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Hi Reader,

I hope your week has been going well! Around here we've been getting ready for a long-planned lake cabin family trip, which now includes daily checking of the air quality - will we actually be able to be outside by said lake? New normal for summertime, it seems.

The other thing that's been a priority has been harvesting and preserving what we don't eat (as well as watering!). A few weeks ago we picked the three peaches from our little tree - and they were delicious! Hoping for larger harvests in the future.😃

The kitchen island is again hosting enamel bowls full of ripening tomatoes, plums, and peppers. Not as many tomatoes as typical, but that's a tale for another time...

In light of this time of year when we can grow or find good deals on summer produce, I'm sharing some of the preserving I'm doing with what's coming in right now below.

You'll also find the new recipe I shared last week that once I made it, all I could think about was when I could make it again (honest!). Super fun that a reader sent me the original recipe idea, too.💜

What I'm Preserving Now

• Green Beans: How To Freeze Green Beans The Easy Way Without Blanching, Spicy Garlic Canned Pickled Beans, Easy Three Bean Salad​
• Cucumbers: Easy Refrigerator Garlic Dill Pickles Jar-by-Jar (Better Than Canned!) (Fun Fact: I don't like cucumbers in anything, lol, so you won't find them in recipes on my site. I only like them pickled/fermented and ONLY when they are small, so jar-by-jar as I harvest is the best way for me!)
• Berries: How to Freeze Strawberries (Or Any Berry), 3 Ingredient Maple Blackberry Jam Recipe (Can or Freeze), Blueberry Chutney, Easy No-Cook Freezer Jam, Blueberry BBQ Sauce (10 Minute, Lower Sugar)​
• Basil: How to Dry Basil, How To Freeze Basil 6 Ways, Homemade Pesto Recipe (with a Secret Frugal Ingredient)​
• Plums: How To Dry Plums (Not Your Mother's Prunes!), Easy Spicy Plum Sauce for Canning​

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WHAT'S NEW

​Super Delicious Veggie-Loaded Tuna Salad​ A fresh twist on the classic, packed with shredded carrots, garlic, onion, and cheese for extra flavor - this is the quick, protein rich meal of my dreams! RECIPE HERE

Thanks for being here with me, I appreciate you! Have a wonderful week.💜

P.S. This week in Notes From the Farmhouse I shared all the steps I took to give my 10+ year old outdoor furniture set an update, including using painters drop cloths to cover the cushions. I also lifted the curtain on what dinner meals actually look like at the farmhouse - you're probably not surprised to learn they are easy, use what I have, and are repeatable.😃 Click here to see a list of other topics I've been writing about!

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