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Around the World Blog Hop
Around the World Blog Hop
When my UK friend Sarah from Down by the Sea asked if I would like to join in on the Around the World blog tour, I knew it would be tough to find bloggers who hadn't already participated in this year's blog hop. I was right... sorry folks but this blog hop dies with me. LOL So instead of the tag team blog hop that's been going on and in honour of this being an international blog tour, I'm going to share some of my go-to blogs from different countries.
But first, a little bit about me.
Why do I write about what I do?
Around the World Blog Hop
Map of tiny houses around the world
Map of tiny houses around the world
Theres a great map of tiny houses around the world which will be of interest to shedworkers too as each entry has links to more details about each build. Obviously its not exhaustive, but it is interesting to browse and confirms that while the US is well ahead globally in terms of numbers, tinyhousers are increasing in numbers in western Europe too.
Found on the excellent MiniMotives site which has a vast array of personal experiences, tips, pictures, and general sound advice about living small. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Map of tiny houses around the world
Tomato Time Around Here
Tomato Time Around Here
Its finally tomato time around here! I planted 38 tomato plants this year and I am so excited to start making stuff with them. Last night was my first official harvest and I weighed 17 pounds on the scale. Not to shabby for the first picking.
More than half of my plants are Roma-style tomatoes and the others are a combination of Celebrity and Better Boys. Since it was hot and I was tired I decided that I would make simple crushed tomatoes and can them. Now that I am set up again, the next batch will be salsa or juice or sauce or something interesting. But for this one time it was easy.
I did not season the crushed tomatoes nor did I salt them. I am sharing my harvests with my mom and they dont like salt. I tend to add it to most things I cook in the form of spices anyway so I left it out. The recipe called it optional and I took them seriously. I canned pints using the boil bath method and added 1 TBSP of lemon juice to each pint jar before I added the crushed tomatoes. This assures the proper acidity for this method of canning. Last year I used up all the jars I had canned and this year I ought to have tons of tomato products lining my shelves. And yes, I am still thinking hard about making my guest room into a pantry. No one uses it much anyhow. The guest can just sleep in an awesome pantry. That would be a novel story to tell all their friends when they leave my house.
Tomato Time Around Here