The clock is ticking on the kids leaving for college. Mini-me goes in a week and a half, J is the week after. The piles of supplies are beginning. Last minute orders and trips to the stores, doctor appts, new glasses just to name a few items on the list. But slowly, we are making progress.
To add to the busy time…the garden is also producing like crazy.
That means that I need to preserve the harvest.
I’ve canned 7 pints of spicy beans and 3 pints diced tomatoes.
Air drying herbs as well as trying to dehydrate some.
Mini-me seemed to have an allergic reaction to the herbs in the dehydrator so after we finally figured out why her nose was running like a faucet, I shut it down and got it out of the house. Poor kid.
I was attempting to dry some of this mint as well. Its really growing like crazy. Since the dehydrator seems out of the question, at least until she leaves the nest for college, I tried making some tea with fresh mint and nasturtium blossoms.
It was ok. Not bad but not very flavorful…which is not surprising. I know herb flavors concentrate after drying.
I may try to dry some but I am not holding out a lot of hope that I will enjoy the end product so therefore I am not super committed to the process.
One day last week, Mini-me and I took a quick drive over to IKEA and the Mall of America. We were able to get a few items on her list for college ay IKEA. Obviously a lot of other people had the same idea before us since several of the things on her want list were sold out. We decided to go into MOA since it is literally across the street from IKEA.
I quickly snapped this photo of a few of the truly massive Lego creations that sit atop the Legoland.
And Nickelodeon Universe. The mall was really not busy at all which was very refreshing. I don’t think we would have stayed if it had been busy.
I’m posting this on Monday evening because I have an eye appt in the morning. I know she will dilate my eyes so I won’t be able to see much of anything for several hours. I’m not a fan of it but I know its to check eye health so I will do it begrudgingly.