Summer is nearly officially over – sigh I will miss it! However I do love the changing seasons and look forward to them all each year. Honestly I can not imagine living where the weather stays the same all year round. There is such a renewal in the changing of the seasons. One must find different clothes to wear, there are different types of food available at different times (fresh stuff I mean, not the normal grocery store items) and different activities to partake in.

Our garden was awesome this year and has provided us with lots of fresh veggies and herbs. I am trying some new things with herbs and as of late have dried several types (so far – German Basil, German Oregano, and Hot/Spicy Oregano) and have more to go. Also have combined fresh herbs with olive oil and with wine vinegar and will see how those work out.

We have lots of green tomatoes, which sadly I don’t think are going to ripen as the weather just is not cooperating, so with that in mind I am researching different recipes in which to use the green toms! We love fried green tomatoes so will likely make some of those. Have found some recipes to try including green tomatoe jam, mincemeat, relishes etc.

If you don’t can and preserve, you oughta try it sometime! It is fun and so rewarding not to mention SOOOOOO good later in the winter when good fresh items are hard to find. Happy Fall everyone.