Some of the plumcots (or pluot) butter that I canned today. It is amazing that 18lbs of plumcots turn into only 3 pints of fruit butter. Of all my preserves, this is my favorite, not only because of it’s tangy sweet flavor and gorgeous color, but also because of it’s simplicity; it only has two [...]
The days and nights are getting both shorter and colder. I think that these next few days will be the last safe ones for my last tomatoes outside, then I will bring the last fruits to finish ripening and ripe out the plants. After that all this Spring’s raised beds will be empty and I [...]
Those who can their own food might have encountered this little problem. When you place a opened canning jar in the fridge it tends to reseal itself. Not the end of the world of course but I’ve lost more then a few fingernails prying them open each time I want some zucchini relish or peach [...]
Yesterday afternoon some of our friends came over and we drove out to one of Shannon’s co-workers organic u-pick farm in Otis Orchard. Can you believe we bought all this food for $7?
We started off picking a bucket full of bush snap beans. It was $6 for a bucket, which we split three ways. [...]
We’ll see if I keep this up but I love taking photos of everything we pick up at the Millwood Farmers Market every Wednesday. Next week I am going to try to remember to jot down the names of all the farms I buy from. This week I bought:
Tri-mix lettuce and basil from C&S Hydro [...]