I'm a retired educator (teacher/principal) who moved from Northern California to Payson, Arizona in September, 2010.
This blog will chronicle my adventures as I explore a different ecosystem and build my new home.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

More Canning and Greening


The produce just keeps coming!! We are getting big Brandywine tomatoes now and lots of cucumbers—regular and lemon.


Randy made jelly with red and green jalapeños...delicious with crackers and cream cheese.


Randy sliced zucchini after zucchini on the mandolin and used our dehydrator to make chips. There're pretty good just popping them in your mouth, but we can also use them for soups and stews this winter.


This is the view from our west facing deck. We had just over five inches of rain in July and we have had similar rainfall in August. This area in the photo used to be brown but things have really greened up lately. Towards the upper left side of the photo (over the bank) is a pond where the elk drink and play. The elk are happy to have it full of water again.

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