The White Family Homesteaders

Our Facebook fan page is approaching 100 likes and we want some help getting there faster. To do this we are having a drawing for the chance to win an 8oz jar of peach and strawberry jam and jalapeno jelly made with love by us.  That's right 3 jars of appetizing jams and jelly.  We are hoping in the process to attract more readers to our blog.  All you have to do to be entered into sweepstakes is to like and share the link to our fan page. Once we reach 100 likes a winner will be selected. 

We are extremely happy with how the garden is doing. Plants are producing vegetables, flowers are blooming and we have a big grin on our face.  Our peas are producing a lot and so are the zucchini plants.  Little farmer boy is in love with the peas and picks at least two every time we go to the garden to nibble on.  One of the many sunflowers in the garden, I'm in love with them. The zucchini row growing steady. Our goal this summer is to can more of our fortunes from our garden along with some delicious pickens from local farms.  Last summer we canned some peach jam and we wanted to try strawberry jam this year.  We found a recipe from Certo and picked up some strawberries and had a day of canning jam.  Luckily we did it on a day that wasn't in the 90s, cause boy was our kitchen hot.  There were a few incidents of burning our   finger tips but nothing too serious. Our other challenge was our two year old wanting our attention and ...