Sometimes I get a little high on myself. I think "hey, I can garden and can and cook and do it all pretty well". And then my homemade pectin isn't pectin-y. And my homemade pickles match the textbook description of spoiled pickles that should not be eaten. And it freezes the night that I don't cover my tomatoes. And the only butternut squash that has survived the great squash bug infestation of 2010 (which I fully intended to harvest but my hands were full so I decided it could use a few more days on the vine) also freezes and is then discovered by the ever-expanding squash bug colony.
But I'm good with it. I'm learning things. Every flubbed attempt builds a little more character and expertise (as in What Not To DO expertise, which is really quite valuable). And guess what? My relish is SCRUMPTIOUS, my hubby and kid have downed gallons of homemade-pure-and-unsweetened grape juice within the last week, and there are plenty of edible things hanging out in the pantry and freezer waiting to grace our table this winter.
I'm sure the magpies will be ever so thankful for the spoiled pickles.
4 comments:
I appreciate your attitude towards mistakes and projects that don't quite turn out. =) I'm not so good at chalking things up as a learning experience!
i want to live on a farm next door to you...so we can have a garden coop. i failed in the garden dept this year. and my pantry is empty-ish.
I can't wait for next year when I can glean all kinds of wisdom from you...thanks for making mistakes so I can learn from them ;)
And I happen to think the stuff you can do is super cool.
Amy,
I wish we were still neighbors, so we could learn together! I was just getting to experience those things and it is fun to have someone to experience it with! Hopefully we can move back sooner than later! Keep up the good work :)
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