She's Making A List.....

While I am not ready to concede that doubling the size of the garden is perhaps a little....crazy overly optimistic, I do admit that perhaps the growing season will need a bit of planning to avoid the need for another canning "intervention." So today I spent some quality time with one of the canning booksmaking a list.

Of course, I'm so excited about the idea of having a garden again that everything sounds good right now AND I'm even more dangerous after the success of the pickled pumpkin from last year. I have added zucchini marmalade and tomato jam to the list, which will probably make people question my brunches if not my sanity. I haven't figured out what to do with all the chutney from last year, but I want to make several new versions. I was even slightly tempted by a few ketchup recipes in spite of the fact that neither Andy or I use ketchup on anything. Everything just sounds so wonderful....

This year the canning intervention might have to be before the canning ever starts....