Gardening, cooking, canning: I gave up trying years ago,
but Mom is going strong even when faced with a power outage in the midst of canning tomatoes. So I am purloining her stories and photos to share here, to celebrate Mom the Pioneer.
"Such a lot going on here,"
she posted on social media.
"Bad storm Tuesday broke tree off and light pole. "
I had tomatoes in jars to can and no power. So I got twigs and a few dry boards in barn and made a fire in Weber grill and got them done.
"Today REC was here over 2 hours and got new pole in and wires back,
How great to have power again,
Then the tree crew came and cleaned up the branches in no time with a big claw machine. I have pictures on Kindle but won't let me put them on here. Will try tomorrow. Lots of corn went flat too.
No power = NO RUNNING WATER for rural well owners.
Mom, you left out the part where you salvaged water from the dehumidifier for the kettle where you boil the jars to can tomatoes. #Resourceful #Enterprising #Undaunted
Up next: APPLES - she will be peeling, slicing, freezing (or dehydrating) hundreds of 'em, and I need to get myself up there soon to help out. (Photo taken last year by my sister
Here she is in 2016 in another photo taken by the same sister:
And in 2015 (Dad is sitting on one of her quilts) with my sister Lori--and Mom looking hale and hearty:
Mom is 84 now but you'd never know it.
She seems barely a day older than me.
Never in my life have I attempted to can tomatoes or anything else. What a schlub!
CANNING TOMATOES | Hot Bath Method
YOU GO, MOM!!!
And I need to follow your lead with gardening, canning, and all-around resourcefulness.