We had 6.25” this week. Got to the point at times where the yard was more puddle than not. Might go down and check out the creeks later. I’m sure they’re not cross-able.
Have had a Pileated Woodpecker hanging around here for about a week. Those are the big ones with bright red head that Woody Woodpecker was based on. He bounces from tree to tree, lands on the window sills and looks in. Been landing on my truck and re-aiming my side view mirror. Spring Fever.
Was planning on pulling a 24’ travel trailer up from out back but that won’t be happening for a while on this jello-like clayey soil.
Bought some 1 gal size tea bags a while back for sweet tea. Pulled them and a big pot out last night and realized I don’t own a pitcher. I pulled out a box of clean canning jars and filled those and now have single serving size sweet tea in the fridge which is kinda handy. Going to just keep doing that. Need to adjust the recipe a little. Too sweet and need to steep longer.
I have a lot of canning jars in the original flats, all are dusty, some with content, some with rusty lids and rings. Half a dozen that had no lids and were open end up. I’m going through all of them this morning to clean them up, dump some contents.
The four with contents are seven year old zucchini pickles that none of us liked all that much. Some guy at the parts store gave me a huge zucchini, 6” across, 15” long, so I found a canning recipe for zucchini pickles. Might try some before I toss it. Might have improved with age.
I have one jar with some sort of seed pods. I think I know what they are. A native that looks like a pre-historic Iris. The foyer isn’t much warmer/colder than outdoors so they should be stratified. Good time to stick them in the ground since it’s nice and wet.
Regular canning lids fit in a Pringles container just right. I save the old ones for uses other than true canning or if the seal looks good, will can some things with them. Basically anything that’s acidic enough for water bath is fair game imho.
Need to go through my empty boxes and see if I have anything for jars. Either that or figure out a good lid for the flats they came in.