The harvest is increasing and I’m so excited! I love this time of year! I’m always surprised at how much the kids eat from the garden on a daily basis. It’s a good problem to have, but I keep telling Cameron we need more acres and space to grow if we are going to keep up with the appetites of the kids.
Kiowa Blackberry
The other day I harvested 10 cucumbers in the morning and the kids ate every single one by dinner!
In the garden:
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Planted beans. The kids planted some more in their garden too. Varieties were a mixture of fresh and dried beans. Fresh- gold rush, royal burgundy, and calima. For dried beans- Quincy pinto bean, Silver Cloud Cannellini, Oje de Tigre, and Good Mother Stallard
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Harvesting a few more cherry tomatoes, sungold is always our first to produce. Also, cucumbers, bulb fennel, blackberries, blueberries, green beans, green and banana peppers.
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Tomatoes have early blight because of all the rain. I’ve been working on clipping diseased leaves to keep them in check.
June 24th 2019
In the kitchen:
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Cameron took some of the kids and pick three more gallons of blueberries I weighed them and it was 21 lbs. I froze 2 gallons worth and the other gallon got eaten fresh and make into homemade popsicles.
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I also picked another 2 lbs of blueberries from my own garden and dehydrated those.
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Made and froze some pesto
