Despite the muggy, overcast days and rain over night I have been harvesting quite a bit this week. I really need to stay on top of taking pictures of my harvests though. Over the weekend I harvested a few heads of lettuce for the house, and several more for my mom. I also sent my mom a pile of kale, pearl onions, celery, and some fresh herbs. All in all, she got a full reusable grocery bag full of veggies weighing in at just under 3 lbs.
This morning I got my very first harvest of strawberries too! Three whole berries, one of which the slugs had already ravaged...but two out of three ain't bad. I believe these are Benton strawberries, and they are delicious and require very little on my part, except picking.
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| First strawberries |
In other news, I hit the jackpot at the produce market the other day. Bought a 20 lb. bag of organic carrots for $11, and two pounds of white mushrooms for $0.99/lb. I would have gotten more mushrooms but I bought up all they had. I spent all day Saturday peeling, slicing, blanching, and freezing the carrots. Now I have 21 half quarts of carrots in the freezer, all ready to be used in meals. Best $11 I've spent in a while. Those carrots will likely last us all year; and the ones in the garden will be for fresh eating. I also washed, sliced, and sauteed the mushrooms to get 8 cups of sauteed mushrooms to put in the freezer. I'm very happy about the mushrooms and will be on the lookout for more deals like that, no one in the house eats them but me and I find that they often go bad in the bottom of the fridge when I buy them fresh.
Now if only the sun would come back, I could be outside working in the garden again. The blackberries aren't going to chop themselves.
Harvest Monday is sponsored by
Daphne's Dandelions.
