Morning all! Expecting a little snow today, we have not had any in December. Just watching our 7 amaryllis bulbs and a pot of paperwhites. It will nice to see some flowers. Thanksgiving cactus still has a couple of buds left. It was my most precious gift this winter. We did some garden planning yesterday, decided to buy from a local good source most of our tomatoes. This will be a sauce year and we want to double our V8 quantity, we are doling out one quart a month of this precious nectar. We’ll have some tomatoes for eating but want to have room for more green veg. We put up so many shishitos last summer we are having them regularly with many dishes. We love them. Between the meat and fish and veg we have put in the freezer we are doing well having lots to cook. I started a capicola a few days ago. After Tuesday it will be 6 more weeks. I used to make a lot of cheese with our goats milk and even waxed some, but we found a guy who took two blocks of mild cheddar, brushed them lightly with vinegar and then vacuum sealed each one. Had one after 4 months and one about 4 months later. He said they aged beautifully. So we are trying that. Not much else going on. I wish it was spring already!
I bought those small pots with amarillis from Costco this year and they are finally producing blooms.....I kept my old amarillis from last year and they did produce green sheaths but no flowers so I won't waste my time again....
my big thing this coming season will be two things actually....more tomatoes for tomato juice....I made a terrific batch...and lots of red peppers and some red jalpenos for making red hot type sauce....so very easy to do...