Projects are still not complete and time is quickly running away from me. The heat is not helping matters any and my garden is a severe disappointment.
Yesterday the farmer that we purchased our hog from was selling his sweet corn out of his truck up on Main Street. DH bought a dozen walking home from the hardware store and then cooked them for lunch for us all. I was going to freeze the remaining cobs and the thought occured to me that I might as well freeze a couple of dozen if I was going to freeze any, so off he went to purchase some more. About 5 dozen more. So that is what I did all afternoon, well until I my new Seal-A-Meal started giving me grief and then I ran out of bags.
DH was kind enough to walk up to the hardware store in 102 degree temps and come home with the only two boxes they had. These boxes must have been on their shelves for a couple of decades, as I had never seen any quite like these. They were almost a cellophane. After working and working AND WORKING with the appliance, I discovered that it was not the bags….it was a faulty sealer. This is sad in that I purchased it last year, but had only used it once prior to yesterday. The vacume portion wasn’t functioning properly and the sealer sometimes did not seal. So I still have about half of my corn sitting in the fridge…already shucked and no way to store them. Those two boxes of bags were over $12 with tax, I am disappointed that i didn’t just buy Ziplocs. This is usually what happens to me on spur of the moment ideas.
Anyhow, I thought I would share a few photos from yesterday…..
My Hero shucking corn on the side porch…..
This is one of the few times the vacume sealer worked…sort of……
As mentioned, I am sorely disappointed with my garden. So much work and expense for such a small harvest. OH! and the jalapeno peppers that I thought I was planting, ended up being hungarian or banana. Not much use for them around here. 
