Strength & Health

Just when I think we've reached the peak in garden production, it goes up again.  Yesterday morning we picked green beans, expecting a big harvest of a full bucket.  We got two. What a strong garden!

Snapping beans and getting them in the freezer is a good excuse to watch a movie.  We've been watching Gone With the Wind since the twins are studying Civil War history.  We sat around the table, snapping beans and watching a 70-year-old movie on my 1-year-old computer. 

After the bean snapping was half done, I got going on blanching.  I blanched and blanched and blanched. 

By the end of the evening, we had five gallon bags ready for the freezer.

Today we have tomatoes to harvest and three boxes of peaches to can.  The cucumbers are producing hard and we may work in a batch of pickles. 

An old friend came to visit on Tuesday.  He's gone back to school and was bemoaning the unhealthy patterns he'd fallen into — not enough exercise and too much unhealthy food.  I thought about how this lifestyle keeps us all healthy without trying or will power.  We just eat what the land gives us.  We work for the harvest and food preservation.  And God gives us strength and health.