I will be honest. I have never been busier!
My garden has given me daily tasks! Here is what this week has looked like....
Monday: Pick green beans (2-3 hours?), snap green beans (another couple hours), bottle green beans (6 hours) It was only me so there were breaks to take care of EmmaLee.
(there is also bacon and onions in with the green beans;)
Tuesday: Pick apples (30 min. with Jeremy's help) and make apple sauce (5 hours with the neighbors help), clean up kitchen after (1 hour cleaning).
The middle row: (the last couple week's tasks) huckleberry raspberry jam, raspberry jam, Cherry pie filling and bottled huckleberries. Huckleberries are only found in the mountains so we made a couple trips to pick them. They are like gold here and sell for up to $90 a gallon.
Wednesday: Make double chocolate zucchini cake (1 hour) (finished editing a wedding, and made a trip to Idaho Falls)
Thursday: Pick 3 rows of corn. Pick, cut, cook, and freeze broccoli. Water the gardens.
Tomorrow's Tasks: Husk all the corn, boil the corn, cut it off the cob, freeze it. :) Clean up a messy kitchen.
Saturdays Tasks: Pick more green beans, bottle green beans, make pickles with cucumbers, bottle dilly beans. Clean up a messy kitchen.
Sunday's Task: RELAX!
My garden has given me daily tasks! Here is what this week has looked like....
Monday: Pick green beans (2-3 hours?), snap green beans (another couple hours), bottle green beans (6 hours) It was only me so there were breaks to take care of EmmaLee.
(there is also bacon and onions in with the green beans;)
Tuesday: Pick apples (30 min. with Jeremy's help) and make apple sauce (5 hours with the neighbors help), clean up kitchen after (1 hour cleaning).
The middle row: (the last couple week's tasks) huckleberry raspberry jam, raspberry jam, Cherry pie filling and bottled huckleberries. Huckleberries are only found in the mountains so we made a couple trips to pick them. They are like gold here and sell for up to $90 a gallon.
Wednesday: Make double chocolate zucchini cake (1 hour) (finished editing a wedding, and made a trip to Idaho Falls)
Thursday: Pick 3 rows of corn. Pick, cut, cook, and freeze broccoli. Water the gardens.
Tomorrow's Tasks: Husk all the corn, boil the corn, cut it off the cob, freeze it. :) Clean up a messy kitchen.
Saturdays Tasks: Pick more green beans, bottle green beans, make pickles with cucumbers, bottle dilly beans. Clean up a messy kitchen.
Sunday's Task: RELAX!
16 comments:
Green acres is the place for me..Faaarming in the country...
wow, lots of work but those rows of jars look yummy. You should be proud of yourself.
I love it! You are so productive!!
That's awesome! I've really been wanting to get our food storage going better, too.
YUMMM!!! What kind of canning do you do Jo? Pressure cooker or a bath? (You know the kind you put the jars in scalding water for a bit) I want to can but my kitchen is 3X2 so I decided to wait til I move. lol
I am extremely tired just after READing your post. Wow, you are a wonder woman. Thank goodness for a day of rest! Whew! Way to go!
p.s.The vegetable photographer was funny. ;)
Wowzers! That's a lot of work. You are a fabulous VEGETABLE PHOTOGRAPHER! Seriously. You are so blessed to live on a farm (even though it IS a lot of work). I love that pic of the corn in the wagon.
WOW!! It all looks so yummy! How do you find time to do pictures?!?
Holy cow girly! You are one busy lady. How did you can your green beans?
Brought back some wonder memories of when I did a lot canning. We had gardens when we lived in NY and ID. AZ was just too hot and it was easier to watch for sales or go to the cannery. Now it too cold here in the mountains to grow anything - also too many grasshoppers!!! I donated all my jars to the YW's yard sale 2 years ago - but I did keep my pressure cooker and cannery - maybe someday I will do it again. You are doing a wonderful job, they will taste oh so good this winter!!
Wow Jo, I'm very prod of you. Lots of work but it looks good and you are learning a lot.
you busy little bee you! your neat rows of veggies are so homey. i just finished up a "housewifey" blog post myself!
fun pictures - I am huge into canning also - but have NEVER put bacon and onions in our green beans - looks YUMMY!
love the corn in the wagon!
Look at you go! Holy vegetables! Looks like you'll have a nice stash come winter time:)
I AM IN LOVE WITH GARDENING THIS POST MADE ME VERY PROUD OF YOU AND SO ENVIOUS
Wow! Jo! you are like a farmer now. I cant wait to go see you. The food looks so fresh and yummy! Great job
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