The two big girls just returned from camp in Iowa, so it was a bit of a celebration day and dinner.
Lots of firsts today. I was able to harvest the first ripe tomato of the season. We cut it up into a gorgeous fresh salad with snap peas, greens and baby carrots from the garden. We also put up 11 cups of pie cherries in the freezer. I use 2 cups cherries to 1/2 cup sugar. That works well for most recipes.
We also got our first purchase from the local farmer's stand. We were able to get 1/2 bushel of green beans into the fridge and ready for freezer or pickling. We also picked up 1/2 bushel of beets for Adrianna's pickled beets for fair. Lovely!
The raised bed gardens are doing very well. I am excited to get them going earlier next year. We have lots of green tomatoes, now we need them to ripen for salsa.
Rabbits, chickens and turkeys look great. We need to wash some after all the mud, and rabbit babies are growing fast, so they need to be moved around. Maybe we can get to it tomorrow.
Lots of firsts today. I was able to harvest the first ripe tomato of the season. We cut it up into a gorgeous fresh salad with snap peas, greens and baby carrots from the garden. We also put up 11 cups of pie cherries in the freezer. I use 2 cups cherries to 1/2 cup sugar. That works well for most recipes.
We also got our first purchase from the local farmer's stand. We were able to get 1/2 bushel of green beans into the fridge and ready for freezer or pickling. We also picked up 1/2 bushel of beets for Adrianna's pickled beets for fair. Lovely!
The raised bed gardens are doing very well. I am excited to get them going earlier next year. We have lots of green tomatoes, now we need them to ripen for salsa.
Rabbits, chickens and turkeys look great. We need to wash some after all the mud, and rabbit babies are growing fast, so they need to be moved around. Maybe we can get to it tomorrow.
Whoops- I meant 1/2 bushel green beans instead of snap peas. I'm not sure what pickled peas would taste like, and I am not interested in finding out.
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