches , but it has never made sense to me why it is called canning when we are using jars! Maybe we...

OK, I've now heard from three folks asking what we're up to, so I guess I'll throw in an update. I did finish shellacking the cl...

We found a good deal on peaches so we stocked up—54 pounds! They've taken a few days to get ripe, so we're spending part of toda...

While in California I binged on fruit. We stopped by farm stands on the way from the SF Bay Area to Pioneer (where my Mom lives). My Mom m...

We found this recipe for Caramel Spice Pear Butter over a decade ago, and Jeff just loves it! We found a good deal on pears at Grocery Out...

We finished canning the last of the peaches this morning. Final tally: 16 almost-quarts (ex-Classico pasta jars), 4 pints of jam and 4 pie f...

We bought 34 pounds of peaches earlier in the week and today the fruit was finally ripe enough to can. We put up four pie fillings, one batc...

We have been canning and baking up a storm this weekend. We found a good deal on local apricots so we ended up buying 2 full boxes (about 30...

Jeff brought back a big tub of peaches with him from Redwood City. They are off the tree in the backyard at Upton. Even though I didn't ...

Tonight, after the temperature cooled off, we decided to do some canning. The peach tree in the backyard is pretty full and the peaches are ...

We're having a really productive day today. Jeff went and picked the rest of the plums off the tree in the backyard (about two lunch siz...