Green Tomatoe Tips

 I don't know where you are at in the gardening season where you live but we are picking/digging the last of our produce here in North Dakota.  

 Being I found quite a few green tomatoes out there, I went in search of what can be done with them.  I was so happy to find this video.  Not only is there an awesome demonstration of how to make green tomatoe pickles but a tip for what can be done to help them ripen to be enjoyed later.

  About half way through this video, the gardener shares that she wraps each green tomato in newspaper.  Then she puts them in small boxes and put the boxes in a cool place.  In this way, her family is able to enjoy ripe tomatoes for weeks to possibly months.  I now have 2 small boxes of wrapped tomatoes to enjoy later and LESS work right now.

  Here's to gardening and finishing the year well. 

  Dawn

I'm doing BETTER and so can You!!

 Hi everyone,

  How are you all doing?  I'm sure that you, like everyone I know, is burdened for Israel.  May the Lord watch over ALL of His people around the world!!  We do have the benefit of knowing, if it's our time to go, that we get to spend eternity with the Lord in His beautiful home.  That is IF we have surrendered our life to Him completely. 

  I've been doing pretty well considering that I was in the hospital for 6 days last month.  The diagnosis was pancreatitis which totally floors me as 75% of people with this problem drink a LOT of alcohol and/or have gallstones.  I don't drink AT ALL and 0 gallstones were found.

  I have a procedure scheduled in December where they will put a scope down my throat and see what's going on.  The GI specialist that I saw said that sometimes gall stones don't show up on MRIs, CT scans, or ultrasounds all of which I had done while I was hospitalized.  I'm praying that this abdominal burning and cramping is completely gone by then so I don't have to do that.  I would appreciate your prayers for that too.

  I am going to share a video that has given me so much hope and direction.  I don't want to say much about it so as to attract as little attention as possible to it.  PLEASE if you have lingering affects from COVID, please take the time to watch this.  I recommend taking notes so that you get it all.  Here's the link.

 the-antidote (thedrardisshow.com)

  On the farm news.  We finished harvesting the soybeans (photo below) and now we're waiting for the corn to dry down.  It didn't help that it rained during the night.  This is so hard for me to do, as we live in a dry area, but I'm praying that it stops raining long enough so that our guys and our neighbors can finish harvesting.  

   My prayers go out for all of you wonderful readers.  May God bless His people with His protection; with nice warm homes; with healthy nourishing food; and with family and friends who love and support you through the hard times.  He loves us so much and wants to bless us more than we can imagine.  Just look up and say to Him, "I receive ALL of your blessings with deep gratitude."  Then pass along your abundance with those who have less.

  I'm so deeply grateful to be alive and to be a part of God's family with all of you wonderful saints!

 Dawn