This is the first year we have ever grown cabbage. I love fresh from the garden cabbage but do not enjoy it cooked or fermented. However, my husband loves sauerkraut so we are experimenting with our first ever batch. It's sitting on the counter as we speak. We don't have a crock so we are using (re-using) a Costco pickle jar covered with an old t-shirt rag. It's high tech, let me tell you. I may (or may not) try some when it's done. I know, I know, kraut is supposed to be really good for you.
We have also yet to have a frost in my area so the tomatoes are still coming on strong. The kids are getting good at prepping the tomatoes for canning. (Apples too.) When they start to complain, I simply say, "You like to eat, don't you?"
This is a pic of the bag City Girl whipped up in about 15 minutes. She wanted a certain size and everything we had was either too big or too small so she went down to our "craft" room and created what she needed. The body of the bag is a bottom leg of a pair of jeans she had made into cut-offs earlier this year. She merely had to sew one end shut. For the handle she made a braided rope made from old t-shirts and sewed it on. We had some iron-on decals laying around and she embellished the bag with those. (The decals were marketed for the back of jean pockets... who wants their daughter wearing kissy lips on her backside? This is a much more tasteful application.)
There are so many possibilities for this bag. It is really only limited by your imagination. It is a quick, easy, and cheap project. Goodwill stores are great sources of jeans and t-shirts!
What have you all been up to?
