September 8, 2011
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Corn Peaches and Oats
Today it is corn.
And yesterday it was peaches.
Corn that my Indiana and Pennsylvania friends would laugh at. Little nubbins that you would probably throw to your pigs. I don’t know why it’s so crazy this year. Maybe because of all the rain in July. The packs I will put in the freezer in relation to the work it was to pick and husk it is not an intelligent ratio.
And precious golden peaches at $1.10 a pound. Usually I don’t bother canning at that price and I don’t know what came over me this year. We just eat apples and bananas all winter. But maybe it was the peer pressure of the ladies at church all buying them….or the goodness of opening home-canned peaches that Grandma Martin from Wisconsin sometimes gives us…or just the nesting instinct. And no–I’m not pregnant.
The weather is unspeakably gorgeous. Upper 20s (80+ F) for temperature. Warm wind and big blue sky.
Dan is swathing a very good crop of oats today.
I feel gratefulness swelling big in my heart. The weather speaks calm to my sun-seeking soul.
This is the view from our place and the camera does not do it justice. At all.
But canning and freezing still makes me cross.
Oh that I had wings like a dove and could fly away! Leaving the sticky kitchen, the laundry piles, and the mountain pie makers that haven’t been properly scrubbed from the weekend. Flying somewhere to a clean, orderly place with iced coffee on the deck and time to soak up the sun. And maybe to blog a few grand and noble thoughts.
But wait. There are two boxes of pears to can tomorrow. I cannot let $1.10 a pound go to waste. And the broccoli needs to be frozen.
And there are a few sun-ripened tomatoes to eat.
And we have not had frost and it’s well into September.
One act of thanksgiving,
when things go wrong with us,
is worth a thousand thanks
when things are agreeable to our inclinations. -saint john of avila-
P.S. My last post about charging? I don’t do that in real life. It was just my rant of the day.
And I’ve been reading some mighty good blog posts on xanga and not taking time to comment on them. Thanks for all the inspiration, ladies. And the LoVeLy photography.
EDIT: One of my good friends lost her dad to a heart attack last week. And just four years ago her brother was killed in a logging accident. Just after I posted these trite words, I saw the photos of her dad’s memorial on Facebook and was cut to the heart. Quiet places to drink iced coffee seem small and selfish in the face of grief.
Comments (15)
your tiny little sentence of honest admission made me laugh.
isn’t this weather straight.from.heaven??
Okay, some summer not too far away, we really need to travel north and west… the scenery is just gorgeous! but not in the wintertime, no way! It’s cold enough here, thankyouverymuch.
We live inbetween Indiana and Pennsylvania, but your corn looks good compared to what we personally have been able to grow. Everyone else can grow nice corn, but it’s never been worth buying seed for us.
Your one line reminded me of this song Maybe it can carry you away for a few minutes.
This winter when you are loving those peaches and pears you’ll smile about these days.
Wish I would have had the energy to do the same but instead, when I heard talk of all the canning, I squished my ears and pretended not to hear! 
Happy days to you~
What amazing scenery!!! My son would probably want to move to your area if he saw those photos!! Enjoyed your post.
Tomorrow is corn day at my house. Ble e e e e ck…. I do NOT enjoy doing corn. But I am grateful that school is starting a week late and I will have help from my little “slaves”
and not have to do it alone.
@richlyblest - It IS pretty here–especially in the summer time. Definitely worth the trip. And you could come visit us. We love company.
@twofus_1 - LoVe the song. Thank you.
@madisonsmom2 - You are so funny—squishing your ears.
@song_of_praise - Thanks for stopping by. Summer scenery is truly breathtaking. I’m not so fond of winter, though.
@DCKLDBW - I’m glad for my little slaves too. Happy corn day to you.
@mlt10202002 - Yes the weather is heavenly. So glad north & south are both enjoying it.
Can some jars of that lovely sunshine to bring out next winter. If only you could. We are having lovely weather here too after our 100 and more for several weeks. Still prayering for rain as Marcus will have to start feeding hay soon if it doesn’t rain.
I really wish I could share some of our cheap peaches with you and help you can them. I would love that. I feel like I could use some good female companionship right now…and I wouldn’t even complain if it were over a mess of sticky corn or peaches!
You wonderful farm wife, you! Isn’t it just too crazy hot to be doing fall work? We spontaneously stopped for a dip in Rotary Lake this afternoon – it was cheaper to pick up two 3 dollar swimsuits from Walmart than to drive home and get the ones we already own.
And I am hoping my mother-in-law will share her canned Sask. corn with me since I never even both attempting to grow corn up north.
I can see why you are tired so often!! All of that canning and freezing?? I am not sure that I would have the energy for it. Our weather here too has been AMAZING! I am loving it!! One more warm day this time of year just means one less cold day. Right?
It does look very pretty up there! Good to hear from you again!
@lwstutz - That would be fabulous!
Something fun to think about anyway.
@grandmotherlois - oh…hope you get rain soon. And canning sunshine sounds wonderful.
i was thinking that peaches and corn are the worst to process. that is, until you mentioned pears. ugh. them too. i so get that intelligent ratio thing! FunNy! too bad that home canned and frozen tastes so good.
that’s really what pushes me into it. and as much as i can be frustrated with freezing and canning and all till august-sept rolls around…every spring i’m antsy again to see my garden grow. i have amnesia with some things.
that’s the view from your place? so beautiful!
and btw, i love when you stop by. no pressure. my word no. just saying that i like seeing “quiet hearts” show up and reading what you have to say.
it all looks yum to me!
you did it~ 
i think anything you grow yourself is amazing..
who cares if it’s just nubbins.
said the girl who keeps the fresh produce stands in business all summer long.
someday. someday i’ll have that garden of my own. i’d really love to.