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good morning everyone this is tony from her homestead skills and this morning i am coming to
you from a hotel room in kentucky we decided that uh this trip that we had planned to take over two
years ago was overdue and mark wanted to take this time to do it because we do have other commitments
in the next in early september so we have to be back by then for sure but uh the idea was to do a
road trip to some of the southern states and see some of the sites in the area uh but we did
the quick travel last night or yesterday all day and through uh let's see i guess first
through new york state then through pennsylvania wasn't mark then pennsylvania then ohio and it
seemed to be in ohio forever and before we stopped for the night we were in kentucky
and right now we are in london kentucky and we do plan to take a few days to sightsee
um some of these southern states and mark is just plotting our itinerary for at least today and he
has suggested that we go to north carolina is it mark uh yeah north carolina in all likelihood
and north carolina is where we'll probably be spending the day and i hope to be taking some
taking in some of the sites enjoying some of the weather that the southern states has to offer and
we'll try and keep you abreast of where we are and what we're doing this is going to
be the road trip of the year for us and it is one that we have planned for well over
three years now two years that and we also have a friend down south that we may try to visit in
mississippi we'll see if we can get to him as well but anyway some of you have noticed that i was
pushing very hard to get a lot of canning done and part of the reason why was because
mark wanted to take this time to come out and i wanted to get as much done
as i possibly could before we left him obviously august is the big canning season for me it's the
big harvest time but there's still a lot to do and september we'll probably be looking
into the apple harvest in ontario because that's when it's big and i'd love to do a lot of apples
my tomato potato harvest is done and it could sit for a week before i finish
processing them the uh tomatoes some hoping they will ripen on the vine without them being picked
completely by whatever critter is enjoying my tomato feast that i've laid out for it
anyway it can have a few just leaves i hope it leaves me some so i'd still want to can
70-ish jars 50 to 70 jars for the balance of the season if not i will try to buy another bushel
and yes you can buy i bought it as early in the season as i possibly could
i've learned years ago that you get them early and before the rains come and the tomatoes are not
so full of water that you're draining more than normal but even if that's the
case i can still like if i have to buy them later in the season i can do that as well
and we will drain out any excess water not a big deal as long as i get enough to last me for the
year and then some yeah i always like to have at least 18 months supply on hand and yes i do have
a few jars from last year like i didn't run short and this is what you want to ensure even with my
son asking me for some but i do have to take into consideration that he may be asking me for more
this year than he normally does so anyway hope you people are still keeping busy um that you're
putting as much away as you possibly can we know that there are continued shortages and they tend
to fluctuate between one product and another and supply chain issues are still not resolved so we
definitely have to look after our own interests and be as self-sufficient as we possibly can
okay uh i'm hoping to really enjoy this holiday it's the first one that we've had in five years
and i hope it doesn't take as long in the future but you never know i
think even before that it was a good six seven eight years before we had a real vacation so
they don't come too often in this household anyway this is tony from her homestead skills
i hope you enjoyed this little video and we will catch you on the next one bye for now