Thursday was so busy. I still had on my pajamas when Vince got home from work. I don’t think that’s ever happened. I started out with a huge “to do” list and what do you think happened right off the bat? I cut the tip of my finger! Not a bad cut but one of those that’s just so darned sore. I got some new knives. I’ve almost cut myself with them in the sink twice in two days and had said I wasn’t going to put them down in the sink but I did. The first thing I did was reach down into the water and cut a huge chunk out of a fingernail. I stopped, cut the nail, filed it smooth, stuck my hand back in the water and cut my finger on the same blasted knife. That created problems for me all day!
I did get 21 jars of raspberry jam made. I used Tattler lids on all of them except 3 so I can give away 3 jars . . no more! 
Then the mail lady brought my tomato seeds that I’ve been waiting for and since time is so short, I stopped right then and went and planted them.
I think I planted too many but seeds and dirt are cheap. I planted 15 containers of 8 seeds – all tomatoes! 120 tomatoes! And I planted 8 eggplant seeds. Chances are not all the tomatoes will come up but if they do, I surely will be a happy gardener. My “honey do” priority for this weekend is for Vince to build some kind of shield/screen to keep those giant grasshopper things from eating my new sprouts. It was fun feeding those grasshoppers to the chickens but I’ve had enough of them already and want them gone . . for good! Somehow I’m thinking that me wanting them gone for good is just too bad.
All the little cardboard trays are numbered and I made my trusty spreadsheet so I can take notes and decide which tomatoes do better here and which ones we like the best. All I need now is . . Fall!
Denise ~ justquiltin says
I promise that even if you give me raspberry jam (my most favoritest jam) with one of your fancy lids – I will return it. 🙂 But I think it will be safest to send it if you put it in a plastic baggie and then a largish box. That way you can put lots of padding in that box to keep it safe and you and I both know that the best kind of padding is yarn — I think that hanks of yarn in various colors will keep it safest while in transit.
Mel Meister says
*chuckle*
Toni in TN says
With all those eggplant seeds, what will you be making from eggplant? I have three plants and I am at a lose. Hubs bought them!!
Judy D in WA says
The jam is beautiful and makes me want home made bread toasted jam slathered on it!
Stop it with the knives. They always win!
I never, ever thought about doing a seed spread sheet. 🙂
Diana W. says
I am jealous of all your tomato plants/seeds. I would LOVE to have your place just for the garden space. That is a dream! Sorry you cut yourself.
Erin says
Oh my! I am glad you are ok ..(are u really?) that finger must be sore!
Those jams look so delicious!
Did u use the pressure cooker to can them? I don’t know whether to use my Presto to can strawberry jam or get a Ball set up!
I hope you have plenty of tomatoes!!!!
Dar in MO says
Sorry about your cut fingers. Be careful. We need all of our fingers to do the things we love – quilt, knit, garden, cook! Your jam looks wonderful. I have been trying to make plum preserves and am having trouble getting them to set up properly. I put pics and told my sad story on my blog, and I keep trying, but not sure what I’m doing wrong. I’m using the Ball recipe with no pectin added. The color is pretty like yours, and they taste good, just a little soft for preserves. They make great sauce for waffles and ice cream though! 🙂
Donna says
Sorry about the fingers! Be careful!
If all those tomato seeds come up you’re going to be a tired gardner and will be asking all of us if we need some tomatoes. (lol) that’s a lot of plants and each plant will have lots of maters. Goodness Gracious! sure will be good all winter and next winter and the winter after (lol).
Melinda says
My friend gave me a huge hint. She puts her knives right behind her faucet. That way, they aren’t in the sink, but she still sees them and knows they need washing. They are easier to grab to wash as well.