I have been busy this week taking care of a few things around my house. All of the sudden it seems like I have a million things going on at once. One of them, is harvesting. Yes, I know....hasn't that come early this year. That is what I thought too. I wasn't prepared for the full throttle canning and preserving season to begin so early. This is the first year we have been getting these beauties:
We just planted our strawberries last year, so this is the first year I have had to figure out what to do with them. And since my husband is a fabulous gardener....we have a ton! We have been picking a big bowl full every other day all week long. I am on my fourth batch of jam, and we have had strawberries in just about everything...strawberry spinach salad, strawberries and powdered sugar on french toast & waffles, strawberries for desserts. I love them, but it does take time to do something with them, especially when they are not the only thing coming out of our garden right now. Here are a few more beauties from our garden:
My husband picked a big bucket full and a grocery bag full of peas last night. The whole family spent about an hour last night shelling them. This was our second picking. So last night I spent blanching and freezing peas. It is great to have them all winter long, but I wasn't quite ready to start dealing with them. So if I am a little scarce the next couple of months it might be because I am storing up the fruits of the harvest.
