A busy day.  Today I was going to make beet jelly first thing in the morning.  Then, a few emails to a company in Ontario about our sheep scale which is giving issues, a few phonecalls from family and one from the company in Alberta where we get our ear tatoo supplies and the morning was pretty well shot.  So the jelly got underway around 1:00.  5 batches later, with various experiments to improve the flavour and this is what I have:

I made the first batch just with lemon juice and certo lite.  It was a bit bland.  The recipe said it would taste like berry jelly but it just tasted sweet with little flavour.  So the next batch got a package of grape jello added in with the sugar.  Actually, it replaced 1/2 cup of sugar since the first ingredient is sugar.  That was actually pretty nice.  Not to end there, the next batch got strawberry jello added.  Also very nice.  Since those were the only 2 flavours I had I made another grape and another strawberry.  I started to wonder why I was doing this when I could probably go and buy jars of grape and strawberry jelly.  I'm hoping there is some remnant of the beet nutrient in the jelly which will counteract the chemicals from the jello.  Oh well, whatever, right?  Not everything has to be brimming with vitamins and minerals!

After the jelly making we moved Ben, our big ram, and Red and Fred, two of his sons, up to the winter pen where there is more forage.  Then I looked at the progress on the barn.  Dennis has one door sort of on.  I forgot the camera so will take a picture tomorrow.  It's looking good and I'm impressed that he figured out the hardware.  After that Dennis and I picked the green beans and the peas.  Then it was time to get supper going.  A beautiful sockeye fillet tonight, with potatoes and broccoli from the garden.  I will also make a tomato and basil salad, both fresh from the greenhouse. 

Last night's frost did not harm the garden.  Even the volunteer tomatoes are still blooming away showing no signs of damage. 

I'm pretty tired after being on my feet all day so this is it.  Tomorrow I will be freezing more beans and trying to fix the sheep scale.  I will add a picture so you know what I'm talking about.  Mmmmm, I smell the salmon so it's time for supper!  bye for now.