In my Garden.

Yesterday I cut down all the herbs on my balcony and now they are drying. Lots of thyme, oregano, sage and rosemary, I also had some parsley which I chopped and froze. I still have few plants outside and believed or not strawberries are still blooming.
  

 

What I do.

I think I mentioned here before that I sew a lot. I have small hobby base business, I have few online stores and I participate in craft shows. Staying home with my family is the most important thing in my life, making sure they are taken care of,  but live is hard on one income in big city like Toronto so that's where my sewing fills in financial gabs. There is one craft show that is like the mother of all shows, there is two of them a year, Spring and Christmas. I was accepted to the Spring one about 3 years ago and I love it, its hard work because I do this on my own, 5 days 11 hours a day. My husband helps me get there and set it up and on the end he helps with taking it down and getting home. The Christmas show is treated separately from the Spring so I had to apply for the Christmas even though I was in the Spring, and you can imagine everyone wants to be in Christmas so it is hard to get in. Earlier this year I received email with bad news once again I was not accepted to the show but I was placed on a waiting list. I was hopping that maybe this year will be the year and just last week I received a phone call with great news, there was a spot available if I want it. I was so happy  I cried for couple hours and then it hit me I have 7 weeks to get ready and so much to do. So for the next 2 months I might not be here us often as I was in the summer because I will be spending every free moment by my sewing machine or hand stitching. Here are few of my creations.

 

Corn.

Time to freeze some corn. I don't buy anymore frozen corn instead I make my own. 
First I cook them for short time, then they go strait to cold water to stop the cooking and when they are cool I simply cut off all the kernels, pack them in freezer bags.
 

I have some problems  with the blogger or maybe is the google, I can't comment on any blogs, the google doesn't recognize my account and even if I try to comment as a anonymous my comment disappears. I still visit all your blogs, I hope that this will resolve soon. 

Basil.

Yesterday I cut down all my basil because nights are getting really cold and I don't want to risk loosing it. I made lots of pesto from all this. I still have few basil plants in my community garden and they will come home on Thursday.