More small bits

It took several days to get the hole under the foundation dug through. The holes looked like they were going right into each other, but they weren't connecting. I did finally get them to join.

 The meter box ands outside main breaker boxes are both mounted and conduit is run. You can see a short gap at the bottom of the trench, but I have the piece cut and it's laying beside the trench. Now if I can just get someone to transport the trailer... I never dreamed THAT would be the biggest challenge. 

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After the concrete cured, I got the pedistal put together.

And got the meter box and main disconnect box mounted.

 First thing this morning, I lit the brush pile. It was still small, so it didn't take too long to burn down. It was mostly finished by lunchtime.

Some progress

More canning got done yesterday. The beans are slowing down, but there is still more of them out in the garden. We are well over 100 jars for this year now.

The tomatoes are not doing as well, but they still produce enough to help fill jars. I think I will try different varieties next year. This looks like a lot, but I only got about 2 quarts of sauce out of it.

Harry was down yesterday and buried the water line trench. I had the inspector here the day before and he OK'd this part. He still has to come back when we run the sewer line, but we need the trailer here for that. That is proving to be the hardest part - finding someone to do it.

I got the first section of conduit put in for the electric service this morning. 

And I planted the posts for the pedistal and got them concreted in. I needed the section of conduit in to get the placement of the pedistal right. 
 

Water line installed

 I started with a phone call to the inspector to find out if my coupler fittings were OK. They weren't, so I went out and got a different one, then cleared the silt that had settled into the trench, deepening it a few inches before unrolling the new water line into it. Digging under the foundation proved to be quite difficult, but it is all run. I'll call in the morning to set up the inspection.

And still more canning

These were kind of dropped in our lap on Friday. Natalie's mom wanted some peaches and bought a 25lb box and gave the rest of them to us.

So we canned them. I had gotten some tips from our neighbor about doing it, because her stuff looked a lot better than mine had looked in the past. I was following book direction and she has been canning most of her life. Her tips were very helpful.

She also sent us home with a bushel of sweet corn from her garden. Heather helped us shuck it and get it ready.

She told us how to can it (I have not done any corn before). We got 16 pint jars and 6 more quart bags that we put in the freezer.

The pantry is looking good. Natalie had to re-arrange some stuff to get the unplanned additions on the shelf and we will have to do it again. We still have more beans and tomatoes coming in, as well as pears (from Lisa's tree) that are still ripening.
 

More canning

 Last night's canning efforts put another 19 pints of green beans and 3 quarts of pasta sauce into the pantry. The pantry is looking well stocked now, and there is still more coming in.

Busy night

Yesterday's haul out the garden was a bit larger than I anticipated. 

 The time involved was also more than normal. It turned into a late night, but I got 28 more pints of beans put up. There is still more growing, so we will have more coming in. The next tomato session will be coming up shortly.