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Tomorrow we're picking black raspberries in the morning! I'll admit that I'm pretty excited - it's a fun activity for both D and I as well as having a great payoff at the end of a couple of hours. I'm planning on picking twice as many as last year, considering how I ran out of jam early and didn't freeze any whole. I'd also like to make a few jars of pie filling and see how that turns out.
Cherries are also on over at the orchard, although I'll probably just run over and do that myself. I still have some jars from last year, so I don't need tons, but I do want some to freeze, both sweet and sour. It's going to make for a crazy week (big yay for that extra fridge right now, believe me) between pitting cherries and making jam, but I'm just glad I'm finally getting to harvest something, even if it's not from my own garden!
(Well, okay, I harvested a good bit of basil for pesto the other day, and I've already eaten some of it - YUM - but there's something magical about picking fruit. I just feel so rich to have access to that kind of bounty.)
Speaking of my own garden, however, a pictorial update!
What I'm considering the main area of the garden this year. The front half of the rows furthest away have the tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, melons, watermelons, onions, and herbs. The other three sections visible are dry beans - Black Turtle, Peregion, and Jacob's Cattle. There's a section of green beans directly behind the nearest row.
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Cherries are also on over at the orchard, although I'll probably just run over and do that myself. I still have some jars from last year, so I don't need tons, but I do want some to freeze, both sweet and sour. It's going to make for a crazy week (big yay for that extra fridge right now, believe me) between pitting cherries and making jam, but I'm just glad I'm finally getting to harvest something, even if it's not from my own garden!
(Well, okay, I harvested a good bit of basil for pesto the other day, and I've already eaten some of it - YUM - but there's something magical about picking fruit. I just feel so rich to have access to that kind of bounty.)
Speaking of my own garden, however, a pictorial update!
What I'm considering the main area of the garden this year. The front half of the rows furthest away have the tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, melons, watermelons, onions, and herbs. The other three sections visible are dry beans - Black Turtle, Peregion, and Jacob's Cattle. There's a section of green beans directly behind the nearest row.
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