July Blooms and Freezing Green Beans

July 26, 2013September 16, 2013 ~ lindy

It has been so hot in Utah as well as other places in the USA. But besides the heat the garden is doing well. I’ve been watering the garden 2 to 3 times a week depending on what the plants need. I’ve been putting up a few more bags of Peas and now this is the first of the Green Beans

Freezing Green Beans

In my earlier blog we put up peas for the freezer. Now, we are doing the Green Beans. You will need to snip the green beans and cut or break them in the desired style.

*Blanch the Green Beans by bringing them to a boiling point and boil them for 7 minutes in a stainless steel Stock Pot of water.

*Cool down Green Beans Quickly in a bowl of ice water. If doing large batches of Green Beans you will need more bowls of ice water.

*Drain off water from the Green Beans and place in Ziploc freezer bags. I like the Pint size.

*Remove air from the Ziploc bag, with a straw, close bag and freeze.

See freezer peas if you need more instructions, also see pictures below.

July in the Garden

Day Lilies

Summer Flowers in the Garden

Hollyhocks

Red Delicious Apples and Bartlett Pears

Concord Grapes, Pumpkins, Zucchini, Squash and Lavender

Corn, Peas, Green and Soy Beans and Potatoes

Bartlett Pears

Peppers and Tomatoes

Yellow Squash

Cucumbers

Lettuce, Spinach, Beets and Onions

(The Eggplant has not grown well here in this raised bed.)

Pumpkins

Ambrosia Corn

I applied the last application of Ammonium Sulfate to the Corn. The corn should be ready in a couple of weeks.

First of the Fall Bearing Raspberries

Last of the Peas

Zucchini, Crookneck Squash and Yellow Squash

Day Lilies

Helena Mix, Helenium Flowers

Shasta Daisies and Lambs Ear

Petunia Hanging Basket

Peppers and Eggplant

Sweet Basil, Oregano and Rosemary

Fuchsia Hanging Basket

First tomatoes of the season, Sun Sugar Tomatoes

Have a good day!

Lindy

Covered Wagon Cookie Round-Up

July 25, 2013July 12, 2019 ~ lindy

More ideas for your pioneer day activities!!!

Also see Pioneer Party Food

Also see Covered Wagon and Bee Decor 24th July

Also See Cute Bee and Wagon Decor

Also See Beehive Sugar Cookies

Also See Pioneer Bee Decorations

Also See Pioneer Serving Table

Also See this dinner party where we used these covered wagons Pioneer Dinner Party

Cookie Wagons

Supplies needed for Eight Wagons:

*2 boxes Caramel Coconut and Fudge Cookies
**1 box Cloud Cakes
*2 boxes Peanut Butter Bars
*1 package Fudge Striped Cookies
*3 squares of Almond Bark
*1 box Junior Mints

The pictures shows Black String Licorice but I chose not to use them, you could use them on the covered wagon Cloud Cakes. See a picture of it here.

** The Cloud Cakes will dry out and become hard in a couple of hours, so if you want to eat them you will need to make them right before your party begins or make the base and then add the Cloud Cakes just before serving them.

Melt 2 squares of chocolate at a time in a microwave safe cup until melted, every microwave is different but mine I set for 30 seconds and then checked on the chocolate and then another 10 seconds and then intervals of 5-10 seconds until melted.

The chocolate is the glue to hold the wagons together. I spread the melted chocolate on the backside of one of the wafer cookies (You will need 2 wafer cookies for each wagon.) with a knife. Then put the second wafer cookie on top of the first cookie backsides together and then add the wagon wheels to the wafer side of the cookies and let dry before adding wheels to the other side.

Then with the melted chocolate add the Junior Mints to the center of the Cookie Wagon Wheels.

When all wagons are dry add the Cloud Cakes to the top. I slanted the ends of the Cloud Cakes by cutting them with a knife to make them look more like a wagon Cover.