Busy Morning and an Alabama Package

I'm rather late today in adding a post to my blog but this morning has been a busy one.

I canned another batch of salsa this morning and then went out and cleared some more of the garden off. I believe my tomatoes are just about done for the season. I still have green beans, peppers, zucchini and sugar pumpkins growing and of course I'm saving my cornstalks for fall decorating.

I also put a crockpot meal together so that we could have a decent dinner after football tonight and I baked a dessert for afterwards. I will be sharing those recipes later if they pass my families taste test.

Now on to the package!

I received a package yesterday from Alabama! To be exact it came from Stephanie over at http://thelifeofafarmerswife.blogspot.com/.

Remember, she recently had a giveaway and I was the lucky winner!

We couldn't wait to open it up to see what she had sent.

There was a t-shirt, pecan cookies that were oh so good, grape soda, BBQ potato chips as well as Dill chips, cotton ( they are cotton farmers), apple butter, a loaf of sourdough bread, Red Diamond tea bags and a bottle of yellow syrup.

I thought the cotton was cool! We don't grow cotton in the north so this was something that I had never seen. The other thing I had never seen or tasted was the yellow syrup. She suggested eating it on biscuits so I will have to give it a try.

Thanks Stephanie! We all enjoyed your package.

Now, I thought the idea of having a giveaway of state-made products or even items that your state is well known for was a neat & different idea.

So...I'm rapidly approaching my 200th post and if I can come up with enough state items that I can easily ship then I may borrow Stephanie's idea and have a giveaway myself so you better stay tuned. :0)

Have a great day!