Chaos in the Kitchen

Does anyone remember that story that they tell us when we are little? The with the grasshopper and the ant? If I remember correctly, (and I probably don't). The grasshopper spends all summer just having fun, jumping around, and making fun of the ant, who instead of having fun is diligently carrying food everyday back to his home to store away. The ant continually warns the grasshopper that winter will be here soon and he should stock up, but he never does. The end result is the ant lives comfortably through the cold months on his stores of food, while the grasshopper has nothing. 

I'm listening to the ant. This weekend became chaotic in our kitchen as we turned our fresh goods from the farmers market and everything in our fridge into preserved goods. We canned, we dried, we strung. We then had to scrub the kitchen, and we may not have finger prints left, but the result is beautiful. Scroll down and see what I mean!   

(If you know the tune to 12 days of Christmas, it actually fits quite nicely with the scroll down) 

But we got....Eight Cans of Peaches

All Four Burners Covered

Three Cans of Tomato Sauce. 

Two Jars of Green Beans

and a House smelling of Dried Corn!

We also figured out a cool way to dry green beans by literally sewing them together with a needle and kite string. It makes a nice ornament in the kitchen and will be great in stews come winter!