Here it is, in all its bountiful, abundant and colour saturated glory.
In total there are approximately 1000 lbs of fruit dangling off of the wall in our appartment pantry. Since our big stock arrived, Justin and I (and mom) have canned the beets from the garden (about 60 lbs). Then of course there are the 30 or so lbs of Green Beans and the Apple Jelly. I love that the shelves are so full that I can’t squeeze it all inside the viewfinder of the camera.
I wish we could have had more photos, I wish we had the energy to blog while the whole thing was in motion.
Now that I got that out, I wouldn’t go back and change a thing! We all learned so much about community, stamina, patience, food, canning, love and happiness. Thank you my love - Justin, Matt, Larry, Josh, Byron and Alanna - our neighbors, Deb - for her charitable work with food, Hart - The Camera Guy for discovering the meaning of teamwork with us and Galeet, his wife, for her patience with the underpaid film industry, my Mom for teaching us how to can and finishing the last of it with me. Thank you to the folks who find us on the web and comment or even just watch from the shadows. (I have stats, I know just how many people are out there!) Your comments keep us writing.
We’ll let you know when we are up and live on YouTube with our short.
Infinite love and blessings,
The Tilsons
Alan McKay
November 19, 2008 | 11:33 pm1
Robin, not sure if you’ll get a notification of my comment and will see this, but you might want to look into a book called “Square Foot Gardening”. Wonderful resource when you don’t have a lot of space. Or even when you do!
Robin
October 12, 2008 | 3:13 am2
Wow that is a lot of canning that you all did!
I would not even want to do it, even if I knew the learning curve. I have a green house that I have practiced growing things. I do like to see the seeds grow into something; I can’t tell the tiny weeds from the tiny flowers, beans, and onions….. yeah, so the first year Tom told me we didn’t have acres of land for all the plants I had started. I said I would find the room; I had no idea of the spacing, and how large everything had become. Just keeping up on the picking, and the eating was kind of stressful.
It sounds like you enjoyed the experience and that is all that matters; you would probably beg to differ. Right? Telling me how healthy it all was, yes I realize that.
Your cupboard looks beautiful I will admit that.
It must be very satisfying to see the fruits of your labor.
Congrats!
Love
Robin