It has been a while since I blogged. In the midst of a hot summer I only go outside in the mornings and late afternoons. Mostly, I've had my hands either shelling peas or sitting beside the canner on my back porch processing them.
Our garden did not have the harvest I expected this year. The beans didn't produce as much but the peas did amazing! We had zero crop of onions, (probably my fault), but the okra! The okra! Everyday I have a mess and of course everyday I'd eat fried okra if it wouldn't contaminate my body with toxins and free radicals.
We've discovered the chickens love watermelons. This isn't a good thing since ours are just getting some size and they're having a hayday.
It's an education for me to process and store this much food. I have purchased a few bushels from our local farmers to fill the need we were unable to fill. Our family of five (I give some to our eldest daughter who lives on her own) consumes about 50-60 quarts of veggies throughout the winter. We didn't harvest enough green beans but we'll have plenty of peas (purple hull, zipper and cream). I'm also having fun processing peaches and look forward to some great pears.
Happy summer everyone!
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