Good morning, friends and Happy Friday!

I’m a wee bit distressed this morning. We had a sneak frost last night that wasn’t in the forecast, and now I’ve lost my basil and tulsi for the season. Of course, I also woke to an email saying my fancy new Vego Garden frost cover for that raised bed (my kitchen garden) is out for delivery. Figures. 🤦

The newsletter this Wednesday got quite a reaction. 

I was inundated with emails from folks asking two things: “Can I have your recipe for such and such soup?” and “Wait? You can freeze food in Mason jars? How do you do it?” Unfortunately, I can only help you with one of those. Much to my daughter’s chagrin whenever she asks for a recipe, I’m very much a fly by the seat of my pants chef, especially where soup is concerned.

It’s a little of this, a jar of that, oops, too much, better add more of this sort of affair.  

So, how about I teach you how to freeze food using mason jars instead? 

I also got my bird feeders cleaned and hung up for fall feeding, much to my indoor cats' pleasure. They like to sit in the window and watch and chatter at the birds.