PUMPKIN DAY

Today is the day for canning pumpkin. We only have 4 this year but they sure turned out to be really nice ones. Next year we know more now on how much we want of certain things and we will definitely plant more pumpkin and squash. We only left one pumpkin for a jack-o-lantern and are canning the other 3. We are going to use them for pumpkin bread, pies, cookies and are even going to try pumpkin soup. So wish we could share all of this harvesting stuff with all our children and grandchildren. They would love it as much as we do in seeing them share in this. We are taking the pumpkin seeds this year and roasting them with seasonings. One kind plain, one sweet and spicy and one that has cinnamon and sugar. YUMMY.

As you can tell our chickens are very nosey. If they see us doing anything by the sliding doors or the front door then they have to come up and watch us. It amazes us how inquisitive they are and tame.


Almost forgot a couple of days ago Clay was in the woods out back and not far from where he stood 4 deer were just walking along and then yesterday Frances was near the woods on the side and a HUGE buck came walking along. Clay is planning on getting a permit for one deer this year and make venison jerky and sausage. I'll keep you posted on that.