Real life moments,our dirty little secrets...

Yes, in REAL life the house gets left behind when we're busy harvesting, preserving and clean up the garden.

Okay in our defense,this is just after a week of no dusting( which BTW I hate doing) One of the downsides of country living, opening windows, having indoor pets, a wood stove and well... a 100yr old house*sigh*

 Okay this is the top of the wood cook stove and I just wiped it off yesterday, it drives me nuts some days.

 Evidence of indoor pets, now mind you we just swept and vacuumed 3 days ago! Yet just a day or so after we clean house we could literally assemble a whole new pet from the hair against the baseboards and in the corners.  We brush the dogs and miss kitty regularly but we still have hair, the sacrifice we make to have our beloved pets*wink*

 Okay now, this is Mike's Buffalo mount, we call her Bertha. Before moving here to our homestead, she hung in our bedroom, but here she fits well in the living room. She is a tell tale sign of when it's time to dust, again this is just after a week.*sigh*  Sooooo..... now you all know our dirty little secrets, our place is NOT always spic and span clean, although most days it is picked up and looks organized :o)

 Below are pictures from in and around our place this morning. Yesterday we collected our Kentucky Wonder bean pods that were well on their way to being dry. There are still far more on the vines still drying. We collect these for seed as well as......

 to use in soups and casseroles....... They are a dried bean after all *wink*

 Cortney had some odds and ends Painted Mountain corn to finish drying, so laid them on top our rain barrels( which are empty in prep. for winter)

 Another tell tale sign of a morning activity....

 Whole wheat bread making for the week.

 These are tomatoes harvested day before yesterday, washed and ready to be run through the Victorio Mill today. The tomato I'm holding is a Brandywine tomato and thanks to our hoop house they are all lovely this year and so large too!  The lighter tomatoes in the bowl are our White Tomesol and they aren't quite ripe yet, they are white and have a very low acid flavor. We just plant them for shock factor*wink*

 Here is today's harvest, not all are completely ripe, so.... will be washed dried and left out to finish ripening on the counter or in the windowsill.

 Here is a shot of the ones ripe enough to add with those harvested day before. All combined it should net us a nice stock pot full of sauce to be simmered down and canned. Of course we eat them fresh as well. :o)

 Our counter space is limited and during this time of year they become even more limited.  This is when our island table and wood cook stove top come in handy :o)

Okay now you know our dirty secrets, how about yours? *wink*

Blessings for your day :o)