Thursday, September 24, 2009

A bountiful harvest- Our little farm is doing well.

It feels good to harvest the fruits of our gardening labors now. We feel blessed with healthy garden produce this year. My husband and I have been canning and freezing up a storm this last week. I like to can peaches with him because we can talk....uninterrupted by the kids. We start canning at 8:00 p.m. Here's what we are canning and eating this week.Ah the sweet yummy Utah peaches. Seriously I haven't tasted any better--even the GA ones aren't as good. I am happy that our peach tree produced such wonderful fruit. Ah don't they look delicious in the jars. We did 50+ jars of peaches this year (off one tree). It was our goal to have one jar for each week of the year.I love eating canned peaches on oatmeal and plain yogurt. I can't get enough of our sweet bi-color corn on the cob. It's almost done producing.We are enjoying our eggplants. I made eggplant parmesan. Did you see my recipe for it?The crookneck squash is still producing, so more tasty squash casserole. Did you see my recipe?
The melons are almost done producing. It's getting colder at night now. It was a good run though.
I made a lot of zucchini bread this year. I also grate and freeze the extra for adding to lasagna and more low fat zucchini bread in the winter.

Marinated cucumbers are the best. Did you see my recipe? We also make homemade pickles for the first time.

2 comments:

  1. I love all the produce you're getting, and all the canning! Great job!
    We live in NYC right now, so I don't have room for a garden, but I hope to again soon!
    I follow your blog, and love all the great recipes and ideas! keep it up!
    Robin
    BrittonsInTheBronx.blogspot.com

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  2. Britton family,
    If I lived in NYC and had a balcony I would grow a tomato plant in a pot. Think about it for next year. Staci

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